Social indicators of health and wellbeing of Icelandic students according to sexual orientation: 2006 to 2018

Title
Social indicators of health and wellbeing of Icelandic students according to sexual orientation: 2006 to 2018
Publication Date
2019-06-19
Author(s)
Thorsteinsson, Einar B
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2065-1989
Email: ethorste@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:ethorste
Loi, Natasha M
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3561-1974
Email: nloi2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:nloi2
Arnarsson, Arsaell
Sveinbjornsdottir, Sigrun
Type of document
Conference Publication
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
University of Iceland
Place of publication
Reykjavik, Iceland
DOI
10.13140/RG.2.2.18759.85922
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/28565
Abstract
A large proportion of Icelandic adolescents aged 16 years (class 10 at school) responded to the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey in 2006 (43.8%), 2010 (78.6%), 2014 (80.1%), and 2018 (50.4%). The participants were asked questions covering topics such as health, liking school, life satisfaction, and bullying. Objective(s): The objective was to examine changes to various health and social indicators over time according to an individual’s sexual orientation. Method: Questions relating to each of the health and social indicators of interest from the Icelandic HBSC survey were examined. Results: Changes over time indicate that the situation for LGB adolescents, compared to heterosexual adolescents, was generally worse in 2010 than in 2006. However, some improvements in wellbeing from 2010 to 2014 and again from 2014 to 2018 has since been seen. The 2018 levels are generally much better than those seen in 2006. Conclusions: Life for sexual minority adolescents in Iceland appears to be improving across various health and social indicators.
Link
Citation
HBSC Spring Meeting 2019, p. 34-34
Start page
34
End page
34

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