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The results from the Scottish Social Attitudes Survey 2019 covering the amount of say young people should have in decisions that affect their lives have been published. The majority of adults felt that young people aged 16 to 18 should have ‘a great deal’ or ‘quite a lot’ of say in decisions that affect their lives. The proportion believing this for those aged 11 to 15 was much smaller.

  • 70% of adults felt that those aged 16 to 18 should have ‘a great deal’ or ‘quite a lot’ of say, compared with 28% for those aged 11 to 15.
  • Only 5% of adults felt that those aged 16 to 18 should have ‘not very much’ or ‘none at all’, compared with 28% for those aged 11 to 15.

Views on how much say those aged 16 to 18 and those aged 11 to 15 should have both moved significantly in the same direction between 2017 and 2019.