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HBSC Ireland 2018 Discrimination

 ‌HEALTH BEHAVIOUR IN SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN (HBSC) IRELAND

World Health Organization Collaborative Cross-National Study


The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey is a WHO collaborative cross-national study that monitors the health behaviours, health outcomes and social environments of school-aged children every four years. HBSC Ireland surveys school-going children aged 9-18 years. The study is conducted by the HBSC Ireland team, based at the Health Promotion Research Centre, University of Galway.

HBSC Ireland 2018 Discrimination 

Children were asked ‘How often are you treated unfairly or negatively…’ with the following statements: ‘because of where you, your parents or grandparents were born?’, ‘because you are a boy or a girl?’, because of your age?’, ‘because of your disability?’, ‘because of your race?’, ‘because of your sexual orientation?’, ‘because of your religion?’, ‘because you are a member of the Traveller community?’, ‘because of (please specify)’. The response options were:

  • Never
  • Hardly ever
  • Sometimes
  • Often
  • Very often

In the visualisation below:

  • The tab ‘All Reasons’ compares the various statements by selecting the frequency from the drop down list on the right.
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