Evaluation of Survey Results

Considering that all of my respondents were aged between 16-18, it narrowed down my research into a particular age category as opposed to finding out the opinions of younger teenagers aged between 13-15. However, after asking respondents what their preferred location is out of The Woolpack, The Lavender Fields and Café Italia, 4 responded with The Woolpack and 4 responded with Café Italia, with the last 2 responding with The Lavender Fields. This suggests that the particular age category that I will be observing in my documentary prefer social activities that involve alcohol rather than a family environment (The Lavender Fields). 

Another question I asked respondents was for them to rate the current activities in Banstead out of 5, to which none of my responses rated higher than 3. Due to four rating 1, three rating 2 and three rating 3, I believe that teenagers aged 16-18 are fairly unsatisfied with the type of activities Banstead has to offer especially for teenagers. After reviewing these statistics, it could suggest that teenagers may find another alternative due to boredom, which could be a result of drug/alcohol use and/or vandalism. 

I also asked respondents whether or not they think that the current activities in Banstead are appealing to teenagers, to which 6 responded with No and 3 responded with yes. Considering that the majority said that the activities are not appealing to their age category, it has furthered my conclusion that teenagers may often resort to an alternative activity, whether it is crime or antisocial behaviour. 

My final question asked respondents whether or not they believed that the lack of activities has/could lead to the increase in criminal activity, to which eight responded with Yes and two responded with No. This provides me with another popular topic I can research more into and discuss with as I could find out whether there is a link between boredom/lack of general activities and criminal activity in teenagers.

Overall after gathering my responses I have come to the conclusion that my target audience do have a strong belief that the teenagers situated in Banstead may feel ‘bored’ and resort to underage drinking/drug use or vandalism. I could also research into why my teenagers prefer social activities that involve alcohol, whether they witness this behaviour at home or are under levels of stress and pressure for particular reasons; I could validate my results by looking into why the majority of teenagers no longer enjoy social activities in a family environment.