This section covers the sub-areas of wellbeing related to the social domain, namely family, educational and learning environment, peer relationships and friendships and societal influences. Family Family relations (Nurtured, Included) Primary pupils were asked a set of questions on the quality of their relationship with their parents drawn from the People in My Life (PIML) scale. A majority (58%) said that their parents could always tell when they were upset about something and 69% that their parents would always ask if they knew something was bothering them. Smaller proportions said they always talk to their parents if they were having a problem (46%) and that they always shared their thoughts and feelings with their parents (38%). Table 3.3.1a Parent-child relationship Weighted Unweighted People in my life items Never Sometimes Often Always bases bases Row percentages My parents can tell when I am upset about 3 15 23 58 3922 3924 something I talk to my parents when I am having a 7 24 24 46 3945 3947 problem If my parents know that something is bothering 3 11 18 69 3916 3918 me, they ask me about it I share my thoughts and 8 27 28 38 3908 3910 feelings with my parents Source: RCS primary school survey, Falkirk 2017 As with previous questions, in order to better understand variations in response, four items were used to build a scale of parent-child relationships: 35% of children in Falkirk scored within the category, as having more positive ‘higher’ relationships, 37% were categorised as average, and 27% scored within the category. More details of this scale are provided in the appendix. ‘lower’ There were no significant differences in parent-child relationship score according to most of the demographic variables, including year group, area deprivation and receipt of services. children’s There were, however, differences by gender, with girls having higher child relationship scores than boys (42% of girls being in the category ‘higher’ compared with 29% of boys). Those in two parent households were also more
This section covers the sub-areas of wellbeing related to the social domain, namely family, educational and learning environment, peer relationships and friendships and societal influences. Family Family relations (Nurtured, Included) Primary pupils were asked a set of questions on the quality of their relationship with their parents drawn from the People in My Life (PIML) scale. A majority (58%) said that their parents could always tell when they were upset about something and 69% that their parents would always ask if they knew something was bothering them. Smaller proportions said they always talk to their parents if they were having a problem (46%) and that they always shared their thoughts and feelings with their parents (38%). Table 3.3.1a Parent-child relationship People in my life items Never Sometimes Often Always Weighted bases Unweighted bases Row percentages My parents can tell when I am upset about something 3 15 23 58 3922 3924 I talk to my parents when I am having a problem 7 24 24 46 3945 3947 If my parents know that something is bothering me, they ask me about it 3 11 18 69 3916 3918 I share my thoughts and feelings with my parents 8 27 28 38 3908 3910 Source: RCS primary school survey, Falkirk 2017 As with previous questions, in order to better understand variations in response, four items were used to build a scale of parent-child relationships: 35% of children in Falkirk scored within the ‘higher’ category, as having more positive relationships, 37% were categorised as average, and 27% scored within the ‘lower’ category. More details of this scale are provided in the appendix. There were no significant differences in parent-child relationship score according to most of the demographic variables, including year group, area deprivation and receipt of children’s services. There were, however, differences by gender, with girls having higher relationship scores than boys (42% of girls being in the ‘higher’ category compared with 29% of boys). Those in two parent households were also more child