Better Internet for Kids

This short report aims to inform policy responses related to children and young people in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants received an online survey with a questionnaire focused on their first experience with the lockdown (March 2020) and their perspectives during the time the survey was applied (second semester of 2020, when national restrictions were being eased). The areas covered include effects on learning and employment, personal experiences and access to information related to COVID-19 and well-being during the pandemic, and the impact of the pandemic on free-time activities. In addition to the areas, the report also presents the diversity of experiences through an income and gender data analysis. The report found that more than half of all 12-year-olds and 22-year-old students reported having difficulties with home schooling, and were
less likely to have a quiet place to study or adequate internet if they were from low income families.
(Source: Report)

Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) is a national longitudinal study involving 19,000 children and young people in Ireland. The survey has three cohorts (1998, 2008, 2024) analysing topics such as education, childcare, and parenting support, aiming at providing a factual image of childhood in Ireland. This report occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic and builds on an online survey with the participants of cohorts ’98 and ’08 in December 2020.

Ireland

Growing Up in Ireland Study Team. (2021). Key Findings: Special COVID-19 Survey. ESRI/DCEDIY/TCD. https://www.growingup.gov.ie/pubs/Covid-KF_Web-ready.pdf