What Characterizes Adolescents Attending Municipal Youth Clubs in Terms of Well-being?

The purpose of the study is to investigate municipalities’ potential to actively use youth clubs to promote issues concerning adolescents’ health and well-being.

By using material from the national Ungdata-survey this project will combine information on social background, gender, age and immigrant background with adolescents’ self-reported health, well-being, behavior problems, drug abuse, engagement in recreational activities and social support.

The purpose of the study is to investigate municipalities’ potential to actively use youth clubs to promote issues concerning adolescents’ health and well-being. Previous research has shown that youth clubs have been able to include groups that are otherwise less represented in formal youth organizations.

This initial mapping of the youth club population at the national level will be supplemented by qualitative research interviews with adolescents attending youth clubs on a regular basis. The research project is framed by a document study of how policy documents have engaged youth clubs in policy for public health and well-being.