Age Children Start Drinking

I asked two questions for this. It is become apparent that children are drinking at a younger age, but I want to see just how young people think this is. I have asked the question at what age did you start drinking, and at what age do young people start to drink nowadays. From these results you can compare the ages between the two diagrams, of the people who took this survey that they started drinking ranged from 12-18 (all still under the legal age). The age however that they think people start drinking now is 2 or three years younger, ranging from 10-15 (even younger than the legal age).

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Cosmetic Surgery to Stay Younger

I asked the question, 'would you consider cosmetic surgery to stay young as you grow older'?  Just under 70% said no, this really surprised me. As we become more advanced in technology more people are having surgery to alter their appearance. I am surprised more people haven't answered yes to this instead of the 17% which did alongside the 17% that said they don't know.

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Growing Younger Results

I asked the questions 'do you think people are staying younger as the grow old' and 'do you think children are growing up too fast'? From these questions I gave a choice of answers, Yes, No and Unsure. Most people in my survey think that children are growing up too fast and over half believe that people are staying younger as they grow old.

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Growing Younger : Who Took This Survey

These two diagrams are the results of who from my network filled out my third survey. The same principles apply when looking at these two diagrams and the diagrams from 'Age to Have Children : Who Took This Survey'. I had a higher percentage of females, a wide spread age range but with a cluster in the lower region.

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Growing Younger Concept

One of my three subcategories is Growing Younger, I just wanted to explain the concept behind this before posting my results, just to make it crystal clear. Growing Younger is the title I have given to the idea that children are growing up too fast and adults are infantilising. 

Other Facebook Responses : Age Gaps

This image can be clicked on to view the full story from previous posts on this blog. I have Included some comments made on this of evidence from my Facebook group. Below that are other questions I asked via my Facebook status and Facebook group.

"Don't really care...each to their own. The older you get the age gap does get smaller. Where I do struggle with it, is what is their common conversation point?? "

"What is she thinking? just because you can, does it mean you should? when she wants kids..will he be at that point in his life?..Look at Demi and Ashton. I haven't seen this woman/ boy relationship ever work...You should never go out with someone you could have given birth to!"

"f you love someone, you love someone. I think its hard for people to understand relationships like this from the outside but I guess its different of you are the people in the relationship. I think they know their relationship is 'wrong' by many peoples perspectives due to their age but you cant help who you fall in love with."

When looking at age gaps in relationships, do you feel it is more acceptable for a man or woman 

to date a partner younger than them?

"I think that people have become alot more accepting towards age gap differences, as it is shown more publicly, with celebrities such as Aston and Demi, as there was a large age gap. Also there are programmes such as cougar town and things, making it alot more acceptable so people understand!"

"I don´t think it makes any difference if it is the man or the woman who is older. It all has to do with compatability and personality and if they suit each other rather than age."


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Eliminated Questions and Answers

Some of the questions from my second survey, 'Is age really just a number' had to be eliminated from use in my results. The questions I eliminated were:


How far in years would you personally go when dating someone older or younger than you?
I had to eliminate this one as although I stated in years, some people expressed this with actual ages they would date. For some of the answers such as 20, I was unsure if this was the persons age, or the age gaps, therefor I could not form any results as the response was not clear or consistent.


What is the biggest age gap you have experienced in a relationship?
I meant this as a personal experience, but when talking about this to someone, they thought it had meant witnessed in life. Therefor I had to eliminate the question as responses would not have been reliable and what I was truly after.