A survey conducted in Ireland in 2020 asked respondents between the ages of nine and 17 years old if they had experienced anything online in the past year that had upset or bothered them in some way. Overall, eight percent of boys and 19 percent of girls said that they had negative online experiences in the past year. Girls are more than twice as likely than boys to encounter online content that bothers or upsets them and 26 percent stated that people being nasty to each other was the most frequent negative encounter.
Share of children in Ireland who have had negative online experiences as of October 2020, by gender
Original question: In the PAST YEAR, has anything EVER happened online that bothered or upset you in some way (e.g., made you feel upset, uncomfortable, scared or that you shouldn’t have seen it)?
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Government of Ireland. (November 15, 2021). Share of children in Ireland who have had negative online experiences as of October 2020, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1281750/children-ireland-negative-online-experiences-by-gender/
Government of Ireland. "Share of children in Ireland who have had negative online experiences as of October 2020, by gender." Chart. November 15, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1281750/children-ireland-negative-online-experiences-by-gender/
Government of Ireland. (2021). Share of children in Ireland who have had negative online experiences as of October 2020, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1281750/children-ireland-negative-online-experiences-by-gender/
Government of Ireland. "Share of Children in Ireland Who Have Had Negative Online Experiences as of October 2020, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Nov 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1281750/children-ireland-negative-online-experiences-by-gender/
Government of Ireland, Share of children in Ireland who have had negative online experiences as of October 2020, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1281750/children-ireland-negative-online-experiences-by-gender/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Share of children in Ireland who have had negative online experiences as of October 2020, by gender [Graph], Government of Ireland, November 15, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1281750/children-ireland-negative-online-experiences-by-gender/
