National Youth Strategy: Upper-Tier Local Authority Analysis
Multilevel regression and post-stratification (MRP) analysis of young people’s views on local provision
Applies to England
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The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) commissioned Savanta to conduct multilevel regression and post-stratification (MRP) analysis on five questions asked in the National Youth Strategy (NYS) Survey, drawing from data where respondents provided their full postcode, in order to understand more about how young people feel about youth provision in their local area. The original NYS Survey provides insights at a regional and national level; this MRP analysis enables an understanding of how perceptions vary at a local authority level and within regions.
MRP analysis is a statistical technique that produces reliable estimates of opinion at a small-area level from survey data. It has become widely used in political and social research because it can generate local-area estimates from surveys that were not designed to be representative at that level.
The results of this analysis can be used in programme and policy development to understand where young people feel provision is strongest and weakest across England. It can be used alongside other data sources to understand what interventions young people feel are needed in their communities to improve their local youth offer.