1. Who is my neighbour?
A Social Justice TLLP
Student Survey Results

2. In this survey we attempted to discover how our student population
felt about issues of social justice. The questions were designed to
find out how the viewed issues of
poverty,
the mentally and physically challenged,
and issues related to the elderly

3. Question 1:
Helping those less fortunate than me will
change my life.
4%
8%
14%
59%
15%
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
No Opinion
Agree
Strongly Agree

4. Question 2:
Correcting injustice is very important to me.
3% 6%
24%
51%
16%
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
No Opinion
Agree
Strongly Agree

5. Question 3:
When I see an injustice and don't do anything about it, I hace
feelings of guilt.
3%
10%
24%
48%
15%
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
No Opinion
Agree
Strongly Agree

6. Question 4:
I believe I am more affected by injustice around me than other
people are.
8%
24%
40%
23%
5%
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
No Opinion
Agree
Strongly Agree

7. Question 5:
It is important to me that my friends are sensiive to injustice.
5%
17%
55%
16%
7%
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
No Opinion
Agree
Strongly Agree

8. Question 6:
I can make our local community better for everyone.
4%
11%
37%
41%
7%
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
No Opinion
Agree
Strongly Agree

9. Question 7:
I can contribute to give more people in our city what they justly
deserve.
3%
10%
34%
44%
9%
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
No Opinion
Agree
Strongly Agree

10. Question 8:
I am comfortable around mentally challenged people.
7%
1%
29%
45%
18%
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
No Opinion
Agree
Strongly Agree

11. Question 9:
Thunder Bay has a large population of people who use food banks.
3% 5%
33%
43%
16%
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
No Opinion
Agree
Strongly Agree

12. Question 10:
There is an increasing number of children accessing food banks in
Thunder Bay.
3% 3%
39%
43%
12%
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
No Opinion
Agree
Strongly Agree

13. Question 11:
People in my community need help just as much
as people in third World countries do.
15%
22%
24%
26%
13%
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
No Opinion
Agree
Strongly Agree

14. Question 12:
Poor people are not lazy people.
7%
12%
23%
40%
18%
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
No Opinion
Agree
Strongly Agree

15. Question 13:
Some People use food banks and soup kitchens only
if they really need to.
4%
13%
30%41%
12%
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
No Opinion
Agree
Strongly Agree

16. Question 14:
People who use food banks are unemployed.
33%
67%
Yes
No

17. Question 15:
Mentally and physically challenged students are made
to feel welcome in our school.
93%
7%
Yes
No

18. Question 16:
I have participated in an activity or field trip designed
to help others. (i.e. soup kitchen)
40%
60%
Yes
No

19. Question 17: I have visited a senior citizen facility
(Home for the Aged)
58%
42% Yes
No

20. Question 18:
I live in a home where there is an elderly person or a
mentally/physically challenged person.
6%
94%
Yes
No

21. Question 19:
At what age do you think an elderly person is no
longer useful to society?
54%
46% No Age
Age

22. Question 20:
How many times in a week do you drink bottled water?
26%
74%
Never
Yes

23. Question 21:
My Family has used a food bank.
93%
5%
2%
Never
Occasionally
Regulary

24. Summary of Scale Questions
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
No Opinion
Agree
Strongly Agree

25. Summary of Yes/No Questions
0
20
40
60
80
100
14 15 16 17 18
Yes
No