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Social Media Minimum Age Survey
Research areas
Policy +
Politics
Project status
The eSafety Commissioner has contracted the Social Research Centre to conduct the Social Media Minimum Age Survey to understand the attitudes of the Australian parents or caregivers and their children towards the new laws that will require social media platforms to take reasonable steps to prevent children under the age of 16 from having accounts on their platform.
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Aims + Outcomes
The data collected will inform an evaluation of the impact that these new laws have over the next two years. The survey invites children aged 10 to 16 and their parents or caregivers to take part. It features age- and developmentally-appropriate questions exploring attitudes toward the new social media laws, patterns of social media use, mental health and wellbeing, and a range of online activities and experiences – including potential negative experiences.
Methods
The study aims to recruit approximately 4000 parents or caregivers – child pairs from a nationally representative sample. Participants will also have the option to take part in additional components.
This is a longitudinal study, meaning the research will follow the same group of children and their parents and caregivers over the next two years. The surveys will happen at these times:
- Prior to commencement of the new law (November / December 2025)
- Around March 2026
- Around June 2026
- Around November 2026
- Around November 2027
Insights
25%
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20%
Master project template 2: Of those who were a part in activities, around 1 in 5 were representing their town, city or state.
1 in 10
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Impact
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Reports
Name of report
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Full Analysis Report
Exposure and the impact on attitudes of the 2019-20 Australian Bushfires
Full Analysis Report
Exposure and the impact on attitudes of the 2019-20 Australian Bushfires
Full Analysis Report
Exposure and the impact on attitudes of the 2019-20 Australian Bushfires
Full Analysis Report
Exposure and the impact on attitudes of the 2019-20 Australian Bushfires
Have you been contacted to participate?
Who participates?
Master project template 2: who participates. Over 13,000 interviews will be undertaken across New South Wales in the coming months.
What are the benefits?
This research is important to ensure that our laws, policies, and programs related to social media age restrictions are informed by robust evidence and data, and accurately reflect the views and experiences of the Australian community.
How does it work?
Master project template 2: how it works. You may have received a text message from 0481075514, or a phone call from 0290608424 or 0290608425 regarding this study.
Resources
Full Analysis Report (Population Health Test)
Full Analysis Report (Population Health Test)
How do we ensure privacy is protected?
The Social Research Centre complies with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Privacy (Market and Social Research) Code 2021 and takes reasonable steps to protect any personal information from unauthorised access, use, disclosure, or loss.
The Social Research Centre’s privacy policy provides instructions for access to and correcting personal information or making queries about privacy and personal information provided and is available at https://srcentre.com.au/privacy-policy.
Get in touch
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1800 023 404
LifeInAus@srcentre.com.au
FAQs
How will the information be used?
Participation is always voluntary, but your participation is important.
Why? Because it ensures representativeness and that results can be projected to the population.
How long will the survey take to complete?
Our staff may have contacted you as part of a research survey. We are a social research company, exempt from the Australian Do Not Call Register, meaning we may call telephone numbers listed on the Do Not Call Register to conduct opinion polling and standard questionnaire-based research. We are not telemarketers, we are not selling a product and we do not provide your name or contact information to any other parties.
The phone numbers we dial are either:
- Randomly generated by computer, using known telephone exchange prefixes
- Randomly selected from available telephone directories
- Provided to us by our clients.
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