Urban Teens' Perspectives on Social Media from Chicago Survey

117 teen participants from Chicago, Illinois, surveyed in Spring 2025 provide quantitative and qualitative feedback on social media use and safety. The dataset likely contains survey responses and qualitative analysis from a convergent mixed-methods study. Author Colleen Stiles-Shields published the findings on figshare under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyzing associations between demographic characteristics and platform use based on chi-square tests mentioned in the description
• Exploring teen perceptions of platform safety based on logistic regression results
• Identifying convergent themes between quantitative survey data and qualitative feedback on respect and accountability
• Studying self-moderating behaviors like changing privacy settings reported by participants

Strengths

• 117 teen participants with a mean age of 15.84 years
• Detailed demographic breakdown including 47.01% male and 45.30% African American/Black
• Mixed-methods design triangulating quantitative statistics with qualitative rapid analysis

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data is geographically limited to teens from Chicago, Illinois

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Anonymous survey deployed to teens (13–18 years) in Chicago, Illinois, in Spring 2025, analyzed with descriptive statistics, chi-square tests, logistic regression, and rapid qualitative analysis.

Time Range

Spring 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 04:10:59

Geography

Chicago, Illinois, United States