Elisa Palella KMO3

Maxim Derauw KMO3

Kenny Montaine KMO3

Report on
Risk taking
attitudes of
fellow
students
English for SME
Erik Pollet

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Introduction............................................................................................................................................. 2
Findings ................................................................................................................................................... 2

health........................................................................................................................................... 2

transportation ............................................................................................................................. 4

sex and drugs ............................................................................................................................... 5

activities....................................................................................................................................... 6

Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................... 7
Recommendations .................................................................................................................................. 7
Questionnaire .......................................................................................................................................... 7

Introduction
How reckless are SME students? This was the main question we asked
ourselves in class. In this assignment we had to make a survey about the
possible risks where students are confronted with in daily life In order to find
an appropriate answer, have prepared a questionnaire of 15 questions and
asked these questions to 15 students of our class . This group consisted of 11
men and 4 women The main idea was to ask our fellow students some
questions to find out how risky their live is. We focused us on several areas of
their life to have a global view of the different risks. We divided the answers
of the male and female students to discover some differences. Afterwards we
assembled the answers in graphs. To evaluate the answers we used the
method of multiple-choice.. In our report we will discuss the different aspects
of the survey and we will give attention to the most striking differences
between men and women.

Findings
The questions focused on different areas. We evaluated transportation,
vacation, sports, health, sex and drugs, etc.

health
The first section we investigated is health. 50% of our female fellow students
smoke cigarettes. This can be a possible threat for their personal health,
because the risk of getting illnesses like long cancer rises. Only 9% of the male

students smoke cigarettes. The reason for this is the fact the most of the male
students practice sports.

More than half of the male students consumes more than 20 glasses of
alcohol each week and remarkable is that every female students consumes at
least 20 glasses. Scientists say that you have a drinking problem when youre
drinking 5 glasses a week. We assume its just a temporary problem because
every student wants to enjoy their time at university and the drinking habits
will fade away when they will finish their studies and have a job.

Another criteria was food habits. We asked the students if they think they
have a healthy food pattern. 65% of the males describe their food
consummation as average. We guess that the male students are not worried
about their food pattern and assume that this is the standard. But experience
shows us that students dont have a healthy food pattern at all. 50% of the
girls indicate their food pattern as bad. This is rather disturbing.

The following graphs show us something disturbing. Unless the fact that the
female students smoke, drink a lot of glasses alcohol a week and have a bad
food pattern. They still mean to say that they have a good health condition.
We are likely to assign this to the fact that they are still young and this is
temporarily and will change when they are graduated.

 transportation
Our second area of investigation is transport. We investigated this because moving from one
place to another can hold many risks. Therefore we wanted to know how our fellow students
move around.

Approximately 1/2 of the students come by car. Because of the very young age and the lack
of experience this can hold many risks. No girl comes to school by bike.

The next fact is really frightening and alarming. Only 18% of the male students has never
driven a car when he was drunk. 27% do it even often. The female students are more
responsible at this matter. 50% did it once.
This can be the reason of the following graph. 45% of the male students had a car accident. In
comparison to the girls who had never had an accident.

82% of the male students are against a driver license based on penalty points, while all the
female students are pro. This states the fact that the male students are more reckless than
the female students.

sex and drugs

Our third category is sex and drugs. Drugs is very unhealthy and dangerous for the
functioning of the body. It will affect your choices and people will take more risks.

Only 9% of the male students has never used drugs before. This means that drugs is well
introduced in the life of students. On the other hand 65% only did it once to feel what it does
with the body.

73% has unprotected sex and is alive to receive a STD or becoming a dad. The female
students are very protective when it comes to pregnancy prevention, but not when it comes
to STDs.

 activities
Practicing hobbies, going out with friends or just going on vacation. It all holds risks.
We often hear the news that somebody was robbed or aggressed in Ghent. So we asked the
question to our fellow students.

Only 9% of the male students had an incident. None of the girls had an incident. We assume
it is just bad luck when it overcomes you.

82% of the male students has been injured during sports, while none of the girls did. A
possible reason is the fact that the male students practice more contact sports than girls do.
On the other hand girls like to take more risks on vacation. 25% of the girls like a extreme
vacation. But in general 75% like to go on a not risky at all vacation.

Conclusion
After bringing the results together of the survey we can conclude that there are clear differences
between men and women. A man dares to take risks quicker than a woman. A woman will rather
give more attention to safety and security. We think the reason for that is determined by the nature
of the sex . The results of the questions about health shows a lot of similarities between men and
women. Its no longer only the woman that give attention to a healthy lifestyle.

Recommendations
We can see something very striking among the results of the survey, the fact that 7/10 of men will
not protect them when they have sex. This makes us a bit frightened because STDs can cause very
severe diseases that can influence your health for your whole life with the dead as worst case
scenario.

Questionnaire
Male or female?
How do you travel to school?
Do you smoke?
How many glasses of alcohol do you consume each week?
Do you drive when you're drunk?
Have you ever been a victim of aggression or robbery?
Are you for or against the new driver license with penalty points?
Have you ever used drugs?
How do you protect yourself during sex?
Have you ever been injured during sport activities?
Have you ever had a car accident?
How would you describe your daily food pattern?
How would you describe your vacation activities?
How would you describe your health condition?