The Impact of Restroom Privacy on Middle School Students

This survey asks college students to reflect on their middle school restroom experiences in order to understand how privacy concerns may have contributed to stress, and to help inform better restroom design solutions in the future.

In this survey, "middle school" refers to grades 6–8 in the K–12 system.

The survey takes about 5 minutes.
1.How old are you?(Required.)
2.What is your current role?(Required.)
3.How clear are your memories of middle school restrooms?(Required.)
4.Thinking back to middle school, how often did you feel your school restrooms lacked privacy?(Required.)
5.Which aspects of restroom privacy concerned you most at that time? (Select all that apply)(Required.)
6.Thinking back to restroom use at middle school, were you aware of situations where students felt uncomfortable or were treated unfairly (for example, being laughed at, bothered, or teased)?(Required.)
7.How much did the lack of restroom privacy affect your willingness to use the school restroom?(Required.)
8.Did concerns about restroom privacy ever have an impact on any of the following areas?(Required.)
9.If you were concerned about school restroom privacy, how did you cope with it? (Select all that apply)(Required.)
10.In your opinion, how important is restroom privacy for overall student well-being?(Required.)
11.Would you be open to participating in an interview to share more about your experiences with restroom privacy in middle school?(Required.)
12.If you’d like to add anything, please share it here
Thank you for your participation! Your answers will help us better understand how restroom privacy affects young people’s wellbeing.