Comparison of 15 Risk-Taking Behaviors from the 2000 Survey Aggregate Population with Youth Who Report Having 0-10 Assets

Risk-Taking Behaviors %
Total
Sample
%
0-10
Asset
Youth
Category Definition
Sexual Intercourse   Has had sexual intercourse one or more times   36 53
Anti-Social Behavior   Shoplifted once or more in the last 12 months   26 49
  Committed vandalism once or more in the last 12 months   19 43
  Got into trouble with police once or more in the last 12 months   22 41
Violence   Hit someone once or more in the last 12 months   34 56
  Physically hurt someone once or more in the last 12 months   13 27
  Used a weapon to get something from a person once or more in the last 12 months   2 6
  Been in a group fight once or more in the last 12 months   20 32
  Carried a weapon for protection once or more in the last 12 months   7 16
  Threatened physical harm to someone once or more in the last 12 months   32 55
School Truancy   Skipped school once or more in the last four months   32 52
Gambling   Gambled once or more in the last 12 months   45 59
Eating Disorder   Has engaged in bulimic or anorexic behavior   14 20
Depression   Felt sad or depressed most or all of the time in the last month   14 22
Attempted Suicide   Has attempted suicide one or more times   14 26


From Developmental Assets: A Profile of Your Youth for Marquette Alger Intermediate School District, 2000, by Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN. Data collected with the survey Search Institute Profiles of Student Life: Attitudes and Behaviors, copyright © 1996, Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN.
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