Percent of youth reporting each of 15 risk-taking behaviors, comparison by survey year.
| Sexual Intercourse |
Has had sexual intercourse one or more times |
|
35% |
32% |
|
| Anti-Social
Behavior |
|
Shoplifted once or more in the last 12 months |
|
23% |
24% |
|
| |
Committed vandalism once or more in the
last 12 months |
|
17% |
17% |
|
| |
Got into trouble with police once or more
in the last 12 months |
|
22% |
22% |
|
| Violence |
|
Hit someone once or more in the last 12
months |
|
33% |
33% |
|
| |
Physically hurt someone once or more in
the last 12 months |
|
12% |
12% |
|
| |
Used a weapon to get something from a person
once or more in the last 12 months |
|
3% |
2% |
|
| |
Been in a group fight once or more in the
last 12 months |
|
18% |
17% |
|
| |
Carried a weapon for protection once or
more in the last 12 months |
|
10% |
12% |
|
| |
Threatened physical harm to someone once
or more in the last 12 months |
|
30% |
29% |
|
| School Truancy |
Skipped school once or more in the last
four months |
|
19% |
15% |
|
| Gambling |
Gambled once or more in the last 12 months |
|
35% |
32% |
|
| Eating Disorder |
Has engaged in bulimic or anorexic behavior |
|
15% |
14% |
|
| Depression |
Felt sad or depressed most or all of the
time in the last month |
|
17% |
15% |
|
| Attempted Suicide |
Has attempted suicide one or more times |
|
18% |
14% |
|
From Developmental Assets: A Profile of Your Youth for Great Lakes Center
for Youth Development © [2004, 2006] 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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