5 Deficits
Percent of youth reporting each of 5 deficits, comparison by survey year.
| Alone at Home |
|
Two hours or more per school day |
|
50% |
45% |
46% |
| TV Overexposure |
|
Watches TV or videos three or more hours
per school day |
|
28% |
25% |
27% |
| Physical Abuse |
|
Reports one or more incidents, "have you
ever been physically harmed (that is, where someone caused you to
have a scar, black and blue marks, welts, bleeding, or a broken bone)
by someone in your family or someone living with you?" |
|
27% |
29% |
27% |
| Victim of Violence |
|
Reports one or more incidents, "how many
times in the last 2 years have you been the victim of physical violence
where someone caused you physical pain or injury?" |
|
29% |
29% |
29% |
| Drinking Parties |
|
Reports attending one or more parties in
the last year "where other kids your age were drinking." |
|
52% |
50% |
45% |
From Developmental Assets: A Profile of Your Youth for Great Lakes Center
for Youth Development © [2004, 2006, 2008] 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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