Percent of Female Youth Reporting Each of 15 Other Risk-Taking Behaviors - 2002 Data

Risk-Taking Behaviors %
Female
Youth
Category Definition
Sexual Intercourse   Has had sexual intercourse one or more times   31
Anti-Social Behavior   Shoplifted once or more in the last 12 months   21
  Committed vandalism once or more in the last 12 months   9
  Got into trouble with police once or more in the last 12 months   16
Violence   Hit someone once or more in the last 12 months   23
  Physically hurt someone once or more in the last 12 months   5
  Used a weapon to get something from a person once or more in the last 12 months   1
  Been in a group fight once or more in the last 12 months   17
  Carried a weapon for protection once or more in the last 12 months   5
  Threatened physical harm to someone once or more in the last 12 months   24
School Truancy   Skipped school once or more in the last four months   20
Gambling   Gambled once or more in the last 12 months   20
Eating Disorder   Has engaged in bulimic or anorexic behavior   19
Depression   Felt sad or depressed most or all of the time in the last month   22
Attempted Suicide   Has attempted suicide one or more times   22


From Developmental Assets: A Profile of Your Youth for Great Lakes Center for Youth Development, 2003, 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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