Three Reasons For Building Assets
- The assets are powerful.
They give young people the strengths they need to make positive choices in life, even in the face of stress and pressure. Search Institute research has shown that the more assets young people have, the less likely they are to engage in many high-risk behaviors.
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41% |
22% |
5% |
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32% |
19% |
7% |
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22% |
45% |
59% |
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49% |
70% |
88% |
Results of the 2000 Profiles of Student Life youth asset survey conducted in Marquette and Alger Counties are shown here.
When they have more assets, young people are also more likely to engage in positive behaviors.
- Too many young people don't have enough of them.
Search Institute has found that the average 6th to 12th grader surveyed experiences only 18 of the 40 assets. Furthermore, just 6 percent of young people have 31 to 40 of these assets.
The good news is that 37% of our youth, in 2000, have more than half of the 40 developmental assets.
- You can build assets!
You can start now. Join with thousands of people and hundreds of communities across the United States that are committed to finding new ways to build assets for children and youth.
Marquette and Alger Counties are working to mobilize all citizens as asset builders... in churches, youth organizations, families, schools, law enforcement, agencies, businesses, and local government.
Copyright©2003 by the Great Lakes Center for Youth Development except where noted Contact Judy Watson-Olson or Karen Thompson at (906)228-8919 with questions/comments Some information on this site is produced by other sources, see bibliography for source This page was last updated on Sunday, February 05th, 2012 
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