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Behavioral
and Social Environment:
The indicators in this section document young people’s participation
in illegal or high-risk behaviors, such as smoking, drinking alcohol,
illicit drug use, and engaging in serious violent crimes. According to
a recent report by the Urban Institute, the percentage of high school
students engaging in multiple risk-taking behaviors declined during the
1990s, but the trend for Latino teens was in the opposite direction.
The
percentage of Latino students who regularly participated in five or more
risk behaviors increased nearly 50 percent during the past decade, especially
for 9th and 10th grade Latino students. Indicators of alcohol use (8th
& 10th grades), illicit drug use, marijuana ever used, suicide attempts,
and weapon carrying among Latino teens were all higher than for non-Latino
whites or the teen population as a whole.
| Indicator
Name |
Description
of Indicator |
Year
|
Non-Latino
White
|
Latino
|
Total
|
| Multiple
Sex Partners for Teens |
Percentage
of Lifetime sexual activity among students 9-12 |
1999
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
- |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
Ever had sexual intercourse |
-
|
-
|
-
|
--------
|
| - |
Male |
-
|
45.4%
|
62.9%
|
52.2%
|
| - |
Female |
-
|
44.8%
|
45.5%
|
47.7%
|
| - |
- |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
Multiple sex partners |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
Male |
-
|
12.1%
|
23.0%
|
19.3%
|
| - |
Female |
-
|
12.7%
|
10.5%
|
13.1%
|
| - |
| Regular
Cigarette Smoking |
Percentage
of 8th-grade students who reported smoking daily in the previous 30
days |
2000
|
9.0%
|
7.1%
|
7.4%
|
| - |
-- |
-
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
| - |
Percentage
of 10th-grade students who reported smoking daily in the previous
30 days |
2000
|
17.7%
|
8.8%
|
14.0%
|
| - |
- |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
Percentage
of 12th-grade students who reported smoking daily in the previous
30 days |
2000
|
25.7%
|
15.7%
|
21.0%
|
| -- |
| Alcohol
Use |
Percentage
of 8th-grade students who reported having five or more alcoholic beverages
in a row in the last 2 weeks |
2000
|
14.9%
|
19.1%
|
14.1%
|
| - |
- |
-
|
-
|
-
|
---
|
| - |
Percentage
of 10th-grade students who reported having five or more alcoholic
beverages in a row in the last 2 weeks |
2000
|
28.1%
|
28.3%
|
26.2%
|
| - |
- |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
Percentage
of 12th-grade students who reported having five or more alcoholic
beverages in a row in the last 2 weeks |
2000
|
34.6%
|
31.0%
|
30.0%
|
|
Table 4.
Indicators of Children's Well-Being: Behavioral and Social Environment
(Continued)
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| Indicator
Name |
Description
of Indicator |
Year
|
Non-Latino
White
|
Latino
|
Total
|
| Illicit
Drug Use |
Percentage
of 8th-grade students who have used illicit drugs in the previous
30 days |
2000
|
11.2%
|
15.2%
|
12.0%
|
| - |
--- |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-----
|
| - |
Percentage
of 10th-grade students who have used illicit drugs in the previous
30 days |
2000
|
23.0%
|
23.7%
|
23.0%
|
| - |
---- |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
Percentage
of 12th-grade students who have used illicit drugs in the previous
30 days |
2000
|
25.9%
|
27.4%
|
25.0%
|
|
|
| High
School Marijuana Use |
Percentage
of lifetime and current marijuana use among students in grades 9-12 |
1999
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
- |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
Ever used |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
Male |
-
|
49.2%
|
55.8%
|
51.0%
|
| - |
Female |
-
|
42.3%
|
46.4%
|
43.4%
|
| - |
- |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
Current use |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
Male |
-
|
49.2%
|
34.8%
|
30.8%
|
| - |
Female |
-
|
22.9%
|
21.8%
|
22.6%
|
| |
| Motor
Vehicle and Firearm Related Death Rates |
Death
rates per 100,000 adolescents ages 15-19 by gender, race, Hispanic
origin and cause of death |
1998
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
-- |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
All causes |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
Male |
-
|
87.2
|
100.0
|
70.6
|
| - |
Female |
-
|
42.0
|
32.4
|
70.6
|
| - |
- |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
Injuries |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
Male |
-
|
70.3
|
85.1
|
55.0
|
| - |
Female |
-
|
30.4
|
22.9
|
55.0
|
| -- |
| Table
4. Indicators of Children's Well-Being: Behavioral and Social Environment
(Continued)
--
|
| Indicator
Name |
Description
of Indicator |
Year
|
Non-Latino
White
|
Latino
|
Total
|
| Motor
Vehicle and Firearm Related Death Rates |
Motor vehicle traffic |
1998
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
Male |
-
|
36.4
|
27.6
|
26.0
|
| - |
Female |
-
|
22.5
|
12.6
|
26.0
|
| - |
- |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
All firearms |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
Male |
-
|
15.3
|
37.5
|
16.3
|
| - |
Female |
-
|
3.3
|
4.7
|
16.3
|
| - |
- |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
Firearm homicide |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
Male |
-
|
3.4
|
28.6
|
9.6
|
| - |
Female |
-
|
1.0
|
2.8
|
9.6
|
| - |
- |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
Firearm suicide |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
Male |
-
|
10.4
|
6.1
|
5.6
|
| - |
Female |
-
|
1.6
|
NA
|
5.6
|
|
-
|
| Suicide
Among High School Students |
Percentage
of suicide ideation attempts among students grades 9-12 |
1999
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
-- |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
Seriously considered suicide |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
Male |
-
|
12.5%
|
13.6%
|
13.7%
|
| - |
Female |
-
|
23.2%
|
26.1%
|
24.9%
|
| - |
- |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
All suicide attempts |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
Male |
-
|
4.5%
|
6.6%
|
5.7%
|
| - |
Female |
-
|
9.0%
|
18.9%
|
10.9%
|
| - |
- |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
Injurious suicide attempts |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
Male |
-
|
1.6%
|
1.4%
|
2.1%
|
| - |
Female |
-
|
2.3%
|
4.6%
|
3.1%
|
|
|
Table 4. Indicators of Children's Well-Being: Behavioral and Social
Environment (Continued)-
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| Indicator
Name |
Description
of Indicator |
Year
|
Non-Latino
White
|
Latino
|
Total
|
| Weapon
Carrying Among High School Students |
Percentage
of students grades 9-12 carrying a weapon in the past 30 days |
1999
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
- |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
Carried a weapon |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
Male |
-
|
28.6%
|
29.5%
|
28.6%
|
| - |
Female |
-
|
1.4%
|
3.6%
|
6.0%
|
| - |
- |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
Carried a gun |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
Male |
-
|
1.4%
|
1.0%
|
1.2%
|
| - |
Female |
-
|
0.5%
|
1.6%
|
0.8%
|
Source:
Federal Interagency Forum on Child
and Family Statistics. America's Children: Key National Indicators of
Well-Being, 1997.
MacKay AP, Fingerhut LA, Duran CR. Adolescent
Health Chartbook. Health United States, 2000. Hyattsvill, MD: National
Center
for Health and Statistics, 2000.
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