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Statistics about teen pregnancy...
Teen births hit new low
- The US teen birth rate dropped 9% from 2009 to 2010, to 34.3 births per 1,000 women ages 15 to 19.
- From 1991 to 2010, the rate dropped by 44%
- However, the US continues to have one of the highest such rates among industrialized countries.
- The highest rate of teen births was recorded in the state of Mississippi at 55 births per 1,000 teenagers (but this is still a drop of 21% over three years)
- The lowest teen birth rate was New Hampshire with 15.7 births per 1,000 teen women.
- The record statistical drops in teen birth rates is being partly tied to programs aimed at preventing pregnancies among teenagers.
Source: April 2012 report from the US federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Statistics about teens and bullying
91% of teens have been bullied.
Full survey results...
- 91% of teens have been a victim of bullying
- Top five bullying reasons were: Looks/Size (23%), Being Smart/"Nerdy" (19%), Interests/Hobbies (13%), Race (9%), and Family (6%)
- 3% admitted to having been a bully and now regret their actions
- 6% have never been bullied
- Other reasons identified for the cause of the bullying: being poor (5%), being rich (2%), having physical or learning disability (4% combined), sexual orientation (2%), and receiving food assistance from food stamps or a food bank (1%).
Source: StageofLife.com poll of 1,000+ teens as part of its national writing contest for high school students.
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Statistics about teens and suicide...
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"In the last 45 years suicide rates have increased by 60% worldwide. Suicide is among the three leading causes of death among those aged 15-44 years in some countries, and the second leading cause of death in the 10-24 years age group; these figures do not include suicide attempts which are up to 20 times more frequent than completed suicide."
Source: http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide/suicideprevent/en/
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Statistics about teens and jobs...
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Unemployment Rates for California:
Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics placed the California unemployment rate for teens ages 16 to 19 at 34.4% in 2010 This number includes only teens who have actively searched for work within four weeks of the data being collected. In May, the U.S. Department of Labor put the national unemployment rate for workers ages 18 to 19 at 21.5%.
Source:
http://www.bakersfield.com/news/business/economy/x43955890/Teens-struggle-to-find-summer-work
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Teen Unemployment Rates:
The unemployment rate for 16-to-19-year-olds who want to work now stands at 24.2%, according to the May report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, released Friday. Among African-American teens, the rate is 40.7%.
Source: Bleak teen jobs outlook: 25 percent unemployment and stiff competition. By Ron Scherer published in Christian Science Motor - 2011 |
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Teen Unemployment Rates in NYC:
According to the NYS Department of Labor, during the 12-month period through May 2010, the average unemployment rate in NYC for 16-to-19 year-olds who were seeking jobs was 35.9%.
This figure is a whopping difference compared to rates prior to the economic turndown. Back in 2005, the average unemployment for 16-19-year-olds was 20.9%
Source: Lack of Jobs May Lead to Spike in Risky Teen Behavior by Gabrielle Milner- 2010
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics - statistics on teens and jobs:
While the nation's economy may be improving, a new summer employment study shows teens looking for a summer job are facing huge hurdles. The Bureau of Labor Statistics shows their employment is at its lowest level since the early 1960's. While summer employment improved last year over 2008, overall employment among teens was slightly lower. Nearly 5.9 million teens ages 16 to 19 had a summer job last year.
Source:
http://www.8newsnow.com/story/12648375/teens-struggle-to-find-jobs
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24.2% of teenagers are unemployed
The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation understands the lack of work available in Las Vegas, which is why it put 1,200 students to work using a federal grant program.
Source: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.html
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Bad Job Market for Teens
"The current economy has produced a bad job market for teens. Teen employment is down to a 37-year low."
Source: Andrew Sum, director of the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University.
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No Seasonal Workers
Nearly half of hiring managers say they have no plans to hire any seasonal workers this year, according to a study of 1,100 companies released today by SnagAJob.com, a job site for hourly positions. When asked why they wouldn’t be hiring, 31 percent of those polled said they didn’t have the budget. Adding to the problems, he says, is the growing number of older workers going after traditional teen jobs in retail and food services, and also the increase in illegal and legal immigrants vying for those jobs."Employers view adults as more responsible than teens, and they don’t have to worry about them going back to school
Source: SnagAJob.com and http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23694320/
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"Teen unemployment rate neared 28% in October[2009]"
"As recently as 15 years ago, nearly 60% of all newspaper carriers in the U.S. were teens. These days, that figure is less than 20%.
Across the country, only 17 out of every 100 high school students have jobs. For African-American high schoolers, it is a mere 9 out of 100. For students who are both African American and from a low-income family, the number drops to 4 out of 100."
Source: The Teen Job Chop by Stephen Gandal originally in TIME -2010
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Statistics about the impact of exercise on teens later in their lives...
Lowest levels of dementia: In a study of 9,344 women over age 65, those who reported being physically active as teens enjoyed the lowest rates of cognitive decline: they were 35% less likely to experience early signs of dementia than women who had been sedentary.
Source: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - 2010
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Statistic about the impact of cigarette advertising on teenagers...
29%: Percentage of teens who started smoking after visiting stores with cigareete ads, compared with 18% of teen smokers who went to stores without them.
Source: August 2010 issue of Pediatrics
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Statistic about exercise and the benefit for teenagers in their later years...
35%: In a study of almost 10,000 women over age 65, those who reported being physically active as teens enjoyed the lowest rates of cognitive decline. In fact, they were 35% less likely to experience early signs of dementia than women who had been sedentary in their earlier life stages.
Source: Health, TIME Magazine. July 12, 2010
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Sex and Health statistics on teenagers...
42%: Percentage of never-married female teenagers (4.3 million), and about 43% of never-married male teenagers (4.5 million), who had sexual intercourse at least once (were sexually experienced).
More Likely: Both female and male teenagers whose mothers had their first birth as a teen, and those who did not live with both parents at age 14, were more likely to be sexually experienced than those whose mothers had their first birth at age 20 or older, and those who lived with both parents at age 14 of US teen.
Twice as Likely: Teen females are almost twice as likely to have a birth before reaching age 20 if they did not use a contraceptive method at their first sex. Young females are also twice as likely to have a birth in their teen years if their mother had a birth when she was a teenager.
Common Reasons: Among both female and male teens who had not yet had sex, the most common reason for not yet having done so was that it was “against religion or morals.”. The second and third most common reasons for females were “don’t want to get pregnant” and “haven’t found the right person yet”.
64% and 71%: The majority of teens, 64% of males and 71% of females, “agree” or “strongly agree” that “it is okay for an unmarried female to have a child”. Males’ agreement with this increased since 2002 (when it was 50%) while women’s agreement remained the same.
58% and 47%: About 58% of never-married female and 47% of never-married male teens reported they would be “very upset” if they got pregnant (or got a partner pregnant). On the other hand, 14% of females and 18% of males would be “a little pleased” or “very pleased” if they got (a partner) pregnant. Thus, not all teens are motivated to avoid a pregnancy.
SOURCE: June 2010 - CDC, Vital and Health Statistics - Teenagers in the United States: Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use, and Childbearing, National Survey of Family Growth
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Cell phone statistics on teenagers...
74%: Percentage of US teens that carry cell phones (Aug. 2010)
47%: Percentage of US teens (nearly half) who say their social life would end or be worsened without their cell phone.
57%: Percentage of US teens who credit their mobile device with improving their life. The same percentage also view their cell phone as the key to their social life.
54%: Percentage of teenage girls who say their social life would end or be worsened if texting were no longer an option. This percentage was lower for males - 40%. Teens as a whole spend an equal amount of time texting as they do talking on their mobile device, with the trends leaning more towards texting in the near future.
42%: Percentage of teens who can text blindfolded.
35%: Percentage of 16- and 17-year-olds who say they text behind the wheel. This lower than adults however: 47% of adults admit to texting while driving.
SOURCES: National survey from CTIA and Harris Interactive, Nielsen Co., and The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project
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Job statistics about teenagers...
3.2%: Percentage of jobs in America that go to teenage workers. However, the teen unemployment rate neared 28% in October of 2009 - the highest recorded since the Federal Government began tracking it (and this is nearly triple the 10% rate for all workers).
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Stastistics / TIME Jan.18 2010 issue
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Statistic about how much time teens spend online...
31: Number of hours per week teens spend online in 2009
SOURCE: Telegraph (www.telegraph.co.uk)
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Statistic about teens and stress...
85%: Percentage of teen girls who say they are stressed about the economy (verses 75% of teen boys)
SOURCE: 2009 survey completed by Bank of America and Seventeen.
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Statistic about teens paying for college...
69%: Percentage of teen girls who are stressed about finding a way to pay for college (verses 59% of teen boys). Teen girls are also more likely than boys to have feelings of depression or fear, fights with family, and fights with friends because of money.
SOURCE: 2009 survey completed by Bank of America and Seventeen.
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Statistic about teens and parental money involvement...
40%: Percentage of teen girls who think that their parents should bail them out of a tough money situation, no matter how old they are.
SOURCE: 2009 survey completed by Bank of America and Seventeen
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4 in 10: Number of teens who have had to alter their college plans in some way because of the current economic downturn, while one in 5 had to either go with their second choice college because of cost or attend a state school instead of a private one in order to save money.
SOURCE: 2009 survey completed by Bank of America and Seventeen.
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More likely: Adolescents who live in households that struggle to afford food are more likely than others to be overweight. Teens who are "food insecure" - that is, who are regularly unable to get enough to eat due to economic difficulties - reported eating behaviors associated with obesity.
SOURCE: Project EAT from University of Minnesota Medical School 2009
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Statistics about teens and sleep...
28%: Percentage of U.S. high school students who reported falling asleep in school at least once a week due to not getting the recommended nine hours of sleep per night (only 20% of teens said they get nine hours of sleep a night).
SOURCE: National Sleep Foundation
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Statistics about teens and the economy...
74%: Percentage of U.S. teenagers (13-17 years old) who say they are worried about the economy.
SOURCE: MONEY July 2009
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Statistics about teens and death...
15%: Percentage of U.S. teenagers who expect to die young, according to a survey of 20,000 teens.
SOURCE: TIME July 13, 2009
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Statistics about teens and fatherhood...
60%: Percentage of male high school students who told researchers they plan to cut their work hours when they become fathers.
SOURCE: TIME June 29, 2009
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Statistics about teens and texting...
2,272: Number of text messages sent and received by the "average" American teenager each month (almost 80 texts messages a day).
SOURCE: Nielson Co. June 2009
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Statistics about teens and blogging...
33%: Percentage of teens that create or work on webpages or blogs for others, including friends, groups they belong to or school assignments.
SOURCE: The Parents & Teens 2006 Survey sponsored by the Pew Internet & American Life Project obtained telephone interviews with a nationally representative sample of 935 teens age 12 to 17 years old and their parents living in continental United States. The survey was conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. The interviews were done in English by Princeton Data Source, LLC, from October 23 to November 19, 2006.
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Statistics about high school graduates
3.3 million: Projected number of high school diplomas that will be awarded in the 2008-09 school year.
Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, Table 21
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76%: Proportion of people 65 and older in 2007 with at least a high school diploma.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau - Educational Attainment in the United States: 2007
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86%: Percent of women 25 and older who had completed high school as of 2006.
85%: Percent of men.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau - Educational Attainment in the United States: 2006
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76%: Proportion of people 65 and older in 2007 with at least a high school diploma.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau - Educational Attainment in the United States: 2007
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2 out of 3: Percentage of teenagers that influence at least half of the items a family purchases.
SOURCE: National Retail Federation survey published by Information Week on July 19, 2007.
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