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Download full textSalzman, Stephanie A.; Girvan, James T. – 1991
A survey of health risk behaviors was administered to a representative sample of 7,776 Idaho students in grades 8-12. Respondents were 86% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% American Indian, 3% Asian, and 2% Black. These rural adolescents reported that they had engaged in some health risk behaviors at rates comparable to those of other U.S. adolescents: 57%…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Health, Drinking, Drug Use
Edwards, Ruth W. – 1997
This paper compares data on the prevalence of alcohol and other drug use by students in grades 8 and 12 across four sizes of communities. Data from the American Drug and Alcohol Survey (ADAS), administered in approximately 250 communities during the 1992-93 and 1993-94 school years, were analyzed for four community sizes: very small (population…
Descriptors: Community Size, Drinking, Females, Grade 12
Stuart, Nina G.; Dunkelberger, J. E. – 1974
Composed entirely of statistical tables, this report documents historical change in the residential projections of Northeast Alabama youth. Comparing 1968 data with 1972 data, tabulations are presented by race (black and white), sex, and place of residence (large city, small city, town and village, open country nonfarm and farm) for the following…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Attitude Change, Blacks, Comparative Analysis
Kingsley, David E. – 2001
This paper reports on models that clarify the meaning of trends in 8th grade smoking in one of America's most rural and least densely populated states. It is based on cross-sectional analysis of data collected in the "Kansas Communities That Care Survey" from 1995 to 1999. The analysis of trends data is presented in table form utilizing…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Grade 8, Illegal Drug Use, Influences
Smith, Kevin B.; Ohlendorf, George W. – 1975
Changes in marital and procreative projections among rural Louisiana high school youth between 1968 and 1972 were examined. In 1968 a proportionate, stratified, random cluster sampling technique was employed to secure data on seniors from 13 white and 7 black high schools. In 1972 public school integration and the establishment of private schools…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Attitude Change, Blacks, Children
Long, Michael; Carpenter, Peter; Hayden, Martin – 1999
This report draws on the Youth in Transition surveys to present educational participation rates for various categories of Australian youth. The focus is on how educational experiences differ among the categories and on the way in which such differences may have changed over time. Chapter 2 describes the way in which educational participation of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Comparative Analysis, Economic Change
