10 Risk-Taking Behavior Patterns - 2006 Data

Percent of Youth Reporting Each of 10 Risk-Taking Behavior Patterns.

Risk-Taking Behaviors %
Total
Sample
Category Definition
Alcohol   Has used alcohol three or more times in the last 30 days or got drunk once or more in the last two weeks   23
Tobacco   Smokes on or more cigarettes every day or uses chewing tobacco frequently   13
Illicit Drugs   Used illicit drugs three or more time in the last 12 months   19
Sexual Intercourse   Has bad sexual intercourse three or more time in lifetime   23
Depression/Suicide   Is frequently depressed an/or has attempted suicide   22
Anti-Social Behavior   Has been involved in three or more incidents of shoplifting, trouble with police, or vandalism in the last 12 months   17
Violence   Has engaged in three or more acts of fighting, hitting, injuring a person, carrying or using a weapon, or threatening physical harm in the last 12 months   28
School Problems   Has skipped school two or more days in the last four weeks and/or has below a c average   11
Driving and Alcohol   Has driven after drinking or ridden with a drinking driver three or more times in the last 12 months   16
Gambling   Has gambled three or more times in the last 12 months   16


From Developmental Assets: A Profile of Your Youth for Great Lakes Center for Youth Development, 2007 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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