15 Other Risk-Taking Behaviors - 2006 Data
Percent of Youth Reporting Each of 15 Other Risk-Taking Behaviors.
| Sexual Intercourse |
|
Has had sexual intercourse one or more times |
|
32 |
| Anti-Social
Behavior |
|
Shoplifted once or more in the last 12 months |
|
24 |
| |
Committed vandalism once or more in the
last 12 months |
|
17 |
| |
Got into trouble with police once or more
in the last 12 months |
|
22 |
| Violence |
|
Hit someone once or more in the last 12
months |
|
33 |
| |
Physically hurt someone once or more in
the last 12 months |
|
12 |
| |
Used a weapon to get something from a person
once or more in the last 12 months |
|
2 |
| |
Been in a group fight once or more in the
last 12 months |
|
17 |
| |
Carried a weapon for protection once or
more in the last 12 months |
|
12 |
| |
Threatened physical harm to someone once
or more in the last 12 months |
|
29 |
| School Truancy |
|
Skipped school once or more in the last
four months |
|
15 |
| Gambling |
|
Gambled once or more in the last 12 months |
|
32 |
| Eating Disorder |
|
Has engaged in bulimic or anorexic behavior |
|
14 |
| Depression |
|
Felt sad or depressed most or all of the
time in the last month |
|
15 |
| Attempted Suicide |
|
Has attempted suicide one or more times |
|
14 |
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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