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Youth Indicators 1993

Trends in the Well-Being of American Youth

National Center for Education Statistics

U.S. Department of Education

Office of Educational Research and Improvement

• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• HOME
  • A. Demographics and Family Composition
    • 1. Number of Young Adults
    • 2. Population Projections of Young People
    • 3. Marriage
    • 4. Divorce
    • 5. Marriage and Divorce Rates
    • 6. Births
    • 7. Births to Unmarried Women, by Age and Race
    • 8. Births to Unmarried Women, International Comparisons
    • 9. Pregnancy, Abortion, and Births
    • 10. Families with Children
    • 11. Children of Single Parents
    • 12. Housing Condition of Children
    • 13. Living Arrangements of Young Adults
  • B. Family Income
    • 14. Median Family Income
    • 15. Total Family Income
    • 16. Parents' Employment
    • 17. Mothers' Employment
    • 18. Median Income
    • 19. Poverty
    • 20. Federal Aid to Families
    • 21. Child Support
    • 22. College Costs
• SCHOOL
  • A. Description
    • 23. School Enrollment
    • 24. Reported High School Program
    • 25. Race of Students
    • 26. School Completion
    • 27. Dropouts
    • 28. Pupil/Teacher Ratios and Expenditures per Student
    • 29. Computer Use by Students
  • B. Outcomes
    • 30. Degrees Conferred
    • 31. Reading Proficiency
    • 32. Writing Proficiency
    • 33. Mathematics Proficiency
    • 34. Science Proficiency
    • 35. International Mathematics and Science Comparison
    • 36. International Reading Comparison
    • 37. Science Scores and Home Activities
  • C. Out-of-School Experiences
    • 38. Extracurricular Activites
    • 39. After School Activities
    • 40. Sports Participation
    • 41. Employment of 16- and 17-Year-Old Students
    • 42. Spending Patterns of High School Seniors
    • 43. Spending of Young Adults
• HEALTH
  • 44. Health Insurance
  • 45. School Health Offerings
  • 46. AIDS Knowledge and Attitudes
  • 47. Physical Fitness
  • 48. Illness
  • 49. Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drug Use
  • 50. Death
  • 51. Causes of Death
  • 52. Victims of Violent Crime
• CITIZENSHIP AND VALUES
  • 53. Volunteer Work
  • 54. Religion
  • 55. Values
  • 56. Attitudes Compared with Parents' Views
  • 57. Arrests
  • 58. Types of Crime
• FUTURE
  • 59. Educational Aspirations
  • 60. Employment of Young Adults
  • 61. Unemployment of Young Adults
  • 62. Employment of High School Graduates
  • 63. Employment of Dropouts
• Glossary

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