Is Oregon's Future at Risk? A Profile of Oregon's Youth...

Institution	Oregon State Dept. of Human Resources, Salem.
Titel	Is Oregon's Future at Risk? A Profile of Oregon's Youth...
Quelle	(1989), (31 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Adolescents; Child Abuse; Delinquency; Demography; Disadvantaged; Dropout Prevention; Dropouts; Drug Abuse; High Risk Persons; Poverty; Secondary Education; Statewide Planning; Young Adults; Oregon + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Kriminalität; Demografie; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Armut; Sekundarbereich; Planwirtschaft; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener
Abstract	This publication focuses on the youth-at-risk problems of young people who are not successfully making the transition to adulthood in Oregon. It provides information needed by the state's educational, government, and religious leaders, as well as parents, employers, and youth. In 26 tables and graphs, the report provides information on population, demographics, family income, family composition, dual-employed parents, poverty, education, employment, health, and a variety of social issues that play a significant role in Oregon's future. Some of the statistics highlighted by the report are the following: (1) 216,000 Oregonians under the age of 22 are economically disadvantaged; (2) more than 10 percent of Oregon youth under age 18 needed mental health services in 1987; (3) 29 percent of high school students in the state drop out; (4) Oregon high school juniors use drugs more frequently than high school seniors nationally; (5) one of 13 teenagers became pregnant and one of 22 gave birth in 1987; and (6) suicide is the second leading cause of death for 15- to 24-year-olds. (KC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC