1.5% has a college degree by the time they reach 30. Not only does it affect the lives of teens, it also affects their children. Girls born to teen mothers are more likely to become a teen mother. Boys that are born to teen mothers end up in prison most likely. (11 Facts About Teen Pregnancy) The affects birth control or the lack of has on the United States economy.
When looking at the median household income of $39,957 for the year of 2011, the ranking drops to 78th out of 92 counties (STATS, 2012). Per Fact Finder from the U.S. Census, Marion County has a poverty rate of 18.3% (U.S. Census, 2013). The children living in poverty is 32% for
Foster Youth Furthering Their Education Abstract Foster youth are not thoroughly educated on things that are offered to them to future their academic careers such as financial assistance. 18% of foster youth are pursuing a four-year degree, compared to 62% of their peers (Day & Rosalind, 2011). The primary purpose of this paper is to portray some of the difficulties foster youth are enduring after high school and being “aged out” of the system. To research this study we took random participants from randomly selected high schools from each state and asked them to answer questions about their past experiences and what their future goals were. Keywords: Foster youth; difficulties; high school; college.
The new national dropout rates states that 40% of Black and Hispanic kids fail to graduate high school. Georgia’s average graduation rate was 65.4 percent. In 2007-2008, Georgia had 20,135 dropouts and the dropout rate was higher among males than females. Low parental involvement is a major concern and the fact that we have over 70% of our students being 18 years of age or older. In addition, students being able to drop classes which in turn prolong graduation.
The median household income in Detroit dropped from $29,526 in 2000 to $26,098 in 2009. It was only a year later that it dropped again to $25,787. In 2010, the mean income fell below the US average by thousands. Every 1 in 3 residents in the city of Detroit is in poverty. Detroit reported more burglaries in 2010 than 2012.
An average of 17,000 individuals die each year in drink driving related deaths. The numbers have come down slightly , for example, in 2010 10,228 individuals died from drink driving related fatalities, drink driving continues to be an enormously important public safety issue. What is more, drinking and driving is strongly correlated with youth. After the age of 25, the drink driving rates rapidly decrease. It seems quite plausible that were alcohol to be illegal for those under the age of 18, the 15.1% of 18 to 20 year olds who drink before getting behind the wheel would decrease significantly.
For example, 14,000 kids have been positively affected by the Michigan Earned Income tax credit, but because it has been cut by 14%, low-income youth are unable to receive the benefits (kidscount). Youth in families that are receiving unemployment are affected because unemployment was cut from 26 weeks to 20 weeks and cash assistance has become more difficult to receive (kidscount). Poverty affects the youth in many ways, such as their family life and education. Many children are neglected in cases of low-income families. 32,500 children have been neglected in 2010, and in Ingham County 42 percent of children have been abused or neglected (milhs.org).
This was more than 15 million people in poverty, than in the year 2000. In 2011 the median house hold dropped from $23, 201 for a family of four, dropped from 1.5% to $50,054 compared to 2010 and 8.7 percent lower than in 2007. Under the Census’ alternative composition SNAP (formerly the Food Stamp Program) lifted 3.9 million people above the poverty line in 2011. In November 2012, more than 16%
State Facts The Century Council has been fighting against drunk driving and underage drinking for two decades. During this period of time alcohol-impaired driving fatalities have declined 35%, and among our nation's under 21 population such fatalities have declined 58% since the Council's formation. Last year 41 states and D.C. had decreases in the number of alcohol-impaired driving fatalities. Consumption rates nationally and among those under the legal drinking age showed marked decreases in 2011 reaching historic low
About 1,900 people under 21 die every year from car crashes involving underage drinking. i) Young people are more susceptible to alcohol-induced impairment of their driving skills. ii) Drinking drivers aged 16 to 20 are twice as likely to be involved in a fatal crash as drinking drivers who are 21 or older. iii) For every 100,000 Americans under the age of 21, 1.4 people were killed in drunk driving fatalities in 2010 iv) The rate of fewer than 21 drunk driving fatalities per 100,000 populations has declined 48% over the past decade. v) In 2009, 11 percent of all drivers involved in fatal crashes were young drivers 15- to 20- years old.