Statistical Handbook on Adolescents in America

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As the first complete portrait of U.S. adolescents, this resource provides information long needed by researchers working in this critical field of study. The handbook includes a wide variety of information about American adolescents, aged 12 to 21, who must deal with societal and cultural pressures unique to their generation. The extensive collection of data contained in this definitive resource will give readers the information they need to accurately assess the status of adolescents in America today.

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Researchers seeking statistics on adolescents and children, from economic conditions, parent-adolescent relations, education and health to sex and marriage, will find this an important collection of figures. Charts, reports and clear details make for an important coverage suitable for researchers.-The Midwest Book Review
Within its nine chapters covering topics such as parent-adolescent relations, education, quality of life, leisure and recreation, and sex and childbearing, the tables report data on specifics such as similarity of adolescents' ideas to their parents', pupil-teacher ratios in secondary schools, age distribution of children living below the poverty level, employment experience of high school seniors, and readership of newspapers, magazines, and comic books. Anyone working with or studying adolescents will find useful data here presented in convenient, accessible form.-Rettig on Reference
"Researchers seeking statistics on adolescents and children, from economic conditions, parent-adolescent relations, education and health to sex and marriage, will find this an important collection of figures. Charts, reports and clear details make for an important coverage suitable for researchers."-The Midwest Book Review
"Within its nine chapters covering topics such as parent-adolescent relations, education, quality of life, leisure and recreation, and sex and childbearing, the tables report data on specifics such as similarity of adolescents' ideas to their parents', pupil-teacher ratios in secondary schools, age distribution of children living below the poverty level, employment experience of high school seniors, and readership of newspapers, magazines, and comic books. Anyone working with or studying adolescents will find useful data here presented in convenient, accessible form."-Rettig on Reference

Author Bio

BRUCE A. CHADWICK, Ph.D., is professor of sociology at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where he has served as department chairperson, director of the Family Studies Program, and director of the Center for Studies of the Family. He is a recipient of the Karl G. Maeser Research Award in recognition of his distinguished research career. Chadwick is the author of several books and numerous articles on many sociological, topics including the family. Chadwick received his bachelors, masters, and Ph.D. degrees in sociology from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. TIM B. HEATON, Ph.D., is an associate professor of sociology, Center for Studies of the Family, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. He has coauthored a number of books and articles on cultural and societal demographics.