Young Adults
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| Coös County’s Class of 2009: Where Are They Now? This brief reports on the first follow-up survey of the Coös Youth Study participants beyond high school. The focus of the Coös Youth Study, a ten-year panel study following the lives of youth in Coös County, New Hampshire, is the transition of Coös youth into… |
New Hampshire | Coös Youth Study, New Hampshire, Young Adults |
| Coös County Teens’ Family Relationships This fact sheet examines Coös County, New Hampshire teens’ perceptions of their family relationship experiences using data from the Coös Youth Study collected in 2011 from 418 eleventh graders in all Coös County public schools. Authors Corinna Jenkins Tucker and… |
New Hampshire | Coös Youth Study, Family, New Hampshire, Young Adults |
| Teen Stress and Substance Use Problems in Coös: Survey Shows Strong Community Attachment Can Offset Risk This brief explores how social stress and community attachment are related to problem alcohol and drug use for girls and boys in Coös County, New Hampshire.
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New Hampshire | Community, Coös Youth Study, Health, New Hampshire, Young Adults |
| Coös Teens’ View of Family Economic Stress Is Tied to Quality of Relationships at Home Family economic hardship during adolescence affects family relationships and the social, emotional, and behavioral development of a substantial number of American youth.
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New Hampshire | Community, Coös Youth Study, Family, New Hampshire, Wages, Young Adults |
| No Place Like Home: Place and Community Identity Among North Country Youth This brief explores the link between rural youths’ identification with their community, their self-esteem, and their future plans. The panel study of New Hampshire’s Coos County youth offers a snapshot into the dynamics of a population that is developing its identity… |
New Hampshire, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Community, Coös Youth Study, New Hampshire, Rural, Young Adults |
| Teachers Matter: Feelings of School Connectedness and Positive Youth Development among Coös County Youth Students who feel positively about their education, have a sense of belonging in school, and maintain good relationships with students and staff generally feel connected to their schools. In fact, 63 percent of Coös youth report feeling this way.
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New Hampshire | Coös Youth Study, Education, Health, New Hampshire, Young Adults |
| Homeless Teens and Young Adults in New Hampshire (co-publication with the Children's Alliance of New Hampshire) More than 1,000 adolescents and young adults in New Hampshire are homeless, and their numbers are growing. The brief, co-published with the Children's Alliance of New Hampshire, provides an estimate of homeless youth in New Hampshire calculated from national and… |
Evaluation, New Hampshire, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Family, Housing, New Hampshire, Young Adults |
| Youth Opinions Matter: Retaining Human Capital in Coös County As Coös County youth age, their attachment to their communities may deteriorate. This brief presents new data from the Coös Youth Study. This research indicates efforts to keep young people in Coös may benefit from efforts to show students that their views matter to… |
New Hampshire | Community, Coös Youth Study, Family, Health, New Hampshire, Young Adults |
| Too Much Free Time: Coos County Youth Who Are Least Involved in Out-of-School Activities Are Most Likely to Use Drugs & Alcohol Carsey Institute researchers are seeing links between the self-reported substance use and involvement in out-of-school activities. As part of a ten-year tracking survey of high school students in Coos County, New Hampshire, this brief finds that those most involved… |
New Hampshire | Coös Youth Study, Education, Health, New Hampshire, Young Adults |
| Indicators of New Hampshire Youth Well-Being (co-publication with the Children's Alliance of New Hampshire) According to a new study, New Hampshire youth, ages 13 to 24, are more likely to complete school, be employed, and have lower obesity rates than their peers nationwide but fare worse in national measures of alcohol and substance abuse. This brief, a co-publication… |
Evaluation, New Hampshire | Demography, Education, Family, Health, New Hampshire, Poverty, Young Adults |
