Category: Young Adults
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After the Bell Research on narrowing the academic achievement gap between lower- and higher-income youth tends to focus on the inputs provided by schools. Little attention, however, is paid to extracurricular activities, both structured and unstructured, even though extracurricular participation and employment can have positive impacts similar to in-school experiences. Such activities keep adolescents engaged during high-risk hours, and consistent participation is linked to improved academic achievement and prosocial behaviors.1 Extracurricular activities are also influential in the college admissions process as well as in healthy development and academic success.2 This brief uses data from the 2012 National Survey of Children’s Health to examine involvement in activities among youth ages 12–18 across income categories and metropolitan status3 in the hopes of informing policy aimed at attenuating inequalities in participation. While not a complete profile of youth activities (time spent on homework, care of younger siblings, or housework, for example, are not included), determining participation rates helps us understand what youth are doing in their out-of-school hours and how these activities vary by income and metropolitan status. Access to extracurricular activities and employment is growing more unequal,4 and as a result lower-income youth may be increasingly disadvantaged compared to middle- and upper-income children.5 See Box 1: Definitions.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Education, Young Adults | Publication |
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Age and Lifecycle Patterns Driving U.S. Migration Shifts Migration—people moving between locations—is now driving much of the demographic change occurring in the United States. In this brief, authors Kenneth Johnson, Richelle Winkler, and Luke Rogers share new research on age-related migration patterns to provide a fuller understanding of the complex patterns of demographic change in the United States.
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Demography | Demography, Migration, Young Adults | Publication |
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Comparing Teen Substance Use in Northern New Hampshire to Rural Use Nationwide Using data administered in 2011 from the Carsey Institute’s Coös Youth Study and the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, this brief compares teen substance use patterns in New Hampshire’s most rural county to patterns among rural youth nationwide.
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New Hampshire, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Coös Youth Study, Health, New Hampshire, Young Adults | Publication |
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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 Desiree Wiesen-Martin report that Coös older adolescents feel close to their parents and siblings but also argue with them. A small group of youths report perpetrating violence on a family member.
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New Hampshire | Coös Youth Study, Family, New Hampshire, Young Adults | Publication |
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Coös County Youth and Out-of-School Activities - Patterns of Involvement and Barriers to Participation This fact sheet draws from surveys administered to a cohort of 416 participants in 7th grade in 2008, again when they were in 8th grade in 2009, and most recently as 10th graders in 2011 to look at patterns of participation in structured activities over time and whether male and female students differ in these patterns of participation.
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New Hampshire | Coös Youth Study, Education, Health, New Hampshire, Young Adults | Publication |
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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 adulthood.
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New Hampshire | Coös Youth Study, New Hampshire, Young Adults | Publication |
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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 | Publication |
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Coös Youth with Mentors More Likely to Perceive Future Success This fact sheet explores whether Coös youths’ mentor experiences and their academic attitudes and well-being are linked. Authors Kent Scovill and Corinna Jenkins Tucker analyze data from the Coös Youth Study collected in 2008, focusing on seventh and eleventh grade students from all public schools in Coös County, New Hampshire.
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New Hampshire | Community, Coös Youth Study, New Hampshire, Young Adults | Publication |
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Data Snapshot: Fewer Young Adults Lack Health Insurance Following Key ACA Provisions The share of people without health insurance has dropped dramatically since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but declines have been most dramatic among young adults age 19 to 25. In 2008, one-in-three 23-year-olds were uninsured, likely reflecting their graduation from college and therefore, their ineligibility to be covered on parental plans. Beginning in 2010, the ACA allowed young adults to remain on their parents’ plans until age 26; the orange line in Figure 1 reflects this shift, as 26-year-olds, rather than 23-year-olds, became the most often uninsured by 2013.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Health Insurance, Poverty, Young Adults | Publication |
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Data Snapshot: Millennials and Climate Change From more frequent flooding to heat waves and drought, adverse impacts from climate change are already being experienced. Scientists warn of worse impacts within the lifetime of many people alive today, if greenhouse gas emissions are not reduced. Although majorities in all age groups recognize the reality of climate change, awareness is highest among young adults.
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Community, Environment, and Climate Change | Climate Change, Environment, Trust, Young Adults | Publication |
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Demographic Trends in Rural and Small Town America This report examines the changing demographics of rural America and shows that the makeup of rural America is changing as certain regions grow with the migration of retirees and baby boomers into amenity-rich areas. At the same time, other places face economic uncertainty as younger residents continue to leave in search of more opportunities. Racial and ethnic diversity, meanwhile, continues to increase.
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Demography | Demography, Migration, Race, Rural, Seniors, Young Adults | Publication |
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Food Stamp and School Lunch Programs Alleviate Food Insecurity in Rural America The Food Stamp and the National School Lunch Programs play a vital role in helping poor, rural Americans obtain a more nutritious diet and alleviate food insecurity and hunger. This fact sheet looks at the extent to which rural America depends on these programs and describes characteristics of beneficiaries of these federal nutrition assistance programs.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Education, Food Assistance, Rural, Safety Net, Young Adults | Publication |
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For One in Four Very Young, Low-Income Children, Parents Are Young Too This brief maps the distribution of children living with young adult parents, describes their parents’ characteristics, and details ways to strengthen policy supports that can fortify their families’ ability to succeed.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Child Care, Children, Family, Young Adults | Publication |
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Forgotten Fifth: Child Poverty in Rural America, The One in five poor children in this country lives in a rural area. Yet this group of vulnerable young Americans is seldom on the minds of the public or policy makers when they talk about child poverty in the United States. This report highlights child poverty statistics in rural America and compares them to urban areas, discussing how they are affected by family, education, employment, and the government.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Poverty, Rural, Young Adults | Publication |
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Gaps in Youth Opportunity by State Public discourse on economics in the United States, and around the world, often focuses on rising income and wealth inequality. The “Occupy” movement drew great attention to the rising fortunes of the top one percent while middle- and lower-income Americans lost ground. Vast scholarly, political, and media attention is focused on issues of growing inequality and implications for broader societal cultural shifts as well as economic growth. Less attention has been paid to the changing landscape of opportunities enabling youth to get ahead, to improve their living situation over that of their parents through hard work and determination. Such social mobility has remained fairly stable for generations, but recent evidence across a range of indicia suggests growing gaps in the opportunities available to children in lower socioeconomic status families versus those in families of higher socioeconomic strata. This pushes the American Dream—or the idea that anyone who works hard, and plays by the rules, can get ahead—further out of reach. Such inequality is a potential threat to our social structure as well as our economic well-being.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Education, Employment, Income, Poverty, Young Adults | Publication |
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Health Insurance Among Young Adults Rebounds Post Recession: More Become Dependents on a Parent's Plan After ACA Extends Coverage to Adult Children While much of the existing research explores young adults' insurance only in the post-recession period (that is, 2010 to present), authors Michael Staley and Jessica Carson assess young adults' rates of coverage within and beyond the context of the recession by examining changes across the entire 2007 to 2012 period.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Employment, Health, Health Insurance, Young Adults | Publication |
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Help in a Haystack: Youth Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services in the North Country A new brief from Nordblom Fellow Meghan Mills at the Carsey Institute finds that youth in New Hampshire's North Country have challenges in accessing support for substance abuse and mental health issues. Mills also finds that the providers face unique challenges, from getting referrals to hiring professionals, all while working without a functional network.
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New Hampshire | Coös Youth Study, Health, New Hampshire, Young Adults | Publication |
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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 state data and describes the needs of homeless youth based on interviews and a survey of providers of homeless services in the state.
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Evaluation, New Hampshire, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Family, Housing, New Hampshire, Young Adults | Publication |
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Improving Staff Communication for Small Non-Profits In this white paper, author Elizabeth Schwaner discusses challenges faced by Girls' Empowerment Program, a non-profit organization based in the northeast U.S. that serves at-risk girls in its community through a year-round mentoring program paired with a residential social summer camp. Despite its undeniable strengths, issues with communication are a persistent challenge. Like many small organizations staffed by a few paid employees and many volunteers, identifying specific practices that lead to miscommunication or helpful informational pathways can be a challenge. This case study elucidates some of those challenges and opportunities for Girls' Empowerment, but with the expectation that other small, mixed-staff organizations may benefit from these lessons learned.
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Leadership, New England, Young Adults | Publication | |
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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 with the Children's Alliance of New Hampshire, provides an overview of youth well-being in New Hampshire calculated from national and state data and compares Granite State youth with peers across the country.
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Evaluation, New Hampshire | Demography, Education, Family, Health, New Hampshire, Poverty, Young Adults | Publication |