Parent ratings of behavioral patterns of youths 12-17 years, United States.

Abstract

In this report basic data on parent ratings of certain behavioral patterns related to growth and development are presented by sex and age for youths 12-17 years of age in the noninstitutionalized population of the United States. Other reports on various aspects of the behavior of youths as rated by parents, teachers, and the youths themselves are to follow. The data in these reports were obtained in the Health Examination Survey of 1966-70 and should provide information on the behavior of adolescents in the general U.S. population that previously has not been available or has been inadequate. Reports on children 6.11 years of age in the United States which are similar except for the self-reported information have already been published. The Health Examination Survey is one of three major programs of the National Center for Health Statistics, which conducts the National Health Survey as authorized in 1956 by the 84th Congress. The Health Interview Survey, which is used to obtain information by household interview among samples of persons, is concerned primarily with the impact of illness and disability on the lives and actions of people. The Division of Health Resources Statistics collects health data as well as health resource and utilization information through surveys of hospitals, nursing homes, and other resident institutions and the various persons in the health occupations.