Youth ages 14 to 17 with at least one adult mentor in the community who provides advice or guidance in the United States
Youth ages 14 to 17 with at least one adult mentor in the community who provides advice or guidance
Definitions: Youth ages 14 to 17 whose parent reported that there is at least one adult outside the home, in the youth's school, neighborhood, or community who knows the youth well and who can be relied on for advice and guidance.
Data Source: Population Reference Bureau analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, National Survey of Children’s Health.
Footnotes:
Updated July 2021.
S - Estimates suppressed when the 95% confidence interval is greater than 20 percentage points or 1.2 times the estimate.
N.A. – Data not available.
A 95 percent confidence interval for each estimate can be found at Youth ages 14 to 17 with at least one adult mentor in the community who provides advice or guidance.