Few U.S. youths involved in civic life: study
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Nearly two-thirds of young Americans are disengaged from political and civic life and only a quarter regularly vote, a survey released on Tuesday showed.
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A charity says UK children have less chance of improving their social standing than those in any other country.
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For some, a new study validates concerns of too much positive reinforcement of the young. Others say it lacks needed nuance.
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A substantial percentage of  young U.S. adults say they suffered some form of neglect or  abuse as children, researchers reported Tuesday.
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A growing number of connected youth nationwide are involved in philanthropy, according to experts.
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Many young U.S. blacks are as confident as their white and Hispanic peers that they can use politics to make things better, but a majority of young blacks feel alienated from today's government, a study said on Thursday.
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YOUNG Americans are less sexually active now than their counterparts of the mid-1990s and are using contraceptives more regularly, a study out this week found.
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A charity says children in the UK have less chance of improving their social standing than those in any other country.
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Nearly four in five young people arrested for juvenile crimes are involved with alcohol or drugs, and few are getting treatment, a study of the juvenile justice system finds.
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Teenagers who are either  underweight or obese are likely to have fewer children in  adulthood, a study has found.
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WASHINGTON -- Many more white children use the Internet than do Hispanic and black students, a reminder that going online is hardly a way of life for everyone, a federal study has found.
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This was not the breakout year for young voters that some had anticipated. Fewer than one in 10 voters Tuesday were 18 to 24, about the same proportion of the electorate as in 2000, exit polls indicated. Still, with voter turnout expected to be higher overall, more young people appeared to have come out.
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The spirit of volunteerism is thriving in the heartland, but not so much on the coasts.
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Younger teens are staying away from sex more and when they do have sex, they are more likely to use contraception, U.S. government researchers reported Friday.
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WASHINGTON -- Fewer teens are engaging in sexual activity than in the past, and those that do are more likely to use contraceptives, the government said Friday.
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FRIDAYY, Sept. 10 (HealthDayNews) -- About 13 percent of U.S. children have special health-care needs, says a study in the September issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
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Eighth-grade students in the United States scored better in both mathematics and science last year than in 1999, but still lagged their peers in a number of other industrial countries, according