Data notes
All percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole number.
N/A: Data do not exist on this measure for this state.
1 The National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) asks the child’s parent, guardian, or other adult familiar with the child’s health four questions about “family resilience.” Parents are asked, “When your family faces problems, how often are you likely to do each of the following?” (a) “Talk together about what to do,” (b) “Work together to solve our problems,” (c) “Know we have strengths to draw on,” and (d) “Stay hopeful even in difficult times.” Response options of “most of the time” or “all of the time” meet each resilience item’s criteria, which are then used to produce a composite “family resilience” measure categorized as “all or most of the time” to 0-1 items, 2-3 items, or all 4 items (not presented here).
2 The NSCH defines supportive neighborhoods based on responses of the child’s parent, guardian, or other adult familiar with the child’s health to: “people in my neighborhood help each other out,” “we watch out for each other's children in this neighborhood,” and “when we encounter difficulties, we know where to go for help in our community.” Supportive neighborhoods are those where the parent reported “definitely agree” to at least one of the items and “somewhat agree” or “definitely agree” to the other two items.
Data sources
HR1Family relationships and resilience, supportive neighborhoods, and adult mentor data are from: Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health. (n.d.). National Survey of Children's Health, 2018-2019 [Data set]. Retrieved from https://www.childhealthdata.org/browse/survey
HR2High school data are from: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). 1991-2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey [Data set]. Retrieved from http://nccd.cdc.gov/YouthOnline/App/Default.aspx