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2006 Youth Demographics
by Mark Hugo Lopez and Karlo Barrios Marcelo November 2006 Based on Current Population Survey data. Compares the numbers of 18-25 year-old residents and citizens by gender, race, ethnicity, geographic distribution, marital status, military status, unemployment, educational attainment, and assesses population trends from 1968-2006. Download “2006 Youth Demographics.”
Working Paper 16: News for a New Generation. Report 1: Content Analysis, Interviews, and Focus Groups
by Susan Sherr July 2004 “The following report represents the findings from the qualitative portion of the News for a New Generation project. These data provide information about what kinds of news are available for young people, why producers create youth-oriented news the way they do, and what young people say they really want in Read More >
National Youth Survey, 2004
National Youth Survey, 2004 On January 15, CIRCLE and the Center for Democracy and Citizenship at the Council for Excellence in Government released a new survey of 1,000 Americans between the ages of 15 and 25. Analyze Data with SDA: nys04sda Questionnaire and Toplines: nys04toplines.pdf For raw data sets email CIRCLE staff Researcher Surbhi Godsay Read More >
Group Membership and Group Involvement Among Young People
by Melissa K. Comber August 2003 Based on Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey 2000 data, CIRCLE Civic & Political Health 2002 Survey. Compares membership by type of group with age. Download “Group Membership and Group Involvement Among Young People.”
Working Paper 03: Socializing Youth for Citizenship
by Jonathan F. Zaff March 2003 “In the present study, we hypothesize that programs and policies to promote positive citizenship may need to begin by first focusing on informal interactions in youths’ lives, such as with parents and peers, and on the culture in which youth are raised.” Download here (PDF).
