Living on the Edge : Risk, Protection, Behavior, and Outcomes of Argentine Youth
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Washington, DC: World Bank
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Risk and protective factors influence
behaviors and outcomes for youth. While risk factors expose
youth to risk-taking behavior that compromises well-being
and hinders personal development, protective factors mediate
risk and act as protective mechanisms that insulate youth
from negative outcomes. This paper groups youth by risk
levels using a cluster analysis methodology, and identifies
the risk and protective factors that characterize these
groups. Using data from a new household survey covering
youth in four urban areas of Argentina in 2005, youth are
clustered by characteristics in relation to family and
health, education and income, substance abuse, and crime and
violence as indicators of risk and protective factors, and
behaviors and consequences. Almost half of Argentine youth
are at an elevated risk level, and one in four is at serious
risk of experiencing negative outcomes or already suffering
the consequences. The findings show, for example, that
higher income protects against risk factors, such as an
insecure neighborhood, and facilitates youth attending
school. Furthermore, parents' lack of education is
negatively related to the behaviors and outcomes of their children.
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ACCESS TO INFORMATION, ADOLESCENT, AGE DISTRIBUTION, AID, CHILD LABOR, CHILDHOOD, CHILDHOOD TO ADULTHOOD, CITIES, CITIZEN, CITIZENSHIP, CLINICS, CONDOM, CONDOM USE, CRIME, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT PLANS, DISCRIMINATION, DOMESTIC ABUSE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DROPOUT, DROPOUTS, DRUG ABUSE, EARLY DROPOUT FROM SCHOOL, EARLY MARRIAGE, EARLY MOTHERHOOD, EARLY SEXUAL INITIATION, ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE, FAMILIES, FAMILY MEMBERS, FAMILY PLANNING, FATHER, FEMALE, FIRST CHILD, FORCED SEX, GENDER, GIRLS, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CARE ACCESS, HEALTH INSURANCE, HEALTH SECTOR, HOMES, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD NUMBER, HUMAN BEINGS, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS, ILLEGAL DRUGS, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS, INTERVENTION, INTERVENTIONS, JOB TRAINING, JUVENILES, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKET, LAM, LATIN AMERICAN, LEGAL DRINKING AGE, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, MALE YOUTH, MARRIED YOUTH, MOTHER, NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, NEIGHBORHOOD, NEIGHBORHOODS, OLDER AGE GROUPS, OUT OF SCHOOL YOUTH, PARENTAL EDUCATION, PARENTAL SUPPORT, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, POLICY DECISIONS, POLICY IMPLICATIONS, POLICY RESEARCH, POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER, POLITICAL PARTY, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, PREVENTION EFFORTS, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PROGRESS, PUBLIC HEALTH, RADIO, REHABILITATION, RESPECT, RISK FACTORS, RISK-TAKING, RISK-TAKING BEHAVIOR, RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIORS, ROLE MODELS, RURAL AREAS, SAFE ENVIRONMENT, SAFE SEX, SCHOOL AGE, SCHOOLS, SELF-ESTEEM, SEX, SEX WORKERS, SEXUAL BEHAVIORS, SEXUALLY ACTIVE, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, SMOKING, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL INEQUALITY, SOCIAL INTEGRATION, SPOUSE, STDS, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, TEEN, TEEN PREGNANCIES, TEEN PREGNANCY, TEENAGE PREGNANCY, TELEVISION, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TOBACCO, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNSAFE SEX, URBAN AREAS, USE OF ALCOHOL, USE OF CONDOMS, USE OF CONTRACEPTION, VICTIMS, VIOLENCE, VULNERABLE GROUPS, WAGES, WORKING POPULATION, YOUNG AGE, YOUNG FEMALES, YOUNG MALES, YOUNG PERSON, YOUNG WOMEN, YOUTH, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, YOUTH GROUP, YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT, YOUTH WORK, YOUTHS