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View Point
The Message -- for Catholics of Southwestern Indiana
December 8, 1989
By FATHER
|OSEPH L.
ZILIAK
Associate Publisher
Dealing with 00Foung people
using some statistics
How do you read statistics?
If the statistics deal with ma area that I feel I
have some knowledge about, I will usually do a
mental comparison and respond with a "yes, that
sounds correct," or "I wonder how they got that
number."
I also respond differently to a set of statistics
that deal with some moral situation than I do about
other issues. For instance, I am far more interested
in studies about family life than I am about the
number of rabbits currently running loose in Mar-
tin County. (You may conclude from that statement
that I am not a rabbit hunter. Your conclusion is
correct.)
I read some findings in the latest issue of
Parents and Teenagers that I would like to share
with you.
- The amount of time that girls talk on the
phone more than doubles between fifth and ninth
grade. Fifth-grade girls talk on the phone about
one-half hour every week. Ninth-graders spend
three hours or more each week on tile phone.
- One common factor among teenagers who
achieve highly in the National Merit Scholarship
testing is that they eat dinner with their families
every day. Another study shows that families who
eat together also tend to have more stability in
their marriages and careers.
- 92 percent of 5oyear-olds think it's wrong to
tell a lie. By the age of 11 only 28 percent think
the same way. By ages 10 to 12 kids judge a lie ac-
cording to a situation. For instance, a 12-year-old
would have no trouble telling an overweight friend
that she is not overweight. Two-thirds of first-
graders say their parents can tell when they'ru ly-
ing. Yet more than 50 percent of seventh-graders
say they can lie to their parents without getting
caught. Many 11th-graders say the first time they
were able to lie and get away with it was in the
fifth or sixth grade.
o Comparing how things were when mom was
growing up to today's teenagers could give some
insight into differences of lifestyle and ex-
periences. Divorced parents - for mom, 5 percent;
for today's teenagers, 23 percent. Dating at 15 - for
mom, 34 percent; for today, 73 percent. Working
morn - for morn, 31 percent, for today, 72 percent.
- About two out of every three college students
see nothing wrong with getting drunk once in a
while, according to a study of freshmen and
sophomores at Northern Illinois University. Occa-
sionally getting drunk as long as it doesn't get in
the way of school responsibilities, 62 percent.
Drinking alcohol without getting drunk is okay, 22
percent. There's nothing wrong with getting
drunk, 9 percent. Drinking alcohol is never a good
idea, 7 percent.
- The worry list for teenagers includes the
following. 1. Doing well in school. 2. How I look.
3. Having friends. 4. Getting a good job when I'm
out of school• 5. My weight. 6. Dying young. 7.
Nuclear war. 8. Fighting in my family. 9. That I
might get AIDS. 10. Pregnancy. 11. Sexually
transmitted diseases. 12. My family not having
enough money for food and a place to live. 13.
Whether I am normal. 14. Racial discrimination.
15. My parents' drinking.
These are just some current numbers that are
appearing in print. We can each match them
against our own experience and see if we find
them acceptable and believable. They might also
give us some clues as to what to look for or speak
about in our dealing with young people.
Beta Club members
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Tucker, Melissa Derderian, Jennifer Olson, Raffaella Romano, DeAnna Caudillo, Amy Johnson,
Jennifer Bouffard, Rita Gandhy, Kia Diener, Angela Harris, back row, Sister Jane Ann Breen, ad-
visor, Erika White, Mary Espy, Julie Fabb, Karin Tanaka, Falisha Ball, Jennifer Ellison, Asuka
Karasawa, Kim Nasief, Debbie Heyman, Buffy Pierson.
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