Who runs? A demographic profile of runaway youth in the United States.
Prevention and treatment programs for runaways have been hindered by an inadequate population profile. Using Add Health data to determine 12-month prevalence and demographic predictors of running away, we found that over 6% of youths reported running away. Running was predicted by biological gender, age, region, urbanicity, and family structure.
Sanchez
Rebecca Polley
RP
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Cary, North Carolina 27514, USA. rsanchez@pire.org
Waller
Martha W
MW
Greene
Jody M
JM
D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D018453:Homeless Youth / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014481:United States; D014505:Urban Population