As the NYT reported on Jan 24 o9, stats from 2003-2007
28% of black girls 12-17 are obese
57% of eightgraders watch 4 or more hours of TV on weekdays (!) and grades are according
31% used alcohol before age 13
60% live in low income families
34% live in poor families (hope poor this is a subcategory of low income!!; these are higher percentages than in any other race)
70% born to single mothers
94% of women agree that it is sometimes necessary to give a child a "good hard spanking"
23% victims of "maltreatment"
12% teen girls report being raped
7% teen boys do same
11% threatened by weapon in school
|
|
Wusch
Nosey Neighbor
Joined: 09 Sep 2007
Posts: 15
Location: US
|
