Build Assets to Help Youth Succeed - Handout 3 - Challenge Facing Communities

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1999 Volunteer Leadership Training Guide
Build Assets to Help Youth Succeed
The Challenge Facing Communities
Handout 3

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While the assets are powerful shapers of young people's lives and choices, too few young people experience many of these assets. Twenty-five of the 40 assets are experienced by less than half of the young people surveyed.

Average Number of Assets by Grade and Gender

The average young person surveyed experiences only 18 of the 40 assets. In general, older youth have lower average levels of assets than younger youth. And boys experience fewer assets than girls.

Bar Chart showing Average Number of Assets by Grade and Gender.

6th Grade - 21.5
7th Grade - 19.8
8th Grade - 17.8
9th Grade - 17.4
10th Grade - 16.9
11th Grade - 16.9
12th Grade - 17.2

Boys - 16.5
Girls - 19.5
Total - 18

Youth with Different Levels of Assets

Ideally, all youth would experience at least 31 of these 40 assets. Yet, as this chart shows, only 8 percent of youth experience this level of assets. Sixty-two percent experience fewer than 20 of these assets

Pie Chart showing Youth with Different Levels of Assets

0-10 Assets - 20%
11-20 Assets - 42%
21-30 Assets - 30%
31-40 Assets - 8%

What goal would you set for young people in your community, organization, neighborhood, or family?

Source: Search Institute (1997) The asset approach: Giving kids what they need to succeed. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Author.

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1999 Volunteer Leadership Training Guide Build Assets to Help Youth Succeed The Challenge Facing Communities Handout 3

Average Number of Assets by Grade and Gender

Youth with Different Levels of Assets

1999 Volunteer Leadership Training Guide
Build Assets to Help Youth Succeed
The Challenge Facing Communities
Handout 3