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About the National Data
Data
Baseline: 79.0 percent of adolescents aged 12 to 17 years had an adult in their lives with whom they could talk about serious problems in 2018
Target: 82.9 percent
Methodology
Adolescents aged 12 to 17 are considered to have an adult in their life with whom they can talk about serious problems if they responded either (2) My mother or father or guardian or (4) Some other adult.
History
1. Effect size h=0.1 was chosen to correspond with 10% improvement from a baseline of 50%.