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Intro -- YOUTH IN AMERICA TRANSITIONS TO ADULTHOOD AND DISCONNECTED YOUTHS -- YOUTH IN AMERICA TRANSITIONS TO ADULTHOOD AND DISCONNECTED YOUTHS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 AMERICA'S YOUTH: TRANSITIONS TO ADULTHOOD* -- SELECTED FINDINGS -- Demographics -- Youth Population -- Living Arrangements -- Birth Rates -- School-Related Characteristics -- School Enrollment -- High School Coursetaking and Advanced Placement Participation -- Reading and Mathematics Achievement -- International Performance -- High School Status Dropout Rates -- College Readiness -- College Enrollment -- Educational Attainment -- Employment-Related Characteristics -- Labor Force Participation -- Young Adult Unemployment -- Median Earnings -- Poverty -- Activities Outside of Work and School -- Afterschool Activities -- Homework -- Volunteer Work -- Health and Wellness -- Health Status -- Personal Safety -- Future Goals -- Educational Expectations -- Educational Progress -- READER'S GUIDE -- Organization of the Report and Data Sources -- Data Analysis and Interpretation -- Classifications of Age Groups -- Definitions of Race and Ethnicity -- DEMOGRAPHICS -- 1. The Youth Population in the United States -- 2. Population Projections of the Youth Population -- 3. Nativity of the Youth Population -- 4. Living Arrangements of the Youth Population -- 5. The Mobility of the Youth Population -- 6. MARRIAGE -- 7. Birth Rates and Births to Unmarried Females -- SCHOOL-RELATED CHARACTERISTICS -- 8. School Enrollment -- 9. High School Enrollment -- 10. High School Mathematics and Science Coursetaking -- 11. Advanced Placement (AP) Participation -- 12. Reading and Mathematics Proficiency of 13- and 17-Year-Olds -- 13. International Reading, Mathematics, and Science Achievement -- 14. Suspensions and Expulsions of High School Students -- 15. High School Status Dropout Rates