How Many Youth Experience Each Asset?

The series of tables below shows eight areas of human development, and groups the 40 Developmental Assets by these categories. The percentages of young people who report experiencing each asset were gathered from the administration of the Search Institute Profiles of Student Life: Attitudes and Behaviors survey to almost 150,000 6th- to 12th-grade youth in 202 communities across the United States in calendar year 2003.

External Assets

Support

1. Family Support 68%
2. Positive Family Communication 28%
3. Other Adult Relationships 43%
4. Caring Neighborhood 37%
5. Caring School Climate 29%
6. Parent Involvement in Schooling 29%

Empowerment

7. Community Values Youth 22%
8. Youth as Resources 26%
9. Service to Others 48%
10. Safety 51%

Boundaries and Expectations

11. Family Boundaries 46%
12. School Boundaries 52%
13. Neighborhood Boundaries 47%
14. Adult Role Models 27%
15. Positive Peer Influence 63%
16. High Expectations 48%

Constructive Use of Time

17. Creative Activities 21%
18. Youth Programs 57%
19. Religious Community 58%
20. Time at Home 51%

Internal Assets

Commitment to Learning

21. Achievement Motivation 65%
22. School Engagement 55%
23. Homework 47%
24. Bonding to School 52%
25. Reading for Pleasure 22%

Positive Values

26. Caring 50%
27. Equality and Social Justice 52%
28. Integrity 68%
29. Honesty 66%
30. Responsibility 63%
31. Restraint 45%

Social Competencies

32. Planning and Decision Making 29%
33. Interpersonal Competence 45%
34. Cultural Competence 43%
35. Resistance Skills 41%
36. Peaceful Conflict Resolution 40%

Positive Identity

37. Personal Power 42%
38. Self-Esteem 48%
39. Sense of Purpose 57%
40. Positive View of Personal Future 72%