Some New Stats About Youth and Related Issues(From Youthworker Journal)

Federal Money given for abstinence education in public schools: $168 million
Percentage of US Teens who have premarital sex after taking abstinence pledges: 88%

Percent of teens have the following items in their ROOMS
VCR/DVD player: 54%
Computer: 31%
Cable: 37 %
(Chicago Tribune March 2005)

Kids age 10-17 who gambled in the last year: 70%
(UPI, March 2005)

Median age of marriage:

Women in 1970: 20.8
Women in 2003: 35.3

Men in 1970: 23.2
Men in 2003 27.1

Number of music tracks legally purchased and downloaded in:

2003: 20 million
2004: 140 million

2004 Music Sales

2004 Cd Album Sales: 651.1 Million
Change from 2003: +2.3%
(2003 was 3rd consecutive year of decreased sales before 2004)

Genres
R & B and rap--up 8%
Alternative--up 3%
Country--up 12% (Clint's note: The new soft rock/pop music)
Metal--up 2%
Christian--down 7%
Latin--up 16%