Urban and suburban delinquency equal.

• Position: Schools - According to National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health - Brief Article

The presumption that suburban schools have less disorder and delinquency than their urban counterparts is incorrect, maintains a study from the Manhattan (N.Y.) Institute. Researchers used data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health on 20,000 students in grades 7-12, from urban, suburban, and rural areas.

The results indicated: two-thirds of individuals in urban and suburban schools have had sex; urban pregnancy rates were higher (20%) than suburban rates (14%); 40% of 12th-graders in urban and suburban schools have used drugs, while suburban seniors were more likely to drive while on drugs (20%) than urban 12th-graders (16%); suburban seniors were more likely to have...