State of Florida Girls
Media Coverage

We are grateful for the coverage that the Status of Girls research has received.  We’d like to clarify that the Status of Girls Well-Being research findings comes from multiple data sources.  

• The Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey (source Florida Department Health) was administered to 54,000 students in grades 6 through 12 in February of 2018.  The FL YSAS data includes:  safety in school, safety in neighborhood, grades, experiences of bullying, access to teacher, access to parent, substance use, sense of hopelessness, sadness, etc.

• The Florida Youth Risk Behavior Survey (source Florida Department of Health) administered in schools across 50 counties in the state.  The FL YRBS data includes: forced sexual intercourse, dating violence, suicide ideation, suicide plan and suicide attempts.