Ch2.Childhood.Data

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1	Monitoring the Future: Time Spent with Friends
2	SOURCE: Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth, 1976-2017 (ICPSR 36646); https://monitoringthefuture.org/results/data-products/
3	Reported in: Less in-person social interaction with peers among U.S. adolescents in the 21st century and links to loneliness
4	Question: The next questions ask about the kinds of things you might do. How often do you do each of the following? Get together with friends, informally
5	Get together with friends informally 1="Never" 2="A few times a year" 3="Once or twice a month" 4="At least once a week" 5="Almost every day"
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8		12th Graders
9		Time with Friends Every Day
10		Males	Females
11	1979	55%	47%
12	1981	54%	45%
13	1983	51%	43%
14	1985	51%	42%
15	1987	50%	45%
16	1989	55%	46%
17	1991	52%	44%
18	1993	53%	41%
19	1995	50%	43%
20	1997	53%	44%
21	1999	53%	44%
22	2001	51%	44%
23	2003	50%	42%
24	2005	48%	45%
25	2007	47%	41%
26	2009	48%	39%
27	2011	44%	41%
28	2013	41%	35%
29	2015	35%	31%
30	2017	31%	28%
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