Disparities Details by Sex for 2018
AH-5.5 : Adolescents who consider school work to be meaningful and important (percent, 12–17 years)
This chart compares rates by population.
Error Bar (I) represents the 95% confidence interval.
Additional footnotes may apply to these data. Please refer to footnotes below the data table for further information.
See also Disparities Overview by Sex for AH-5.5
AH-5.5 Increase the proportion of adolescents who consider their school work to be meaningful and important
Adolescents who consider school work to be meaningful and important (percent, 12–17 years)
| Sex | 2018 | Disparity |
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| Male | 23.7 CI 22.5/24.9 SE 0.625 |
x 1.000 Best rate |
| Female | 23.1 CI 22.0/24.3 SE 0.602 |
x 1.024 CI 1.000/ 1.088 |
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Data are subject to revision and may have changed since a previous release. Unless noted otherwise, any age-adjusted data are adjusted using the year 2000 standard population. Data are not available or not collected for populations not shown. CI: 95% confidence interval. |
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- The better group rate for this objective, 23.7%, was attained by the male population.
- The worse group rate for this objective, 23.1%, was attained by the female population.
- The absolute difference (or range) between the best and worst group rates was 0.6 percentage points.
- The best group rate was <1.100 times the worst group rate.
The male population achieved the better group rate for this objective, 23.7%.
The better group rate was <1.1 times the rate for the female population.
