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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Increase the proportion of children and adolescents who communicate positively with their parents — EMC‑01 Data

Status: Getting worse

  Getting worse
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Most Recent Data:
62.0 percent (2020-21)

Target:
73.0 percent

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
68.5 percent of children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years had parents who reported that they and their child can share ideas or talk about things that matter in 2016-17

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Children and adolescents who talk and share ideas with parents, 2016-17 to 2020-21 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016-17 2018-19 2020-21
Total
68.5
CI 67.5 / 69.5
SE 0.506
65.3
CI 64.3 / 66.3
SE 0.508
62.0
CI 61.1 / 62.8
SE 0.447