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Teen Runaway Statistics
  • Between 1.3 and 2.8 million runaway and homeless youth live on the streets of America each year.

  • One in seven youth youth will run away from home before the age of 18.

  • Parental substance abuse is the largest predictor of runaway behavior in youth.

  • Runaway/homeless youth are 50% male and 50% female, though females are more likely to seek help through shelters and hotlines.

  • Prior to leaving home, nearly half (43%) of youth reported being beaten by a caretaker.

  • Forty-one percent of youth who’ve run away had been abandoned by their parents or caretakers for at least 24 hours.

  • A little over a quarter of youth who’ve run from home have had parents or caretakers request sexual activity, and 32% have been forced to participate in sexual activity against their will.

  • Forty-one percent of females seeking shelter report being pregnant.

  • Seventy-five percent of runaway and homeless youth have dropped out or will drop out of school.

  • Twenty-six percent stay in unsupervised and possibly unsafe places for one or more nights.

  • Twelve percent spend at least one night outside in a park, on the street, under a bridge or overhang, or on a roof top.

  • Thirty-two percent have attempted suicide at some point in their lives.


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