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Girl Scouts of Wisconsin

Girl Scouts of Wisconsin. Wisconsin Women’s Council. Why a status of girls report?. Girls are important Girls’ needs are important Wisconsin needs to hear about girls. Wisconsin needs to hear from girls. How This Report Developed.

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Girl Scouts of Wisconsin

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  1. Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Wisconsin Women’s Council

  2. Why a status of girls report? • Girls are important • Girls’ needs are important • Wisconsin needs to hear about girls. • Wisconsin needs to hear from girls.

  3. How This Report Developed • First, an advisory group formed. This group had “key collaborators” who all wanted to see the report happen. The Key Collaborators Were: • Alverno College • Girl Scouts of Wisconsin • Women’s Fund of Greater Milwaukee • Wisconsin Women’s Council

  4. The people working on this report wanted to collect the information that was scattered in many places and put it in one place. • Alverno College provided the “Research Team”. They collected and put together the information. • Then, the other agencies read the report and suggested changes or additions to it.

  5. Some Models for This Work Not many states actually have a report on girls. We looked at the reports that were Already in existence. THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN WISCONSIN • Economics • Health • Rights • Demographics Institute for Women’s Policy Research • Maine's Future: A Report on the Status of Young Women in Maine • Colorado Status of Girls Report: Our Daughters, Our Future • Year 2000 Report on the Status of Women & Girls in Chicago • Count on Her! The Status of Women & Girls in Central Ohio • The Girls Report: What We Know & Need to Know About Growing Up Female (National Council on Research for Women)

  6. What This Report Includes • The report contains information in the following areas: Demographics Education Physical Activity Social Supports Technology Use Reproductive Health Substance Use Mental Health Violence/Abuse Crime/Incarceration

  7. Approximate Ages of Concern: 10-19 Source: United States, Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey, 2001-2005.

  8. How Many are in urbanized areas? • About 48% of Wisconsin girls aged 10 to 19 live in urbanized areas Source: United States, Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2005 American Community Survey, 2005.

  9. Truancy Rates Habitually Truant 2004-2005 school year (DPI, 2006[a]) In Middle School a little over 6% of girls are truant. By High School, Over 14% of girls are truant. Why do you think this is?

  10. Girls and Math • The Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examination (WKCE) is a statewide standardized test administered to students in 3rd through 10th grades to test their knowledge of various subjects • HAVE YOU EVER TAKEN THIS TEST? WHAT DID YOU THINK OF IT? • Although girls are more likely to obtain “proficient” mathematics scores throughout their academic career, boys are more likely to obtain “advanced” scores. • Tenth Grade Girls In 2005: • 24% advanced level • 48% proficient level • 13% “basic” level • 12% “minimal” level (DPI, 2005[b]).

  11. Girls and Science In all grades that the WKCE science exam is administered (4th, 8th, and 10th grades), girls are less likely to score at an advanced level than their male peers They’re more likely to score at a proficient or basic level. Minimal is the lowest Then Basic Then Proficient Then Advanced What do you think it would take to have girls scoring at higher levels on this exam?

  12. Science • The proportion of female (and male) students that score at the advanced level increases by grade level. • In 4th grade, 20% of girls tested at the advanced level. • That number rose to 25% of girls in 8th grade • and 32% of girls in 10th grade • (DPI, 2005[b]).

  13. Language Arts Girls are more likely than boys to score at advanced levels on the WKCE language arts standardized test. Wisconsin 4th grade (2005) 41% girls scored at an advanced level 30% boys scored at an advanced level

  14. Language Arts • The percentage of both girls and boys scoring at advanced levels decreases at higher grade levels. • In 2005, 29% of 8th grade girls and 23% of 10th grade girls scored at an advanced level (DPI, 2005[b]). *Remember, these are advanced levels (a level above proficient)

  15. Reading • In Wisconsin, girls tend to outperform boys in reading and writing. • On the WCKE, more than 40% of girls in each grade taking the reading exam scored at an advanced level, and themajority scored at either a proficient or advanced level. • National reading scores showed similar gender differences. (Wisconsin students scored slightly higher than national averages in the NAEP reading exam (DOE, 2007). (Wisconsin 10th grade boys were about twice as likely to score at the minimal or basic level on the WKCE reading portion (DPI, 2005[b]).

  16. Graduation Rates

  17. Why Girls Leave School • Girls who drop out of school cite many of the same contributing reasons as male dropouts – personality conflicts with educators, poor academic performance, lack of motivation, disciplinary problems, job-related issue. !Most girls who drop out do so primarily because of pregnancy and parenthood. !Girls who do not have children when they drop out of school are more likely to become teenage mothers than are girls who remain in school.

  18. Physical Activity There is a Girl Scout study that says that even though girls know exercise is important, they are not exercising much. Why do you think that might be?

  19. ADVICE? (Girl Scouts of the USA, 2000) WHERE DO YOU SEEK ADVICE?

  20. WATCHING TV Figures may not add to 100% due to rounding. Source: DHHS, 2005(a)

  21. Computer Usage • Girls tend to use computers for socializing, learning, and getting answers to questions they are too uncomfortable to ask. • Boys are more likely to use computers for gaming applications and entertainment. • Girls account for only about 1/3 of WI high school students "concentrating" in computer and data processing courses through career and tech. ed. Programs. What do you think would get girls more interested in computer, technology and engineering fields?

  22. Sexual Activity

  23. Sexual Activity for Girls • One study found that Forty-two percent of girls 15 or younger that are having sex report that their first sexual intercourse was not consensual (UWGM, 2006). What do you think of this?

  24. Wisconsin Birth Rates Ages 15-19

  25. Milwaukee County’s 2005 teen birth rate for girls under 20 years old was 62.4 per 1,000 (DHFS, 2006[k]). • Based on 2004 data, Milwaukee ranks 7th for its share of births to teens (16.9% of all births were to teens) among the 50 largest U.S. cities , down from 2nd in 2003 (18.7%). (Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2007). • Milwaukee ranks 6th for the share of births to teens who were already mothers (25.2%).

  26. BIRTHS TO YOUNG TEENS Although Milwaukee receives the largest amount of attention because of the number of births to teens, other Wisconsin counties have similarly high figures. Births to young teens (under age 18) Milwaukee County 5.2% Menominee County 6.9% Adams County 6.8% The Wisconsin cities with the highest share of births to younger teens (among all births) are: Milwaukee (6.4%),Racine (5.4%),Green Bay (4.4%) and Beloit (4.3%)(DHFS WISH for 2005).

  27. SMOKING How does a girl decide whether to smoke or not, or when to quit?

  28. Alcohol Use(Lifetime use=Did they ever have a drink) Source: State of Wisconsin, Department of Public Instruction, Wisconsin youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2001, 2003, & 2005.

  29. Age of Initial Alcohol Consumtion 62% had first drink at age 14 or under. Source: State of Wisconsin, Department of Public Instruction, Wisconsin Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2001, 2003, & 2005.

  30. Drinking and Driving Wisconsin high school girls are less likely to drive after drinking than their male counterparts. In 2005, only 9.7% of female students reported driving after drinking at least one time in the preceding month, compared to 17.3% of male students. However, almost a third (32.4%) of Wisconsin high school girls reported riding in a car with a driver who had been drinking alcohol at least one time in the preceding month. (DHHS, 2005[a]).

  31. Body Image • 6% of Wisconsin high school girls were actually overweight; while 36% perceived themselves as overweight, and 62% reported they were trying to lose weight. Wisconsin high school girls are less likely to be overweight than high school girls nationally.

  32. Eating Disorders Girls and young women account for an estimated 90% of people with eating disorders. WI high school girls: actions in the prior month to lose or maintain weight 61% - healthier food choices 60% - increased physical activity 8% - vomiting / laxatives 4% - abstained from eating for more than 24 hours

  33. Depression & Self Harm • About one-third of WI high school girls reported feeling “so sad or hopeless almost every day for two weeks or more in a row that [they] stopped doing some usual activities.” • Only 5% receive mental health counseling or care.

  34. DEPRESSION Do you think girls are more likely to be depressed than boys, or do you think they are just more likely to talk about it? Source: State of Wisconsin, Department of Public Instruction, Wisconsin youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2001-2005.

  35. SUICIDE ATTEMPTS Completions (DHHS, 2001; DHHS, 2003[A]; DHHS, 2005[a]).

  36. Control and Prevention, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance 2005, 2005

  37. Violence & Abuse • 60% of victims of child abuse and neglect in Wisconsin were girls (2005). • Rates of abuse rise sharply after age 11 for WI girls, while rates for boys decline as they age. • For girls 12 and over, the majority of substantiated allegations of abuse involved sexual abuse.

  38. Violence & Abuse • 30% of WI girls reported that someone at their school had touched them, said something to them, or displayed a sexual photograph or picture that made them uncomfortable, compared to 11% of boys. • Levels of this experience did not generally increase or decrease across grade levels. • Many students report that their attitudes toward sexual harassment are somewhat ambivalent. While not appreciated or welcomed by students it is an accepted part of the educational experience. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS?

  39. JuvenileCrime Most young female offenders begin with a status offense – an act that is only illegal by virtue of their age, like liquor law violations. Crime categories with the highest proportion of juvenile females arrested include prostitution, fraud, & runaway offenses.

  40. So now it’s your turn: • Which of these topics seems really important to you? • What would you like to do to make changes for girls in Wisconsin? • What do you think this agency or group should do?

  41. Thank You for Your Interest and Involvement The Status of Girls in Wisconsin Research Team: Megan Kemmet, B.A., Alverno College Sandra Graham, Ph.D., Alverno College Russell Brooker, Ph.D., Alverno College Austin Doherty, Ph.D., Alverno College Julie Ullman, Ph.D., Alverno College Julia Rice, J.D., Alverno College Consultant Kathleen O’Brien, Ph.D., Alverno College Members of the Advisory Group Kathleen O’Brien, Ph.D., Alverno College Sandra Graham, Ph.D., Alverno College Christine Lidbury, M.A., Wisconsin Women’s Council Elaine Maly, M.B.A., Women’s Fund of Greater Milwaukee Mary Beth Malm, Girl Scouts of Milwaukee Area

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