The attached findings in narrative and slide formats from the Fall 1997 Sample Survey of Military Personnel contain officer and enlisted data on time lost from duty/work/volunteer activities because of  youth behavior problems.  Findings include:

• Parents with 13 to 18 year old youth living with them constitute 10.9 % of all Active Component soldiers.  About one-sixth of officers (16.5%) and one-tenth (10.9%) of all enlisted personnel have a youth between the ages of 13 and 18 living with them.

• Of those with dependent youth in this age group, slightly more than one-sixth of soldiers (18.4%) and their spouses (18.2%) reported losing time during the last 12 months because they had "to deal with youth behavior problems (e.g., school suspensions, vandalism, alcohol or drug abuse, teen pregnancy, or other misconduct").

• There were no statistically significant differences between rank groups, racial/ethnic groups or education levels for time lost by soldiers and their spouses due to a youth behavior problem.