Lincoln County Health Highlights: Youth With a Caring and Supportive Relationship in the Family, Students in Grades 9-12

Caring and Supportive Relationship in the Family

Lincoln County Compared to State


*Description of Dashboard Gauge

Description of the Dashboard Gauge

This "dashboard" type graphic is based on the community data on the right. It compares the community value on this indicator to the state overall value.
  • Excellent = The community's value on this indicator is BETTER than the state value, and the difference IS statistically significant.
  • Watch = The community's value is BETTER than state value, but the difference IS NOT statistically significant.
  • Improvement Needed = The community's value on this indicator is WORSE than the state value, but the difference IS NOT statistically significant.
  • Reason for Concern = The community's value on this indicator is WORSE than the state value, and the difference IS statistically significant.

The community value is considered statistically significantly different from the state value if the state value is outside the range of the community's 95% confidence interval. If the community's data or 95% confidence interval information is not available, a blank gauge image will be displayed with the message, "missing information."
NOTE: The labels used on the gauge graphic are meant to describe the community's status in plain language. The placement of the gauge needle is based solely on the statistical difference between the community and state values. When selecting priority health issues to work on, a community should take into account additional factors such as how much improvement could be made, the U.S. value, the statistical stability of the community number, the severity of the health condition, and whether the difference is clinically significant.

Why Is This Important?

Caring and supportive relationship in the family refer to the interactions between youth and parents or guardians that convey love, acceptance, and affirmation. Students who report high levels of this relationship are less likely to use alcohol, drugs, or tobacco; to be involved in violence; to experience suicidal ideation; or to engage in high risk sexual practices.

Youth With a Caring and Supportive Relationship in the Family, Students in Grades 9-12 by County, 2009

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Lincoln County 54.2%
95% Confidence Interval

Description of 95% Confidence Interval

The confidence interval indicates the range of probable true values for the level of risk in the community.

A value of "DNA" (Data Not Available) will appear if the confidence interval was not published with the IBIS indicator data for this measure.

For more information on confidence intervals, visit the New Mexico IBIS confidence interval page at http://ibis.health.state.nm.us/resources/ConfidenceInterval.html.
(48.9% - 59.3%)
Statistical Stability

Description of Statistical Stability

  • Stable = This count or rate is relatively stable and should provide a good estimate of your community risk.
  • Unstable = This count or rate is statistically unstable (RSE >0.30), and may fluctuate widely due to random variation (chance).
  • Very Unstable = This count or rate is extremely unstable (RSE >0.50). This value should not be used to represent your population risk. You should combine years or otherwise increase the population denominator in this calculation.
  • DNA = Data Not Available. The required community value and/or confidence interval was not available for this measure.

For more information on statistical stability, visit the New Mexico IBIS Reliability and Validity page at http://ibis.health.state.nm.us/resources/ReliabilityValidity.html.
Stable
New Mexico 54.1%
U.S. DNA
DNA=Data not available.

Note

The Sandoval county rate has been suppressed because it is not representative of Sandoval County. The Harding County has been suppressed because the sample size was too small (<50).

Data Sources

New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey, New Mexico Department of Health and Public Education Department.  

Measure Description for Caring and Supportive Relationship in the Family

Definition: Students in grades 9-12 who reported that they had a parent or some other adults who was interested in them, talks with them about their problems, and listens to them when they have something to say.
Numerator: Students were asked to respond to the following series of questions: How true do you feel these statements are for you? In my home, there is a parent or some other adult? ...who is interested in my school work. ...who talks with me about my problems. ...who listens to me when I have something to say.
Denominator: Total number of students in grades 9-12 who completed the survey.
Click on this link to jump to the complete indicator profile report for Caring and Supportive Relationship in the Family (exits this community report).
Date Indicator Content Last Updated: 03/22/2011
Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey, New Mexico Department of Health, Epidemiology and Response Division, Injury and Behavioral Epidemiology Bureau, Santa Fe, NM, 87502. Telephone: (505) 476-1779
The information provided above is from the New Mexico Department of Health's NM-IBIS web site (http://ibis.health.state.nm.us). The information published on this website may be reproduced without permission. Please use the following citation: "Retrieved Sat, 18 May 2013 9:48:18 from New Mexico Department of Health, Indicator-Based Information System for Public Health Web site: http://ibis.health.state.nm.us".

Content updated: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 13:25:00 MDT