Youth Depression

The Healthy Youth Survey asks youth whether, over the past year, they ever felt so sad or hopeless, almost every day for two weeks or more in a row, that they stopped doing some of their usual activities. Results show that youth who live with their parents/guardians are less likely to report having been depressed than youth not living with their parents/guardians. In 2025, 25.2% of 10th graders who lived with their parents/guardians had been depressed, while 40.8% of those who did not live with their parents/guardians had been depressed.

10th Graders Reporting Depression, by Living Situation, 2025

10th Graders Reporting Depression, by Living Situation, 2025

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Source: Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Health Care Authority Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery, & Liquor and Cannabis Control Board (2025). Healthy Youth Survey [2025]. https://askhys.net
Notes: "Does Not Live with Parents/Guardians" includes students who live with other relatives (kinship care), who are in foster care, or who have other living situations.