Use social net works to make new friends

15-17 years old

Boys – 60%

Girls - 46%

Use social networks to flirt

Older kids

Boys – 29%

Girls – 13%

Younger girls – 12%

More likely to have created online profiles

15-17

Boys – 57%

Girls – 70%

Percent of all youths use social networking sites

55%

Use to stay in touch with friends they see frequently

91%

Stay in contact with friends they rarely see in person

82%

Social Networking Sites

MySpace – 85%

Facebook – 7%

Xanga – 1%

Other – smaller numbers

15-17 year olds have profiles

64% both genders

12 – 14 year olds have profiles

45% both genders

Created a social networking profile of themselves

70%

Lurkers, look at others but don’t have one of their own

5%

Statistical Margin of Error

3.7%