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Survey responses from over 2,600 Americans are organized into five themes: rising program-based mentoring, a recent increase in unmet mentoring need, the lasting desire for more guidance even among those mentored, mentors’ credit for life success and mental health, and the varied forms of support that make relationships most meaningful. 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Here is a snapshot of the five major themes that emerged from the responses of over 2,600 Americans about who mentored them growing up and the influence of those relationships on their lives.  \nTheme  \n1  \nAmericans report major increases in mentoring relationships over the last 30 years.  \nAcross generations we see increasing rates of young people reporting that they had a mentor while growing up.  \n• While 56 percent of all adults say they had a mentor, today’s younger generations report significantly higher rates of mentoring (66 percent for those under 40 years of age) .  \n• The growth in mentoring has been through program-provided mentors. Today’s young adult is three times more likely than a Baby Boomer to say they were mentored through a program.  \n• Mentoring programs are increasingly reaching youth who have experienced the highest number of adverse life experiences (e.g., running away/ out-of-home placements, skipping school, caring for siblings or dependents, substance abuse issues in the home, and food insecurity were the top challenges noted by Gen Z) .  \n• Among today’s young adults, youth of color and other marginalized communities report some of the highest rates of mentoring, and thereis greater equitable access to mentors across socioeconomic lines.  \nTheme  \n2  \nUnfortunately, today’s young people are reporting increases in the mentoring gap.  \nWhile the overall trend over the last three decades is one of increasing rates of mentoring for American youth, in recent years, and especially since COVID-19, there has been a sharp uptick in youth reporting they had no mentor at all. The mentoring“gap” appears to be growing.  \n• Comparing today’s young people to those from the Mentoring Effect a decade ago, we find that  \nthey are less likely to report having had a mentor.  \n• Today’s 18-to-21-year-olds are 4 percentage points less likely to have been mentored than their 22-to- 24-year-old peers. They are a full 10 percentage points less likely than Millennials to have had a mentor growing up.  \n• While the pandemic explains some of this dropoff, trends in the data suggest this decline in mentoring started well before the pandemic.  \n• Those in the lower income brackets are the least likely to have mentors, although this is improving over time.  \nTheme  \n3  \nEven when mentored, most youth remember times when they wish they had mentoring.  \nWhen asked whether they could remember a time where they wanted a mentor but didn’t have one, Americans paint a picture of unmet need:  \n• Sixty-seven percent of today’s 18-to-21-year-olds can remember a time where they needed a mentor but didn’t have one. Sixty-two percent of Millennials and 55 percent of Gen X reported the same.  \n• Those who had a mentor are more likely to have had a time when they wanted more mentoring than those who never had a mentor (57 to 50 percent, respectively) .  \n• Youth who identify as BIPOC and those from lower income levels express significantly higher rates of unmet mentoring need.  \nTheme  \n4  \nAmericans attribute mu","cbCaig9tn0T2hSAc","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaig9tn0T2hSAc","pdf",179716,"English","# Theme 1: Increases in mentoring relationships\n## Program-provided mentors and reaching high-need youth\n# Theme 2: Rising mentoring gap in recent years\n## COVID-19 effects and pre-pandemic decline\n# Theme 3: Unmet mentoring needs even among the mentored\n## Remembering times they wanted mentoring\n# Theme 4: Mentors credited for success and wellbeing\n## Belonging, mental health, and upward mobility\n# Theme 5: Most meaningful mentors and support types\n## Naturally occurring vs programmatic relationships\n# Paths Forward\n## Reverse the mentoring gap and build a mentoring mindset","[{\"question\":\"What does the study mean by the “mentoring gap”?\",\"answer\":\"The study revisits a gap where one in three young people grows up without a mentor, and examines whether that gap has been closing over time.\"},{\"question\":\"How has mentoring changed over the last 30 years, according to Americans’ reports?\",\"answer\":\"Americans report major increases in mentoring relationships over the last three decades, with younger generations—especially those under 40—reporting higher mentoring rates than older groups.\"},{\"question\":\"What recommendations does MENTOR propose based on these findings?\",\"answer\":\"MENTOR recommends mobilizing more hands-on support for today’s youth and young adults to reverse the growing mentoring gap, and fostering a “mentoring mindset” among American adults.\"}]","Who Mentored You? - study on mentoring across generations | PDF",1792055886]