Through the 1970s, the number of "latchkey" children under age 14 left alone after school roughly doubled. A 1987 survey indicated that 12 percent of elementary, 30 percent of middle school, and 38 percent of high school students were left to care for themselves after school "almost every day."
Sources: Lynette and Thomas Long, The Handbook for Latchkey Children and Their Parents (book); U.S. Bureau of Census; via 13th Gen (book)
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