What is happening to American youth?
These numbers are for high schoolers:
From 1991 to 2015, seat belt use was about 3.3% higher each survey cycle compared with the previous survey cycle, adjusting for gender, race/ethnicity, and age. After 2015, seat belt use was about 1.8% lower each survey cycle than the previous survey cycle, adjusting for the same covariates.
Here is the article, and for the pointer I thank the excellent Kevin Lewis.