What percent of young people would you guess stand up against peer pressure?

I, for one, can say I do not go along with most of my peers. Most of the stuff they say and do just doesn’t go with what I like or think appropriate. I’m still a teen, and close to finishing school, and I haven’t got as many friends as most people in my class do. When people see that someone is different to them, or isn’t willing to go with what they like to do, then they tend to either ignore or avoid that person. I guess I have involuntarily offended people when I refused to join in some of their activities. But to be honest, I don’t really care all that much.
I want to stay true to my beliefs and my own morals, without having to do silly stuff just to get more friends, or gain popularity, or to “fit in”.

I frankly think everyone or should I say 99.99% of people succumb at the least once in a blue moon, those who refuse to give in are a rare breed.

In my late Forties,so long way from a teenager,but if I was to guess 15% or less actually stand up to peer pressure,the rest just get lead along the way,wanting to fit in and not cause any problems for their fellow teens.

I typically say I avoided it when possible. I can’t claim to have stood up to it in k-12 very well. I wasn’t good at pushing back. For instance, if my friends were drinking I either lied and said I had already drank a lot before I got there, or I stopped going to parties where my friends were drinking. Eventually I sought friends who didn’t put pressure on me for things I didn’t want to do.

In college and even now I did/do not feel the pressure. I was more sure of myself, and just did what was right for me.

0.001%

And that’s being generous.

Very few.

I wouldn’t say I succumbed to peer pressure, but I didn’t publicly stand against it either. I had a pretty low profile most of the time in high school, I did my own thing.

According to officials, 69% of young people stand up against peer pressure.

Population, % who stand up against peer pressure
Old People, 42
Young People, 69
White People, 36
Black People, 54
Blue People, 32
Left Handed People, 82
Night People, 52
Day People, 56
Cat People, 39

@Charles I’d imagine blue people would be fairly limp until rigor mortis sets in

@Charles – What about zombies????

I didn’t stand up to peer pressure so much as it wasn’t leveled at me. When I was a teen it was clear which kids had the time and wherewithal to be subjected to peer pressure and which ones didn’t. I didn’t get pushed into teen activities by my parents, I didn’t push to get into teen activities on my own, peers didn’t bother once I said I couldn’t since I had no ride. Those kids who had a ride usually had disposable income, nothing to do at home, parents who weren’t home and disinclination to follow the rules.

The biggest difference that I remember from then till now, when observing my nieces and nephews is the necessity of transport to get into trouble, then it had to be non-parental transport. Once the transport problem was resolved (to the teen’s mind), trouble was a mild step away. So some of my nephews and nieces have pasts to live with, some don’t, the rest aren’t old enough yet.

Depending on how you define peer pressure, is it societal or fraternal. I do know from what I observe 92% are sucked into the Social Matrix.