risk factor
Defined in 1 dictionary — U.S. Code
United States Code
20 U.S.C. § 7161 — in this part
The term “risk factor” means any one of a number of characteristics of the community, school, family, or peer-individual domains that are known, through prospective, longitudinal research efforts, to be predictive of alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drug use, as well as violent behavior, by youth in the school and community.