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Oregon Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS); 1996

Oregon Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 1996

Weighted Column Percents Unweighted Frequencies
If you had a child in school, at what age do you think he or she should begin receiving education in school about HIV infection and AIDS?
(Weighted Column Percents)

Total Age Groups
18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+
First grade 12.5 9.3 13.2 12.3 12.3 14.4
Second grade 4.1 4.3 5.1 3.4 4.2 3.4
Third grade 10.8 9.3 11.0 11.3 12.1 8.3
Fourth grade 13.7 10.9 14.6 13.5 12.6 16.8
Fifth grade 14.5 18.2 13.0 14.6 13.7 15.0
Sixth grade 15.9 22.5 15.7 14.9 16.1 12.8
Seventh grade 7.7 9.3 5.7 8.0 8.2 8.3
Eighth grade 2.5 2.3 1.9 3.2 2.4 2.8
Ninth grade 2.3 2.7 2.8 1.9 2.7 1.2
Tenth grade .9
.9 1.9 .5

Eleventh grade .0
.2



Twelfth grade .2
.2 .3 .2

Kindergarten 7.3 6.6 8.5 8.6 7.0 3.7
Don't know/Not sure 5.3 2.7 5.5 3.7 5.5 9.8
Never 1.9 1.6 1.3 1.9 1.8 3.4
Refused .5 .4 .4 .6 .5 .3
Male First grade 12.9 6.8 11.3 12.9 16.4 14.0
Second grade 3.4 3.4 4.5 2.7 3.1 3.7
Third grade 9.6 8.5 9.5 9.9 10.3 8.8
Fourth grade 12.5 12.7 13.5 11.6 10.3 16.9
Fifth grade 13.7 17.8 13.5 11.9 12.6 16.2
Sixth grade 16.8 26.3 16.7 15.6 16.4 11.8
Seventh grade 8.9 11.0 7.7 10.5 8.4 6.6
Eighth grade 3.5 1.7 2.7 4.4 3.4 4.4
Ninth grade 3.2 3.4 3.2 3.1 4.6 .7
Tenth grade 1.1
1.8 2.0 .4

Eleventh grade .1
.5



Twelfth grade .3
.5 .3 .4

Kindergarten 5.4 4.2 4.1 7.5 5.7 3.7
Don't know/Not sure 6.3 2.5 8.6 5.4 5.0 10.3
Never 1.6 .8 1.8 1.0 1.9 2.2
Refused .9 .8 .5 1.0 1.1 .7
Female First grade 12.1 11.4 14.7 11.9 8.5 14.7
Second grade 4.6 5.0 5.5 4.0 5.3 3.1
Third grade 11.7 10.0 12.1 12.4 13.7 7.9
Fourth grade 14.6 9.3 15.3 14.9 14.8 16.8
Fifth grade 15.2 18.6 12.7 16.6 14.8 14.1
Sixth grade 15.2 19.3 15.0 14.4 15.8 13.6
Seventh grade 6.8 7.9 4.2 6.2 8.1 9.4
Eighth grade 1.8 2.9 1.3 2.2 1.4 1.6
Ninth grade 1.6 2.1 2.6 1.0 1.1 1.6
Tenth grade .8
.3 1.7 .7

Twelfth grade .1

.2


Kindergarten 8.7 8.6 11.7 9.4 8.1 3.7
Don't know/Not sure 4.4 2.9 3.3 2.5 6.0 9.4
Never 2.2 2.1 1.0 2.5 1.8 4.2
Refused .2
.3 .2


Denominator is: All survey respondents less than 65 years old.



If you had a child in school, at what age do you think he or she should begin receiving education in school about HIV infection and AIDS?
(Unweighted Frequencies)

Total Age Groups
18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+
Total 2358 258 529 698 546 327
First grade 294 24 70 86 67 47
Second grade 96 11 27 24 23 11
Third grade 254 24 58 79 66 27
Fourth grade 323 28 77 94 69 55
Fifth grade 342 47 69 102 75 49
Sixth grade 375 58 83 104 88 42
Seventh grade 182 24 30 56 45 27
Eighth grade 60 6 10 22 13 9
Ninth grade 54 7 15 13 15 4
Tenth grade 21
5 13 3

Eleventh grade 1
1



Twelfth grade 4
1 2 1

Kindergarten 172 17 45 60 38 12
Don't know/Not sure 124 7 29 26 30 32
Never 45 4 7 13 10 11
Refused 11 1 2 4 3 1
Male Total 1032 118 222 294 262 136
First grade 133 8 25 38 43 19
Second grade 35 4 10 8 8 5
Third grade 99 10 21 29 27 12
Fourth grade 129 15 30 34 27 23
Fifth grade 141 21 30 35 33 22
Sixth grade 173 31 37 46 43 16
Seventh grade 92 13 17 31 22 9
Eighth grade 36 2 6 13 9 6
Ninth grade 33 4 7 9 12 1
Tenth grade 11
4 6 1

Eleventh grade 1
1



Twelfth grade 3
1 1 1

Kindergarten 56 5 9 22 15 5
Don't know/Not sure 65 3 19 16 13 14
Never 16 1 4 3 5 3
Refused 9 1 1 3 3 1
Female Total 1326 140 307 404 284 191
First grade 161 16 45 48 24 28
Second grade 61 7 17 16 15 6
Third grade 155 14 37 50 39 15
Fourth grade 194 13 47 60 42 32
Fifth grade 201 26 39 67 42 27
Sixth grade 202 27 46 58 45 26
Seventh grade 90 11 13 25 23 18
Eighth grade 24 4 4 9 4 3
Ninth grade 21 3 8 4 3 3
Tenth grade 10
1 7 2

Twelfth grade 1

1


Kindergarten 116 12 36 38 23 7
Don't know/Not sure 59 4 10 10 17 18
Never 29 3 3 10 5 8
Refused 2
1 1


Denominator is: All survey respondents less than 65 years old.
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