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1999 YRBS High School Survey

Oregon Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
1999 High School

Weighted Column Percents | Counts

Q14. During the past 30 days, on how many days did you carry a weapon such as a gun, knife or club?
Weighted Column Percents

TOTAL Grade
9th 10th 11th 12th
TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 days 86.0 85.4 84.9 87.2 86.6
1 day 2.8 3.5 3.2 1.9 2.2
2 or 3 days 3.0 3.5 3.5 2.6 2.2
4 or 5 days 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1
6 or more days 7.1 6.3 7.3 7.1 7.9
Female Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 days 95.5 94.9 95.0 96.3 96.2
1 day 1.4 1.8 1.6 .7 1.1
2 or 3 days .9 1.0 1.2 .7 .6
4 or 5 days .4 .5 .5 .4 .2
6 or more days 1.8 1.8 1.7 2.0 1.7
Male Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 days 75.8 74.7 74.5 77.7 76.8
1 day 4.3 5.4 4.9 3.3 3.2
2 or 3 days 5.3 6.4 5.8 4.6 3.8
4 or 5 days 2.0 2.1 1.8 2.0 2.0
6 or more days 12.7 11.4 13.0 12.5 14.1


Q14. During the past 30 days, on how many days did you carry a weapon such as a gun, knife or club?
Counts

TOTAL Grade
9th 10th 11th 12th
TOTAL 22,913 7,002 6,070 6,380 3,461
0 days 19,128 5,761 5,017 5,435 2,915
1 day 643 270 185 116 72
2 or 3 days 721 265 206 168 82
4 or 5 days 282 91 74 77 40
6 or more days 1,707 473 475 480 279
Refused/Unknown 432 142 113 104 73
Female Total 11,597 3,632 3,016 3,218 1,731
0 days 10,935 3,388 2,832 3,068 1,647
1 day 161 82 40 24 15
2 or 3 days 119 39 43 22 15
4 or 5 days 52 19 14 12 7
6 or more days 236 79 58 69 30
Refused/Unknown 94 25 29 23 17
Male Total 11,316 3,370 3,054 3,162 1,730
0 days 8,193 2,373 2,185 2,367 1,268
1 day 482 188 145 92 57
2 or 3 days 602 226 163 146 67
4 or 5 days 230 72 60 65 33
6 or more days 1,471 394 417 411 249
Refused/Unknown 338 117 84 81 56