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1999 YRBS High School Survey

Oregon Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
1999 High School

Weighted Column Percents | Counts

Q15. During the past 30 days, on how many days did you carry a gun?
Weighted Column Percents

TOTAL Grade
9th 10th 11th 12th
TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 days 95.9 95.7 95.7 96.1 96.0
1 day 1.2 1.5 1.2 1.1 .8
2 or 3 days 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.1
4 or 5 days .4 .4 .4 .6 .3
6 or more days 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.1 1.7
Female Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 days 98.9 98.6 98.7 99.2 99.1
1 day .5 .6 .5 .3 .5
2 or 3 days .3 .3 .5 .2 .2
4 or 5 days .1 .2 .1 .2 .2
6 or more days .2 .3 .1 .2 .1
Male Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 days 92.7 92.5 92.6 92.8 92.8
1 day 1.9 2.5 1.9 2.0 1.2
2 or 3 days 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.1
4 or 5 days .7 .7 .7 1.0 .5
6 or more days 2.6 2.4 2.8 2.1 3.4


Q15. During the past 30 days, on how many days did you carry a gun?
Counts

TOTAL Grade
9th 10th 11th 12th
TOTAL 22,913 7,002 6,070 6,380 3,461
0 days 21,458 6,537 5,681 6,002 3,238
1 day 299 120 78 71 30
2 or 3 days 292 79 88 80 45
4 or 5 days 122 37 29 42 14
6 or more days 332 97 94 77 64
Refused/Unknown 410 132 100 108 70
Female Total 11,597 3,632 3,016 3,218 1,731
0 days 11,371 3,548 2,957 3,170 1,696
1 day 62 29 17 9 7
2 or 3 days 41 12 17 6 6
4 or 5 days 19 7 2 7 3
6 or more days 25 12 4 7 2
Refused/Unknown 79 24 19 19 17
Male Total 11,316 3,370 3,054 3,162 1,730
0 days 10,087 2,989 2,724 2,832 1,542
1 day 237 91 61 62 23
2 or 3 days 251 67 71 74 39
4 or 5 days 103 30 27 35 11
6 or more days 307 85 90 70 62
Refused/Unknown 331 108 81 89 53