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1999 YRBS High School Survey

Oregon Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
1999 High School

Weighted Column Percents | Counts

Q18. During the past 30 days, on how many days did you carry a weapon (other than a gun) such as a knife or club on school property?
Weighted Column Percents

TOTAL Grade
9th 10th 11th 12th
TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 days 92.1 92.1 91.6 92.6 92.1
1 day 1.5 2.2 1.8 1.1 .9
2 or 3 days 1.5 1.8 1.7 1.1 1.2
4 or 5 days .6 .6 .5 .6 .7
6 or more days 4.3 3.3 4.3 4.6 5.1
Female Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 days 97.6 97.1 97.5 97.9 97.9
1 day .6 1.0 .7 .3 .2
2 or 3 days .4 .6 .5 .2 .4
4 or 5 days .2 .2 .3 .2 .1
6 or more days 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.4
Male Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 days 86.3 86.5 85.5 87.1 86.2
1 day 2.5 3.5 2.9 1.9 1.6
2 or 3 days 2.6 3.2 3.0 2.1 2.1
4 or 5 days 1.0 1.1 .8 .9 1.2
6 or more days 7.5 5.7 7.7 8.0 8.9


Q18. During the past 30 days, on how many days did you carry a weapon (other than a gun) such as a knife or club on school property?
Counts

TOTAL Grade
9th 10th 11th 12th
TOTAL 22,913 7,002 6,070 6,380 3,461
0 days 20,799 6,344 5,481 5,835 3,139
1 day 360 158 102 67 33
2 or 3 days 351 132 102 72 45
4 or 5 days 140 50 31 38 21
6 or more days 1,043 251 298 314 180
Refused/Unknown 220 67 56 54 43
Female Total 11,597 3,632 3,016 3,218 1,731
0 days 11,246 3,498 2,922 3,138 1,688
1 day 70 41 16 10 3
2 or 3 days 53 22 18 8 5
4 or 5 days 28 10 8 7 3
6 or more days 156 49 38 45 24
Refused/Unknown 44 12 14 10 8
Male Total 11,316 3,370 3,054 3,162 1,730
0 days 9,553 2,846 2,559 2,697 1,451
1 day 290 117 86 57 30
2 or 3 days 298 110 84 64 40
4 or 5 days 112 40 23 31 18
6 or more days 887 202 260 269 156
Refused/Unknown 176 55 42 44 35