Oregon Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
1997 Middle School YRBS Questions
Unweighted Column Percents
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6th 7th 8th
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Total
I do not smoke cigarettes during
past 30 days 88.4 82.6 73.9
Friends gave them to me 7.0 8.4 12.7
Family members gave them to me 1.0 1.1 1.9
I give someone else money to buy
them for me .8 2.3 4.9
I bought them from a grocery store .0 .2 .4
I bought them from a convenience
store or gas station .1 .4 .4
I stole them from a store .4 1.2 1.4
Some other way 2.5 3.8 4.4
Female
Total
I do not smoke cigarettes during
past 30 days 88.1 82.8 70.7
Friends gave them to me 7.4 8.5 15.1
Family members gave them to me 1.0 1.4 2.1
I give someone else money to buy
them for me .8 2.5 5.8
I bought them from a grocery
store .0 .2 .2
I bought them from a convenience
store or gas station .1 .4 .4
I stole them from a store .3 .7 .9
Some other way 2.3 3.6 4.9
Male
Total
I do not smoke cigarettes during
past 30 days 88.7 82.5 77.1
Friends gave them to me 6.2 8.3 10.3
Family members gave them to me .9 .7 1.7
I give someone else money to buy
them for me .8 2.2 3.9
I bought them from a grocery
store .0 .2 .6
I bought them from a convenience
store or gas station .0 .4 .5
I stole them from a store .5 1.8 1.9
Some other way 2.7 4.0 3.9
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Total N =
8,650
Unweighted Frequencies
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6th 7th 8th
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Total
I do not smoke cigarettes during
past 30 days 1,358 2,814 2,761
Friends gave them to me 107 286 474
Family members gave them to me 15 36 70
I give someone else money to buy
them for me 12 80 183
I bought them from a grocery store 0 6 15
I bought them from a convenience
store or gas station 1 12 16
I stole them from a store 6 42 52
Some other way 38 131 164
Female
Total
I do not smoke cigarettes during
past 30 days 699 1,408 1,317
Friends gave them to me 59 144 282
Family members gave them to me 8 24 39
I give someone else money to buy
them for me 6 42 109
I bought them from a grocery
store 0 3 3
I bought them from a convenience
store or gas station 1 6 7
I stole them from a store 2 12 16
Some other way 18 62 91
Male
Total
I do not smoke cigarettes during
past 30 days 654 1,395 1,438
Friends gave them to me 46 140 192
Family members gave them to me 7 11 31
I give someone else money to buy
them for me 6 38 73
I bought them from a grocery
store 0 3 12
I bought them from a convenience
store or gas station 0 6 9
I stole them from a store 4 30 36
Some other way 20 68 73
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Total N =
8,650
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