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1999 YRBS Middle School Survey Data

Oregon Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)

1999 Middle School YRBS Questions

Weighted Column Percents | Frequencies

Q11. When you are scared, worried, or concerned about yourself or your friends, is there a caring adult you can talk to?
Weighted Column Percents

TOTAL Grade
6th grade 7th grade 8th grade
TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
No, there is no adult 11.9 10.6 10.5 14.6
Yes, 1 adult 19.4 19.7 18.8 19.6
Yes, 2 or 3 adults 39.1 39.2 40.4 37.7
Yes, 4 or more adults 29.6 30.5 30.3 28.1
Female Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
No, there is no adult 10.6 9.3 9.6 13.0
Yes, 1 adult 21.3 20.6 20.8 22.4
Yes, 2 or 3 adults 37.8 37.9 38.1 37.3
Yes, 4 or more adults 30.3 32.2 31.5 27.4
Male Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
No, there is no adult 13.2 11.9 11.5 16.3
Yes, 1 adult 17.5 18.9 16.8 16.7
Yes, 2 or 3 adults 40.5 40.5 42.7 38.2
Yes, 4 or more adults 28.9 28.8 29.0 28.9

Q11. When you are scared, worried, or concerned about yourself or your friends, is there a caring adult you can talk to?
Frequencies

TOTAL Grade
6th grade 7th grade 8th grade
TOTAL 18,419 4,635 5,263 8,521
No, there is no adult 2,217 481 552 1,184
Yes, 1 adult 3,513 891 974 1,648
Yes, 2 or 3 adults 7,063 1,803 2,058 3,202
Yes, 4 or more adults 5,358 1,392 1,587 2,379
Refused/Unknown 268 68 92 108
Female Total 9,293 2,305 2,681 4,307
No, there is no adult 1,008 214 261 533
Yes, 1 adult 1,951 466 530 955
Yes, 2 or 3 adults 3,492 871 1,011 1,610
Yes, 4 or more adults 2,732 733 831 1,168
Refused/Unknown 110 21 48 41
Male Total 9,126 2,330 2,582 4,214
No, there is no adult 1,209 267 291 651
Yes, 1 adult 1,562 425 444 693
Yes, 2 or 3 adults 3,571 932 1,047 1,592
Yes, 4 or more adults 2,626 659 756 1,211
Refused/Unknown 158 47 44 67