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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

Q15. During the past 30 days,did you carry a weapon such as a gun, knife or club?
Weighted Column Percents

TOTAL Grade
6th grade 7th grade 8th grade
TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Yes 15.5 14.0 15.9 16.6
No 84.5 86.0 84.1 83.4
Female Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Yes 5.2 4.8 5.3 5.5
No 94.8 95.2 94.7 94.5
Male Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Yes 26.0 23.2 26.8 28.0
No 74.0 76.8 73.2 72.0

Q15. During the past 30 days,did you carry a weapon such as a gun, knife or club?
Frequencies

TOTAL Grade
6th grade 7th grade 8th grade
TOTAL 18,419 4,635 5,263 8,521
Yes 2,931 625 857 1,449
No 15,159 3,848 4,353 6,958
Refused/Unknown 329 162 53 114
Female Total 9,293 2,305 2,681 4,307
Yes 514 109 150 255
No 8,669 2,146 2,515 4,008
Refused/Unknown 110 50 16 44
Male Total 9,126 2,330 2,582 4,214
Yes 2,417 516 707 1,194
No 6,490 1,702 1,838 2,950
Refused/Unknown 219 112 37 70