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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

Q20. During the past 12 months, how many times were you in a physical fight?
Weighted Column Percents

TOTAL Grade
6th grade 7th grade 8th grade
TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 times 59.6 57.6 60.7 60.6
1 time 16.4 17.0 16.9 15.3
2 or 3 times 13.3 13.3 12.8 14.0
4 or 5 times 4.1 4.3 3.8 4.1
6 or 7 times 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.7
8 or 9 times 1.1 1.5 .9 .9
10 or 11 times .5 .4 .6 .5
12 or more times 3.2 4.1 2.7 2.9
Female Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 times 73.2 72.4 74.3 73.0
1 time 12.5 12.4 13.0 12.2
2 or 3 times 8.1 8.0 7.6 8.6
4 or 5 times 2.4 2.8 1.8 2.7
6 or 7 times 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1
8 or 9 times .6 .9 .5 .5
10 or 11 times .3 .1 .5 .3
12 or more times 1.7 2.2 1.2 1.8
Male Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 times 45.9 43.1 46.7 47.9
1 time 20.3 21.5 20.8 18.5
2 or 3 times 18.7 18.4 18.1 19.5
4 or 5 times 5.7 5.7 5.9 5.6
6 or 7 times 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.3
8 or 9 times 1.6 2.1 1.2 1.4
10 or 11 times .7 .8 .7 .7
12 or more times 4.7 5.9 4.2 4.1

Q20. During the past 12 months, how many times were you in a physical fight?
Frequencies

TOTAL Grade
6th grade 7th grade 8th grade
TOTAL 18,419 4,635 5,263 8,521
0 times 10,977 2,656 3,164 5,157
1 time 2,955 779 865 1,311
2 or 3 times 2,418 603 667 1,148
4 or 5 times 739 193 214 332
6 or 7 times 311 81 88 142
8 or 9 times 189 64 44 81
10 or 11 times 88 21 28 39
12 or more times 574 198 138 238
Refused/Unknown 168 40 55 73
Female Total 9,293 2,305 2,681 4,307
0 times 6,752 1,652 1,974 3,126
1 time 1,152 283 346 523
2 or 3 times 763 190 204 369
4 or 5 times 219 64 52 103
6 or 7 times 96 24 26 46
8 or 9 times 55 18 13 24
10 or 11 times 21 1 10 10
12 or more times 164 55 33 76
Refused/Unknown 71 18 23 30
Male Total 9,126 2,330 2,582 4,214
0 times 4,225 1,004 1,190 2,031
1 time 1,803 496 519 788
2 or 3 times 1,655 413 463 779
4 or 5 times 520 129 162 229
6 or 7 times 215 57 62 96
8 or 9 times 134 46 31 57
10 or 11 times 67 20 18 29
12 or more times 410 143 105 162
Refused/Unknown 97 22 32 43