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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

Q28. Have you ever tried cigarette smoking, even one or two puffs?
Weighted Column Percents

TOTAL Grade
6th grade 7th grade 8th grade
TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Yes 35.4 22.8 36.4 46.7
No 64.6 77.2 63.6 53.3
Female Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Yes 35.1 21.9 35.3 47.4
No 64.9 78.1 64.7 52.6
Male Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Yes 35.8 23.8 37.6 46.0
No 64.2 76.2 62.4 54.0

Q28. Have you ever tried cigarette smoking, even one or two puffs?
Frequencies

TOTAL Grade
6th grade 7th grade 8th grade
TOTAL 18,419 4,635 5,263 8,521
Yes 6,850 1,036 1,879 3,935
No 11,303 3,528 3,304 4,471
Refused/Unknown 266 71 80 115
Female Total 9,293 2,305 2,681 4,307
Yes 3,420 495 923 2,002
No 5,777 1,781 1,727 2,269
Refused/Unknown 96 29 31 36
Male Total 9,126 2,330 2,582 4,214
Yes 3,430 541 956 1,933
No 5,526 1,747 1,577 2,202
Refused/Unknown 170 42 49 79