1999 YRBS Middle School Survey Data

Oregon Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)

1999 Middle School YRBS Questions

**Q29. How old were you when you smoked a whole cigarette for the first time?**
Weighted Column Percents
		TOTAL	Grade
		TOTAL	6th grade	7th grade	8th grade
TOTAL		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
I have never smoked a whole cigarette		75.7	86.8	75.2	65.5
8 years old or younger		4.0	3.7	4.3	4.0
9 or 10 years old		6.1	4.8	6.8	6.6
11 or 12 years old		10.4	4.7	11.4	15.1
13 or 14 years old		3.8	.0	2.3	8.8
15 years old or older		.0			.1
Female	Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	I have never smoked a whole cigarette	76.0	88.0	75.7	65.2
	8 years old or younger	3.3	3.0	3.8	3.2
	9 or 10 years old	5.6	4.4	5.9	6.3
	11 or 12 years old	10.9	4.7	12.1	15.6
	13 or 14 years old	4.1		2.4	9.6
	15 years old or older	.0			.1
Male	Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	I have never smoked a whole cigarette	75.3	85.7	74.6	65.9
	8 years old or younger	4.7	4.3	4.9	4.7
	9 or 10 years old	6.6	5.2	7.8	6.8
	11 or 12 years old	9.9	4.7	10.6	14.5
	13 or 14 years old	3.4	.1	2.1	8.0
	15 years old or older	.1			.1

**Q29. How old were you when you smoked a whole cigarette for the first time?**
Frequencies
		TOTAL	Grade
		TOTAL	6th grade	7th grade	8th grade
TOTAL		18,419	4,635	5,263	8,521
I have never smoked a whole cigarette		13,135	3,855	3,838	5,442
8 years old or younger		695	156	209	330
9 or 10 years old		1,139	214	355	570
11 or 12 years old		2,064	208	603	1,253
13 or 14 years old		834	3	103	728
15 years old or older		9			9
Refused/Unknown		543	199	155	189
Female	Total	9,293	2,305	2,681	4,307
	I have never smoked a whole cigarette	6,678	1,939	1,980	2,759
	8 years old or younger	299	68	96	135
	9 or 10 years old	534	97	164	273
	11 or 12 years old	1,083	103	326	654
	13 or 14 years old	450		51	399
	15 years old or older	3			3
	Refused/Unknown	246	98	64	84
Male	Total	9,126	2,330	2,582	4,214
	I have never smoked a whole cigarette	6,457	1,916	1,858	2,683
	8 years old or younger	396	88	113	195
	9 or 10 years old	605	117	191	297
	11 or 12 years old	981	105	277	599
	13 or 14 years old	384	3	52	329
	15 years old or older	6			6
	Refused/Unknown	297	101	91	105