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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

Q31. During the past 30 days, on the days you smoked, how many cigarettes did you smoke per day?
Weighted Column Percents

TOTAL Grade
6th grade 7th grade 8th grade
TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
I did not smoke cigarettes during the past 30 days 90.4 95.9 90.4 85.0
Less than 1 cigarette per day 2.9 1.3 3.5 4.0
1 cigarette per day 2.5 1.5 2.2 3.7
2 to 5 cigarettes per day 3.3 1.1 3.1 5.5
6 to 10 cigarettes per day .6 .2 .3 1.2
11 to 20 cigarettes per day .3 .0 .4 .5
More than 20 cigarettes per day .1 .0 .1 .1
Female Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
I did not smoke cigarettes during the past 30 days 89.6 95.6 89.8 83.7
Less than 1 cigarette per day 3.0 1.4 3.2 4.4
1 cigarette per day 2.9 1.7 2.8 4.1
2 to 5 cigarettes per day 3.5 1.1 3.2 6.2
6 to 10 cigarettes per day .6 .2 .5 1.1
11 to 20 cigarettes per day .3
.5 .5
More than 20 cigarettes per day .1
.1 .0
Male Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
I did not smoke cigarettes during the past 30 days 91.1 96.2 91.0 86.3
Less than 1 cigarette per day 2.9 1.1 3.9 3.6
1 cigarette per day 2.1 1.3 1.6 3.3
2 to 5 cigarettes per day 3.0 1.0 3.1 4.9
6 to 10 cigarettes per day .6 .2 .2 1.4
11 to 20 cigarettes per day .2 .0 .2 .4
More than 20 cigarettes per day .1 .1 .0 .2

Q31. During the past 30 days, on the days you smoked, how many cigarettes did you smoke per day?
Frequencies

TOTAL Grade
6th grade 7th grade 8th grade
TOTAL 18,419 4,635 5,263 8,521
I did not smoke cigarettes during the past 30 days 15,682 4,210 4,538 6,934
Less than 1 cigarette per day 574 56 179 339
1 cigarette per day 487 67 115 305
2 to 5 cigarettes per day 699 48 176 475
6 to 10 cigarettes per day 132 11 20 101
11 to 20 cigarettes per day 56 1 17 38
More than 20 cigarettes per day 16 1 4 11
Refused/Unknown 773 241 214 318
Female Total 9,293 2,305 2,681 4,307
I did not smoke cigarettes during the past 30 days 7,879 2,105 2,305 3,469
Less than 1 cigarette per day 302 31 85 186
1 cigarette per day 285 37 75 173
2 to 5 cigarettes per day 388 27 92 269
6 to 10 cigarettes per day 64 5 14 45
11 to 20 cigarettes per day 32
11 21
More than 20 cigarettes per day 5
3 2
Refused/Unknown 338 100 96 142
Male Total 9,126 2,330 2,582 4,214
I did not smoke cigarettes during the past 30 days 7,803 2,105 2,233 3,465
Less than 1 cigarette per day 272 25 94 153
1 cigarette per day 202 30 40 132
2 to 5 cigarettes per day 311 21 84 206
6 to 10 cigarettes per day 68 6 6 56
11 to 20 cigarettes per day 24 1 6 17
More than 20 cigarettes per day 11 1 1 9
Refused/Unknown 435 141 118 176