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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

Q39. Is there a rule at your school that students are not allowed to smoke on school property?
Weighted Column Percents

TOTAL Grade
6th grade 7th grade 8th grade
TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Yes 78.7 76.0 76.8 83.2
No 1.0 1.1 1.0 .9
Don't know 20.3 22.9 22.2 15.9
Female Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Yes 79.1 75.6 77.1 84.3
No .5 .6 .6 .4
Don't know 20.4 23.8 22.3 15.2
Male Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Yes 78.3 76.5 76.5 81.9
No 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.4
Don't know 20.2 21.9 22.0 16.7

Q39. Is there a rule at your school that students are not allowed to smoke on school property?
Frequencies

TOTAL Grade
6th grade 7th grade 8th grade
TOTAL 18,419 4,635 5,263 8,521
Yes 14,378 3,417 4,001 6,960
No 168 49 49 70
Don't know 3,330 1,037 1,031 1,262
Refused/Unknown 543 132 182 229
Female Total 9,293 2,305 2,681 4,307
Yes 7,345 1,694 2,065 3,586
No 48 15 14 19
Don't know 1,691 546 532 613
Refused/Unknown 209 50 70 89
Male Total 9,126 2,330 2,582 4,214
Yes 7,033 1,723 1,936 3,374
No 120 34 35 51
Don't know 1,639 491 499 649
Refused/Unknown 334 82 112 140