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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

Q40. How strictly are the non-smoking rules for students enforced at your school?
Weighted Column Percents

TOTAL Grade
6th grade 7th grade 8th grade
TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Very strictly enforced 45.3 48.5 41.5 46.0
Somewhat enforced 17.8 13.3 19.1 20.9
Not enforced at all 1.7 1.1 1.7 2.2
I don't know 34.7 36.7 37.1 30.2
There are no rules .5 .3 .6 .7
Female Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Very strictly enforced 42.3 46.0 38.1 42.9
Somewhat enforced 19.3 13.7 20.4 23.4
Not enforced at all 1.6 1.0 1.9 2.0
I don't know 36.6 39.1 39.2 31.6
There are no rules .2 .1 .3 .2
Male Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Very strictly enforced 48.4 51.0 44.9 49.2
Somewhat enforced 16.3 12.8 17.7 18.3
Not enforced at all 1.8 1.3 1.6 2.5
I don't know 32.7 34.4 34.9 28.9
There are no rules .8 .5 .9 1.1

Q40. How strictly are the non-smoking rules for students enforced at your school?
Frequencies

TOTAL Grade
6th grade 7th grade 8th grade
TOTAL 18,419 4,635 5,263 8,521
Very strictly enforced 8,102 2,145 2,117 3,840
Somewhat enforced 3,359 571 1,016 1,772
Not enforced at all 306 49 90 167
I don't know 5,970 1,676 1,829 2,465
There are no rules 83 13 24 46
Refused/Unknown 599 181 187 231
Female Total 9,293 2,305 2,681 4,307
Very strictly enforced 3,829 1,017 994 1,818
Somewhat enforced 1,861 291 565 1,005
Not enforced at all 145 20 48 77
I don't know 3,201 900 994 1,307
There are no rules 14 2 4 8
Refused/Unknown 243 75 76 92
Male Total 9,126 2,330 2,582 4,214
Very strictly enforced 4,273 1,128 1,123 2,022
Somewhat enforced 1,498 280 451 767
Not enforced at all 161 29 42 90
I don't know 2,769 776 835 1,158
There are no rules 69 11 20 38
Refused/Unknown 356 106 111 139