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Oregon Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
1999 Middle School YRBS Questions
Weighted Column Percents |
Frequencies
Q76. During the past 30 days, did you go without eating for 24 hours or more (also called fasting) to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight?
Weighted column percents.
|
TOTAL |
Grade |
| 6th |
7th |
8th |
| Total |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
Yes |
9.1 |
7.4 |
9.1 |
10.7 |
| No |
90.9 |
92.6 |
90.9 |
89.3 |
| Female |
TOTAL |
50.2 |
49.4 |
50.7 |
50.4 |
|
Yes |
6.5 |
4.4 |
6.8 |
8.3 |
| No |
44.0 |
45.5 |
44.1 |
42.5 |
| Male |
TOTAL |
49.8 |
50.6 |
49.3 |
49.6 |
|
Yes |
2.6 |
3.0 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
| No |
46.9 |
47.1 |
46.8 |
46.9 |
Q76. During the past 30 days, did you go without eating for 24 hours or more (also called fasting) to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight?
Frequencies.
|
TOTAL |
Grade |
| 6th |
7th |
8th |
| Total |
18,419 |
4,635 |
5,263 |
8,521 |
|
Yes |
1,714 |
334 |
491 |
889 |
| No |
16,059 |
4,082 |
4,581 |
7,396 |
| Refused/Unknown |
646 |
219 |
191 |
236 |
| Female |
TOTAL |
9,293 |
2,305 |
2,681 |
4,307 |
|
Yes |
1,260 |
202 |
368 |
690 |
| No |
7,760 |
2,012 |
2,226 |
3,522 |
| Refused/Unknown |
273 |
91 |
87 |
95 |
| Male |
TOTAL |
9,126 |
2,330 |
2,582 |
4,214 |
|
Yes |
454 |
132 |
123 |
199 |
| No |
8,299 |
2,070 |
2,355 |
3,874 |
| Refused/Unknown |
373 |
128 |
104 |
141 |
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