1999 YRBS Middle School Survey Data

Oregon Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)

1999 Middle School YRBS Questions

**Q83. How many times during the past 7 days did you eat a meal with your family?**
Weighted Column Percents
		TOTAL	Grade
		TOTAL	6th grade	7th grade	8th grade
TOTAL		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
0 times		7.4	6.7	7.3	8.2
1 time		4.4	3.7	4.5	5.1
2 times		5.6	5.4	5.3	6.2
3 times		6.6	6.5	5.7	7.6
4 times		10.4	8.9	11.1	11.1
5 - 6 times		20.7	19.7	20.5	21.7
7 or more times		43.0	46.4	44.1	38.5
I was away from home and not with my family		1.9	2.6	1.5	1.7
Female	Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	0 times	7.8	6.6	7.5	9.2
	1 time	5.3	4.3	5.6	6.1
	2 times	6.4	5.6	5.9	7.6
	3 times	7.2	6.9	6.3	8.4
	4 times	10.4	8.8	11.2	11.1
	5 - 6 times	21.4	21.4	21.4	21.5
	7 or more times	39.8	44.0	41.1	34.5
	I was away from home and not with my family	1.7	2.3	1.0	1.6
Male	Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	0 times	7.0	6.8	7.1	7.0
	1 time	3.5	3.2	3.4	4.0
	2 times	4.9	5.3	4.6	4.7
	3 times	6.0	6.1	5.0	6.7
	4 times	10.4	9.0	10.9	11.1
	5 - 6 times	19.9	18.0	19.7	21.9
	7 or more times	46.2	48.7	47.2	42.7
	I was away from home and not with my family	2.2	2.9	1.9	1.8

**Q83. How many times during the past 7 days did you eat a meal with your family?**
Frequencies
		TOTAL	Grade
		TOTAL	6th grade	7th grade	8th grade
TOTAL		18,419	4,635	5,263	8,521
0 times		1,333	308	368	657
1 time		826	176	236	414
2 times		979	236	261	482
3 times		1,202	288	292	622
4 times		1,914	399	575	940
5 - 6 times		3,739	864	1,057	1,818
7 or more times		7,425	2,012	2,204	3,209
I was away from home and not with my family		331	123	71	137
Refused/Unknown		670	229	199	242
Female	Total	9,293	2,305	2,681	4,307
	0 times	723	152	194	377
	1 time	506	101	144	261
	2 times	567	120	147	300
	3 times	661	149	158	354
	4 times	986	203	294	489
	5 - 6 times	1,961	470	586	905
	7 or more times	3,444	957	1,038	1,449
	I was away from home and not with my family	143	55	25	63
	Refused/Unknown	302	98	95	109
Male	Total	9,126	2,330	2,582	4,214
	0 times	610	156	174	280
	1 time	320	75	92	153
	2 times	412	116	114	182
	3 times	541	139	134	268
	4 times	928	196	281	451
	5 - 6 times	1,778	394	471	913
	7 or more times	3,981	1,055	1,166	1,760
	I was away from home and not with my family	188	68	46	74
	Refused/Unknown	368	131	104	133