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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

Q87. On an average school day, how many hours do you watch TV?
Weighted Column Percents

TOTAL Grade
6th grade 7th grade 8th grade
TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
I do not watch TV on an average school day 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.9
Less than 1 per day 12.8 13.1 12.6 12.6
1 hour per day 15.8 16.3 15.4 15.8
2 hours per day 24.8 23.7 25.4 25.3
3 hours per day 20.1 19.8 20.6 19.9
4 hours per day 9.8 9.5 9.8 10.0
5 or more hours per day 10.1 10.9 9.7 9.6
Female Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
I do not watch TV on an average school day 7.2 6.2 7.6 7.9
Less than 1 per day 13.8 14.0 13.4 14.2
1 hour per day 16.9 17.2 16.1 17.4
2 hours per day 25.3 25.1 25.7 25.2
3 hours per day 19.6 19.7 20.2 19.0
4 hours per day 8.9 8.9 9.0 9.0
5 or more hours per day 8.2 9.0 8.1 7.4
Male Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
I do not watch TV on an average school day 6.1 7.0 5.5 5.9
Less than 1 per day 11.7 12.3 11.8 11.0
1 hour per day 14.7 15.5 14.7 14.1
2 hours per day 24.3 22.3 25.1 25.3
3 hours per day 20.6 20.0 21.0 20.8
4 hours per day 10.6 10.1 10.7 11.0
5 or more hours per day 12.0 12.8 11.2 11.9

Q87. On an average school day, how many hours do you watch TV?
Frequencies

TOTAL Grade
6th grade 7th grade 8th grade
TOTAL 18,419 4,635 5,263 8,521
I do not watch TV on an average school day 1,204 287 342 575
Less than 1 per day 2,252 563 631 1,058
1 hour per day 2,831 723 791 1,317
2 hours per day 4,436 1,042 1,301 2,093
3 hours per day 3,518 858 1,019 1,641
4 hours per day 1,708 416 482 810
5 or more hours per day 1,699 474 485 740
Refused/Unknown 771 272 212 287
Female Total 9,293 2,305 2,681 4,307
I do not watch TV on an average school day 669 140 194 335
Less than 1 per day 1,255 311 340 604
1 hour per day 1,549 375 431 743
2 hours per day 2,305 556 682 1,067
3 hours per day 1,726 419 518 789
4 hours per day 783 199 213 371
5 or more hours per day 671 192 195 284
Refused/Unknown 335 113 108 114
Male Total 9,126 2,330 2,582 4,214
I do not watch TV on an average school day 535 147 148 240
Less than 1 per day 997 252 291 454
1 hour per day 1,282 348 360 574
2 hours per day 2,131 486 619 1,026
3 hours per day 1,792 439 501 852
4 hours per day 925 217 269 439
5 or more hours per day 1,028 282 290 456
Refused/Unknown 436 159 104 173