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2013 YRBS Data User’s Guide
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)
June 2014
Where can I get more information? Visit www.cdc.gov/yrbss or call 800−CDC−INFO (800−232−4636).
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Introduction to the YRBSS
Introduction The YRBSS was developed in 1990 to monitor priority health risk behaviors
that contribute markedly to the leading causes of death, disability, and social
problems among youth and adults in the United States. These behaviors, often
established during childhood and early adolescence, include
Behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence. Sexual behaviors that contribute to unintended pregnancy and sexually
transmitted infections, including HIV infection.
Alcohol and other drug use. Tobacco use. Unhealthy dietary behaviors. Inadequate physical activity.
In addition, the YRBSS monitors the prevalence of obesity and asthma.
From 1991 through 2013, the YRBSS has collected data from more than 2.6
million high school students in more than 1,100 separate surveys.
Uses of YRBSS The YRBSS was designed to Results
Determine the prevalence of health risk behaviors. Assess whether health risk behaviors increase, decrease, or stay the
same over time.
Examine the co-occurrence of health risk behaviors. Provide comparable national, state, territorial, tribal, and local data. Provide comparable data among subpopulations of youth. Monitor progress toward achieving the Healthy People objectives and
other program indicators.
Components of
the YRBSS The YRBSS includes national, state, territorial, tribal government, and local
school-based surveys of representative samples of 9th through 12th grade
students. These surveys are conducted every two years, usually during the
spring semester. The national survey, conducted by CDC, provides data
representative of 9th through 12th grade students in public and private
schools in the United States. The state, territorial, tribal government, and local
surveys, conducted by departments of health and education, provide data
representative of mostly public high school students in each jurisdiction.
The YRBSS also includes additional surveys conducted by CDC:
A middle school survey conducted by interested states, territories, tribal governments, and large urban school districts.
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A 2010 study to measure physical activity and nutrition-related behaviors and determinants of these behaviors among a nationally
representative sample of high school students.
A series of methods studies conducted in 1992, 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2008 to improve the quality and interpretation of the YRBSS data.
The National Alternative High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey conducted in 1998 among a representative sample of almost 9,000
students in alternative high schools.
The National College Health Risk Behavior Survey conducted in 1995 among a representative sample of about 5,000 undergraduate students.
Methods The National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) uses a three-stage cluster sample design to produce a representative sample of 9th through 12th grade
students. The target population consisted of all public, Catholic, and other
private school students in grades 9 through 12. A weighting factor was
applied to each student record to adjust for nonresponse and the oversampling
of black and Hispanic students in the sample. The final, overall weights were
scaled so the weighted count of students was equal to the total sample size,
and the weighted proportions of students in each grade matched population
projections for each survey year. Because of the complexity of the cluster
sampling design used, a statistical software package that can calculate
sampling variance appropriately must be used. This document provides the
information needed to correctly use and analyze data from the 2013 National
YRBS.
For More Visit the YRBSS web site at www.cdc.gov/yrbss for more information on the Information YRBSS, its methodology, data analysis, and answers to frequently asked
questions.
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Sample Description
School Level All regular public, Catholic, and other private school students, in grades 9 Selection through 12, in the 50 States and the District of Columbia were included in the
sampling frame for the 2013 national YRBS. Puerto Rico, the trust territories,
and the Virgin Islands were excluded from the frame. Schools were selected
systematically with probability proportional to enrollment in grades 9 through
12 using a random start. One hundred and ninety-three schools were sampled.
Class Level All classes in a required subject or all classes meeting during a particular Selection period of the day, depending on the school, were included in the sampling
frame. Systematic equal probability sampling with a random start was used to
select classes from each school that participated in the survey.
Response Rates The 2013 national YRBS attained the following response rates:
School response rate - 148 of the 193 sampled schools participated.
148/193 = 77% school response rate
Student response rate – 13,633 of the 15,480 sampled students submitted questionnaires; 13,583 questionnaires were usable after data editing.
13,583/15,480 = 88%
Overall response rate = School response rate * Student response rate
77% * 88% = 68%
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Data Analysis Variables
Weight A weight based on student sex, race/ethnicity, and grade level was applied to each record to adjust for school and student nonresponse and oversampling of
black and Hispanic students. The overall weights were scaled so that the
weighted count of students equals the total sample size, and the weighted
proportions of students in each grade match the national population
proportions. Thus the data are representative of students in grades 9-12 in
public and private schools in the United States. “WEIGHT” indicates the weight factor assigned to each student record.
Stratum The sample design employed a three-stage cluster sample stratified by
racial/ethnic concentration and MSA status. “STRATUM” indicates the stratum the school the student attends was assigned to.
PSU PSUs consist of counties, groups of smaller adjacent counties, or sub-areas of very large counties. “PSU” indicates the PSU the school the student attends
was assigned to.
For More See “Methodology of the YRBSS” and “Software for Analyzing YRBS Data” Information on the YRBS web site at www.cdc.gov/yrbss for more information.
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Analysis Software Technical Notes
Software The YRBS uses a multi-stage cluster sample design. Statistical software used Requirements to analyze YRBS data should account for this design. Although the point
estimates should always match, there will be small differences in the
confidence intervals as different methods for calculating standard error are
used. Many packages with this capability are available.
For More For more information on five statistical packages (SUDAAN, SAS, STATA, Information SPSS, and Epi Info) that can be used to analyze the YRBS, see “Software for
Analyzing YRBS Data” on the YRBS web site at www.cdc.gov/yrbss.
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Codebook
Introduction The codebook documents the SAS, SPSS, MS Access, and ASCII data files
available for public use. See Appendix C for the codebook information for
each variable in the data files.
The columns in the codebook include the following information:
Data Location This column contains the numbers indicating the beginning and ending column position for each variable. The data location is relevant only when
you are using the ASCII formatted data file; for the other files, you will
reference data by variable name, not location.
Variable Name This column contains the variable names listed in the order that the variables appear in the data files. Please refer to Section 4 of this document for more
details on variable types and dichotomous variables.
Question Code
and Label This column contains information about each variable in the data file. For
each question (Q1 through Q98), this column contains question text, response
option codes, and response option text. For QN# and QNword variables, this
column contains text that summarizes the “responses of interest”, and the
codes “1” and “2” for “Yes” and “No” respectively to indicate whether or not the response was one of the “responses of interest”.
Unweighted This column contains the number of students who chose a specific response Frequency option or response of interest.
Weighted This column contains the percentage of students who chose a specific Percentage response option or response of interest. These percentages are weighted and
represent students in the United States.
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Appendix A: National High School YRBS Questions and Dichotomous Variables
Q1. How old are you?
A. 12 years old or younger
B. 13 years old
C. 14 years old
D. 15 years old
E. 16 years old
F. 17 years old
G. 18 years old or older
Variable label: How old are you
Dependence: Required by QNOWT, and QNOBESE
Q2. What is your sex?
A. Female
B. Male
Variable label: What is your sex
Dependence: Required by QNOWT and QNOBESE
Q3. In what grade are you?
A. 9th grade
B. 10th grade
C. 11th grade
D. 12th grade
E. Ungraded or other grade
Variable label: In what grade are you
Q4. Are you Hispanic or Latino?
A. Yes
B. No
Variable label: Are you Hispanic/Latino
Q5. What is your race? (Select one or more responses.)
A. American Indian or Alaska Native
B. Asian
C. Black or African American
D. Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
E. White
Variable label: What is your race
Q6. How tall are you without your shoes on?
Variable label: How tall are you
Dependence: Required by QNOWT and QNOBESE
Q7. How much do you weigh without your shoes on?
Variable label: How much do you weigh
Dependence: Required by QNOWT and QNOBESE
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Q8.
QN8*:
When you rode a bicycle during the past 12 months, how often did you wear a helmet?
Numerator: Students who answered B or C for Q8
A. I did not ride a bicycle during the past 12 months
B. Never wore a helmet
C. Rarely wore a helmet
D. Sometimes wore a helmet
E. Most of the time wore a helmet
F. Always wore a helmet
Variable label: How often wear bicycle helmet
Denominator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, or F for Q8
Summary text: Among students who rode a bicycle during the past 12 months, the percentage who
never or rarely wore a bicycle helmet
QN variable label: Never/rarely wore bicycle helmet
Q9.
QN9:
How often do you wear a seat belt when riding in a car driven by someone else?
Numerator: Students who answered A or B for Q9
A. Never
B. Rarely
C. Sometimes
D. Most of the time
E. Always
Variable label: How often wore a seat belt
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, or E for Q9
Summary text: Percentage of students who never or rarely wore a seat belt when riding in a car
driven by someone else
QN variable label: Never/rarely wore seat belt
Q10.
QN10:
During the past 30 days, how many times did you ride in a car or other vehicle driven by someone who
had been drinking alcohol?
Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, or E for Q10
A. 0 times
B. 1 time
C. 2 or 3 times
D. 4 or 5 times
E. 6 or more times
Variable label: How often ride w/drinking driver 30 days
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, or E for Q10
Summary text: Percentage of students who rode one or more times during the past 30 days in a car
or other vehicle driven by someone who had been drinking alcohol
QN variable label: Rode 1+ times with drinking driver
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QN11*: Numerator: Students who answered C, D, E, or F for Q11
Variable label: How often drive while drinking 30 days
Q11. During the past 30 days, how many times did you drive a car or other vehicle when you had been
drinking alcohol?
A. I did not drive a car or other vehicle during the past 30 days
B. 0 times
C. 1 time
D. 2 or 3 times
E. 4 or 5 times
F. 6 or more times
Denominator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, or F for Q11
Summary text: Among students who drove a car or other vehicle during the past 30 days, the
percentage who drove when they had been drinking alcohol one or more times
during the past 30 days
QN variable label: Drove 1+ times when drinking
QN12*: Numerator: Students who answered C, D, E, F, G, or H for Q12
Q12. During the past 30 days, on how many days did you text or e-mail while driving a car or other vehicle?
A. I did not drive a car or other vehicle during the past 30 days
B. 0 days
C. 1 or 2 days
D. 3 to 5 days
E. 6 to 9 days
F. 10 to 19 days
G. 20 to 29 days
H. All 30 days
Variable label: Days text or e-mail while driving 30d
Denominator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, F, G, or H for Q12
Summary text: Among students who drove a car or other vehicle during the past 30 days, the
percentage who texted or e-mailed while driving on one or more of the past 30 days
QN variable label: Texted or e-mailed while driving
Variable label: Carried weapon 30 days
Q13. During the past 30 days, on how many days did you carry a weapon such as a gun, knife, or club?
A. 0 days
B. 1 day
C. 2 or 3 days
D. 4 or 5 days
E. 6 or more days
QN13: Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, or E for Q13
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, or E for Q13
Summary text: Percentage of students who carried a weapon such as a gun, knife, or club on one or
more of the past 30 days
QN variable label: Carried weapon 1+ past 30 days
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Q14.
QN14:
During the past 30 days, on how many days did you carry a gun?
A. 0 days
B. 1 day
C. 2 or 3 days
D. 4 or 5 days
E. 6 or more days
Variable label: Carried gun 30 days
Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, or E for Q14
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, or E for Q14
Summary text: Percentage of students who carried a gun on one or more of the past 30 days
QN variable label: Carried gun 1+ past 30 days
Q15.
QN15:
During the past 30 days, on how many days did you carry a weapon such as a gun, knife, or club on school
property?
A. 0 days
B. 1 day
C. 2 or 3 days
D. 4 or 5 days
E. 6 or more days
Variable label: Carried weapon at school 30 days
Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, or E for Q15
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, or E for Q15
Summary text: Percentage of students who carried a weapon such as a gun, knife, or club on school
property on one or more of the past 30 days
QN variable label: Carried weapon school 1+ past 30 days
Q16.
QN16:
During the past 30 days, on how many days did you not go to school because you felt you would be unsafe
at school or on your way to or from school?
A. 0 days
B. 1 day
C. 2 or 3 days
D. 4 or 5 days
E. 6 or more days
Variable label: How many days feel unsafe@school 30 days
Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, or E for Q16
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, or E for Q16
Summary text: Percentage of students who did not go to school on one or more of the past 30 days
because they felt they would be unsafe at school or on their way to or from school
QN variable label: Missed school b/c unsafe 1+ 30 days
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Q17.
QN17:
During the past 12 months, how many times has someone threatened or injured you with a weapon such as
a gun, knife, or club on school property?
A. 0 times
B. 1 time
C. 2 or 3 times
D. 4 or 5 times
E. 6 or 7 times
F. 8 or 9 times
G. 10 or 11 times
H. 12 or more times
Variable label: How many times threatened@school 12 mos
Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, F, G, or H for Q17
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, F, G, or H for Q17
Summary text: Percentage of students who had been threatened or injured with a weapon such as a
gun, knife, or club on school property one or more times during the past 12 months
QN variable label: Threatened at school 1+ times 12 mos
Q18.
QN18:
During the past 12 months, how many times were you in a physical fight?
A. 0 times
B. 1 time
C. 2 or 3 times
D. 4 or 5 times
E. 6 or 7 times
F. 8 or 9 times
G. 10 or 11 times
H. 12 or more times
Variable label: How many times in fight 12 mos
Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, F, G, or H for Q18
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, F, G, or H for Q18
Summary text: Percentage of students who were in a physical fight one or more times during the
past 12 months
QN variable label: Fought 1+ times 12 mos
Q19.
QN19:
During the past 12 months, how many times were you in a physical fight in which you were injured and
had to be treated by a doctor or nurse?
A. 0 times
B. 1 time
C. 2 or 3 times
D. 4 or 5 times
E. 6 or more times
Variable label: How many times injured in fight 12 mos
Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, or E for Q19
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, or E for Q19
Summary text: Percentage of students who were in a physical fight one or more times during the
past 12 months in which they were injured and had to be treated by a doctor or nurse
QN variable label: Injured/treated 1+ times 12 mos
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Q20. During the past 12 months, how many times were you in a physical fight on school property?
A. 0 times
B. 1 time
C. 2 or 3 times
D. 4 or 5 times
E. 6 or 7 times
F. 8 or 9 times
G. 10 or 11 times
H. 12 or more times
Variable label: How many times in fight @ school 12 mos
QN20: Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, F, G, or H for Q20
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, F, G, or H for Q20
Summary text: Percentage of students who were in a physical fight on school property one or more
times during the past 12 months
QN variable label: Fought school 1+ times 12 mos
Q21. Have you ever been physically forced to have sexual intercourse when you did not want to?
A. Yes
B. No
Variable label: Have you been forced to have sex
QN21: Numerator: Students who answered A for Q21
Denominator: Students who answered A or B for Q21
Summary text: Percentage of students who had ever been physically forced to have sexual
intercourse when they did not want to
QN variable label: Forced to have sex
Q22. During the past 12 months, how many times did someone you were dating or going out with physically hurt
you on purpose? (Count such things as being hit, slammed into something, or injured with an object or
weapon.)
A. I did not date or go out with anyone during the past 12 months
B. 0 times
C. 1 time
D. 2 or 3 times
E. 4 or 5 times
F. 6 or more times
Variable label: Times physically hurt by dates 12 mos
QN22*: Numerator: Students who answered C, D, E, or F for Q22
Denominator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, or F for Q22
Summary text: Among students who dated or went out with someone during the past 12 months, the
percentage who had been physically hurt on purpose by someone they were dating or
going out with one or more times during the past 12 months
QN variable label: Hurt by date 1+ times past 12 mos
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Q23. During the past 12 months, how many times did someone you were dating or going out with force you to
do sexual things that you did not want to do? (Count such things as kissing, touching, or being physically
forced to have sexual intercourse.)
A. I did not date or go out with anyone during the past 12 months
B. 0 times
C. 1 time
D. 2 or 3 times
E. 4 or 5 times
F. 6 or more times
Variable label: Forced to do sexual things by dates
QN23*: Numerator: Students who answered C, D, E, or F for Q23
Denominator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, or F for Q23
Summary text: Among students who dated or went out with someone during the past 12 months, the
percentage who had been forced by someone they were dating or going out with to
do sexual things that they did not want to one or more times during the past 12
months
QN variable label: Forced to do sexual by date past 12 mos
Q24. During the past 12 months, have you ever been bullied on school property?
A. Yes
B. No
Variable label: Have you been bullied @ school 12 mos
QN24: Numerator: Students who answered A for Q24
Denominator: Students who answered A or B for Q24
Summary text: Percentage of students who had ever been bullied on school property during the past
12 months
QN variable label: Bullied at school 12 mos
Q25. During the past 12 months, have you ever been electronically bullied? (Include being bullied through e-
mail, chat rooms, instant messaging, Web sites, or texting.)
A. Yes
B. No
Variable label: Ever been electronically bullied 12 mos
QN25: Numerator: Students who answered A for Q25
Denominator: Students who answered A or B for Q25
Summary text: Percentage of students who had ever been electronically bullied during the past 12
months
QN variable label: Electronically bullied 12 mos
Q26. During the past 12 months, did you ever feel so sad or hopeless almost every day for two weeks or more
in a row that you stopped doing some usual activities?
A. Yes
B. No
Variable label: Ever feel sad or hopeless 12 mos
QN26: Numerator: Students who answered A for Q26
Denominator: Students who answered A or B for Q26
Summary text: Percentage of students who felt so sad or hopeless almost every day for two weeks or
more in a row that they stopped doing some usual activities during the past 12
months
QN variable label: Sad 2 wks past 12 mos
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Q27.
QN27:
During the past 12 months, did you ever seriously consider attempting suicide?
A. Yes
B. No
Variable label: Ever considered suicide 12 mos
Numerator: Students who answered A for Q27
Denominator: Students who answered A or B for Q27
Summary text: Percentage of students who seriously considered attempting suicide during the past
12 months
QN variable label: Considered suicide 12 mos
Q28.
QN28:
During the past 12 months, did you make a plan about how you would attempt suicide?
A. Yes
B. No
Variable label: Ever make suicide plan 12 mos
Numerator: Students who answered A for Q28
Denominator: Students who answered A or B for Q28
Summary text: Percentage of students who made a plan about how they would attempt suicide
during the past 12 months
QN variable label: Made suicide plan 12 mos
Q29.
QN29:
During the past 12 months, how many times did you actually attempt suicide?
A. 0 times
B. 1 time
C. 2 or 3 times
D. 4 or 5 times
E. 6 or more times
Variable label: How many times attempt suicide 12 mos
Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, or E for Q29
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, or E for Q29
Summary text: Percentage of students who actually attempted suicide one or more times during the
past 12 months
QN variable label: Attempted suicide 1+ times 12 mos
Q30.
QN30:
If you attempted suicide during the past 12 months, did any attempt result in an injury, poisoning, or
overdose that had to be treated by a doctor or nurse?
A. I did not attempt suicide during the past 12 months
B. Yes
C. No
Variable label: Ever injured from suicide attempt 12 mos
Numerator: Students who answered B for Q30
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, or C for Q30
Summary text: Percentage of students who made a suicide attempt during the past 12 months that
resulted in an injury, poisoning, or overdose that had to be treated by a doctor or
nurse
QN variable label: Suicide attempt w/injury 12 mos
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Q31.
QN31:
Have you ever tried cigarette smoking, even one or two puffs?
A. Yes
B. No
Variable label: Ever smoked
Numerator: Students who answered A for Q31
Denominator: Students who answered A or B for Q31
Summary text: Percentage of students who ever tried cigarette smoking, even one or two puffs
QN variable label: Ever tried cigarettes
Q32.
QN32:
How old were you when you smoked a whole cigarette for the first time?
A. I have never smoked a whole cigarette
B. 8 years old or younger
C. 9 or 10 years old
D. 11 or 12 years old
E. 13 or 14 years old
F. 15 or 16 years old
G. 17 years old or older
Variable label: How old when first smoked
Numerator: Students who answered B, C, or D for Q32
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q32
Summary text: Percentage of students who smoked a whole cigarette for the first time before age 13
years
QN variable label: Smoked cigarette before 13
Q33.
QN33:
During the past 30 days, on how many days did you smoke cigarettes?
A. 0 days
B. 1 or 2 days
C. 3 to 5 days
D. 6 to 9 days
E. 10 to 19 days
F. 20 to 29 days
G. All 30 days
Variable label: How many days smoked 30 days
Dependence: Required by QN34, QN35, QN38, QNFRCIG, and QNANYTOB
Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q33
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q33
Summary text: Percentage of students who smoked cigarettes on one or more of the past 30 days
QN variable label: Smoked 1+ past 30 days
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Q34. During the past 30 days, on the days you smoked, how many cigarettes did you smoke per day?
A. I did not smoke cigarettes during the past 30 days
B. Less than 1 cigarette per day
C. 1 cigarette per day
D. 2 to 5 cigarettes per day
E. 6 to 10 cigarettes per day
F. 11 to 20 cigarettes per day
G. More than 20 cigarettes per day
Variable label: How many cigarettes/day 30 days
QN34*: Numerator: Students who answered F or G for Q34
Denominator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q33 and answered B, C, D, E, F, or G
for Q34
Summary text: Among students who reported current cigarette use, the percentage who smoked
more than 10 cigarettes per day on the days they smoked during the past 30 days
QN variable label: Smoked >10 cigarettes/day past 30 days
Dependence: Depends on Q33
Q35. During the past 30 days, how did you usually get your own cigarettes? (Select only one response.)
A. I did not smoke cigarettes during the past 30 days
B. I bought them in a store such as a convenience store, supermarket, discount store, or gas
station
C. I bought them from a vending machine
D. I gave someone else money to buy them for me
E. I borrowed (or bummed) them from someone else
F. A person 18 years old or older gave them to me
G. I took them from a store or family member
H. I got them some other way
Variable label: How did you get cigarettes past 30 days
QN35*: Numerator: Students who answered B for Q35
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, or F for Q1 and answered B, C, D, E, F, or G
for Q33 and answered B, C, D, E, F, G, or H for Q35
Summary text: Among students who were less than 18 years of age and who reported current
cigarette use, the percentage who usually got their own cigarettes by buying them in
a store or gas station during the past 30 days
QN variable label: Got cigarettes in store 30 days
Dependence: Depends on Q1 and Q33
Q36. During the past 30 days, on how many days did you smoke cigarettes on school property?
A. 0 days
B. 1 or 2 days
C. 3 to 5 days
D. 6 to 9 days
E. 10 to 19 days
F. 20 to 29 days
G. All 30 days
Variable label: How many days smoke @ school 30 days
QN36: Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q36
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q36
Summary text: Percentage of students who smoked cigarettes on school property on one or more of
the past 30 days
QN variable label: Smoked at school 1+ past 30 days
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Q37. Have you ever smoked cigarettes daily, that is, at least one cigarette every day for 30 days?
A. Yes
B. No
Variable label: Have you ever smoked daily
QN37: Numerator: Students who answered A for Q37
Denominator: Students who answered A or B for Q37
Summary text: Percentage of students who ever smoked cigarettes daily, that is, at least one
cigarette every day for 30 days
QN variable label: Smoked daily for 30 days
Q38. During the past 12 months, did you ever try to quit smoking cigarettes?
A. I did not smoke during the past 12 months
B. Yes
C. No
Variable label: Tried to quit smoking past 12 months
QN38*: Numerator: Students who answered B for Q38
Denominator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q33 and answered B or C for Q38
Summary text: Among students who reported current cigarette use, the percentage who ever tried to
quit smoking cigarettes during the past 12 months
QN variable label: Among smokers, tried to quit smoking
Dependence: Depends on Q33
Q39. During the past 30 days, on how many days did you use chewing tobacco, snuff, or dip, such as Redman,
Levi Garrett, Beechnut, Skoal, Skoal Bandits, or Copenhagen?
A. 0 days
B. 1 or 2 days
C. 3 to 5 days
D. 6 to 9 days
E. 10 to 19 days
F. 20 to 29 days
G. All 30 days
Variable label: How many days use snuff past 30 days
Dependence: Required by QNANYTOB
QN39: Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q39
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q39
Summary text: Percentage of students who used chewing tobacco, snuff, or dip on one or more of
the past 30 days
QN variable label: Used snuff/dip 1+ past 30 days
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Q40.
QN40:
During the past 30 days, on how many days did you smoke cigars, cigarillos, or little cigars?
A. 0 days
B. 1 or 2 days
C. 3 to 5 days
D. 6 to 9 days
E. 10 to 19 days
F. 20 to 29 days
G. All 30 days
Variable label: How many days smoke cigars 30 days
Dependence: Required by QNANYTOB
Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q40
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q40
Summary text: Percentage of students who smoked cigars, cigarillos, or little cigars on one or more
of the past 30 days
QN variable label: Smoked cigars 1+ past 30 days
Q41.
QN41:
During your life, on how many days have you had at least one drink of alcohol?
A. 0 days
B. 1 or 2 days
C. 3 to 9 days
D. 10 to 19 days
E. 20 to 39 days
F. 40 to 99 days
G. 100 or more days
Variable label: How many days drink alcohol
Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q41
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q41
Summary text: Percentage of students who had at least one drink of alcohol on one or more days
during their life
QN variable label: Had 1 drink on 1+ days in life
Q42.
QN42:
How old were you when you had your first drink of alcohol other than a few sips?
A. I have never had a drink of alcohol other than a few sips
B. 8 years old or younger
C. 9 or 10 years old
D. 11 or 12 years old
E. 13 or 14 years old
F. 15 or 16 years old
G. 17 years old or older
Variable label: How old when first drank alcohol
Numerator: Students who answered B, C, or D for Q42
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q42
Summary text: Percentage of students who had their first drink of alcohol other than a few sips
before age 13 years
QN variable label: Had first drink before 13
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Q43.
QN43:
During the past 30 days, on how many days did you have at least one drink of alcohol?
A. 0 days
B. 1 or 2 days
C. 3 to 5 days
D. 6 to 9 days
E. 10 to 19 days
F. 20 to 29 days
G. All 30 days
Variable label: How many days drink alcohol 30 days
Dependence: Required by QN46
Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q43
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q43
Summary text: Percentage of students who had at least one drink of alcohol on one or more of the
past 30 days
QN variable label: Had 1+ drinks past 30 days
Q44.
QN44:
During the past 30 days, on how many days did you have 5 or more drinks of alcohol in a row, that is,
within a couple of hours?
A. 0 days
B. 1 day
C. 2 days
D. 3 to 5 days
E. 6 to 9 days
F. 10 to 19 days
G. 20 or more days
Variable label: How many days have 5+ drinks 30 days
Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q44
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q44
Summary text: Percentage of students who had five or more drinks of alcohol in a row, that is,
within a couple of hours, on one or more of the past 30 days
QN variable label: Five+ drinks 1+ past 30 days
Q45.
QN45:
During the past 30 days, what is the largest number of alcoholic drinks you had in a row, that is, within a
couple of hours?
A. I did not drink alcohol during the past 30 days
B. 1 or 2 drinks
C. 3 drinks
D. 4 drinks
E. 5 drinks
F. 6 or 7 drinks
G. 8 or 9 drinks
H. 10 or more drinks
Variable label: Max # drinks in a row past 30 days
Numerator: Students who answered H for Q45
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, F, G, or H for Q45
Summary text: Percentage of students who had ten or more drinks of alcohol in a row, that is, within
a couple of hours, during the past 30 days
QN variable label: 10+ drinks in a row past 30 days
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Q46. During the past 30 days, how did you usually get the alcohol you drank?
A. I did not drink alcohol during the past 30 days
B. I bought it in a store such as a liquor store, convenience store, supermarket, discount store, or gas
station
C. I bought it at a restaurant, bar, or club
D. I bought it at a public event such as a concert or sporting event
E. I gave someone else money to buy it for me
F. Someone gave it to me
G. I took it from a store or family member
H. I got it some other way
Variable label: How did you get alcohol past 30 days
QN46*: Numerator: Students who answered F for Q46
Denominator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q43 and answered B, C, D, E, F, G,
or H for Q46
Summary text: Among students who reported current alcohol use, the percentage who usually got
the alcohol they drank from someone who gave it to them during the past 30 days
QN variable label: Someone gave alcohol to me past 30 days
Dependence: Depends on Q43
Q47. During your life, how many times have you used marijuana?
A. 0 times
B. 1 or 2 times
C. 3 to 9 times
D. 10 to 19 times
E. 20 to 39 times
F. 40 to 99 times
G. 100 or more times
Variable label: How many times smoke marijuana
QN47: Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q47
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q47
Summary text: Percentage of students who used marijuana one or more times during their life
QN variable label: Tried marijuana 1+ times in life
Q48. How old were you when you tried marijuana for the first time?
A. I have never tried marijuana
B. 8 years old or younger
C. 9 or 10 years old
D. 11 or 12 years old
E. 13 or 14 years old
F. 15 or 16 years old
G. 17 years old or older
Variable label: How old when first tried marijuana
QN48: Numerator: Students who answered B, C, or D for Q48
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q48
Summary text: Percentage of students who tried marijuana for the first time before age 13 years
QN variable label: Tried marijuana before 13
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Q49.
QN49:
During the past 30 days, how many times did you use marijuana?
A. 0 times
B. 1 or 2 times
C. 3 to 9 times
D. 10 to 19 times
E. 20 to 39 times
F. 40 or more times
Variable label: How many times use marijuana 30 days
Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, or F for Q49
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, or F for Q49
Summary text: Percentage of students who used marijuana one or more times during the past 30
days
QN variable label: Used marijuana 1+ times past 30 days
Q50.
QN50:
During your life, how many times have you used any form of cocaine, including powder, crack, or
freebase?
A. 0 times
B. 1 or 2 times
C. 3 to 9 times
D. 10 to 19 times
E. 20 to 39 times
F. 40 or more times
Variable label: How many times use cocaine
Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, or F for Q50
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, or F for Q50
Summary text: Percentage of students who used any form of cocaine, including powder, crack, or
freebase, one or more times during their life
QN variable label: Used cocaine 1+ times in life
Q51.
QN51:
During your life, how many times have you sniffed glue, breathed the contents of aerosol spray cans, or
inhaled any paints or sprays to get high?
A. 0 times
B. 1 or 2 times
C. 3 to 9 times
D. 10 to 19 times
E. 20 to 39 times
F. 40 or more times
Variable label: How many times sniffed glue
Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, or F for Q51
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, or F for Q51
Summary text: Percentage of students who sniffed glue, breathed the contents of aerosol spray cans,
or inhaled any paints or sprays to get high one or more times during their life
QN variable label: Sniffed glue 1+ times in life
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Q52.
QN52:
During your life, how many times have you used heroin (also called smack, junk, or China White)?
A. 0 times
B. 1 or 2 times
C. 3 to 9 times
D. 10 to 19 times
E. 20 to 39 times
F. 40 or more times
Variable label: How many times used heroin
Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, or F for Q52
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, or F for Q52
Summary text: Percentage of students who used heroin one or more times during their life
QN variable label: Used heroin 1+ times in life
Q53.
QN53:
During your life, how many times have you used methamphetamines (also called speed, crystal, crank, or
ice)?
A. 0 times
B. 1 or 2 times
C. 3 to 9 times
D. 10 to 19 times
E. 20 to 39 times
F. 40 or more times
Variable label: How many times used methamphetamines
Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, or F for Q53
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, or F for Q53
Summary text: Percentage of students who used methamphetamines one or more times during their
life
QN variable label: Used meth 1+ times in life
Q54.
QN54:
During your life, how many times have you used ecstasy (also called MDMA)?
A. 0 times
B. 1 or 2 times
C. 3 to 9 times
D. 10 to 19 times
E. 20 to 39 times
F. 40 or more times
Variable label: Ecstasy one or more time
Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, or F for Q54
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, or F for Q54
Summary text: Percentage of students who used ecstasy one or more times during their life
QN variable label: Used ecstasy 1+ times in life
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Q55.
QN55:
During your life, how many times have you taken steroid pills or shots without a doctor's prescription?
A. 0 times
B. 1 or 2 times
C. 3 to 9 times
D. 10 to 19 times
E. 20 to 39 times
F. 40 or more times
Variable label: How many times used steroids
Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, or F for Q55
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, or F for Q55
Summary text: Percentage of students who took steroid pills or shots without a doctor's prescription
one or more times during their life
QN variable label: Took steroids 1+ times in life
Q56.
QN56:
During your life, how many times have you taken a prescription drug (such as OxyContin, Percocet,
Vicodin, codeine, Adderall, Ritalin, or Xanax) without a doctor's prescription?
A. 0 times
B. 1 or 2 times
C. 3 to 9 times
D. 10 to 19 times
E. 20 to 39 times
F. 40 or more times
Variable label: Times prescription drug wo prescription
Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, or F for Q56
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, or F for Q56
Summary text: Percentage of students who have taken a prescription drug (such as OxyContin,
Percocet, Vicodin, codeine, Adderall, Ritalin, or Xanax) without a doctor's
prescription one or more times during their life
QN variable label: Taken prescription drug wo prescription
Q57.
QN57:
During your life, how many times have you used a needle to inject any illegal drug into your body?
A. 0 times
B. 1 time
C. 2 or more times
Variable label: How many times injected drugs
Numerator: Students who answered B or C for Q57
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, or C for Q57
Summary text: Percentage of students who used a needle to inject any illegal drug into their body
one or more times during their life
QN variable label: Injected drugs 1+ times in life
Q58.
QN58:
During the past 12 months, has anyone offered, sold, or given you an illegal drug on school property?
A. Yes
B. No
Variable label: Offered drugs @ school 12 mos
Numerator: Students who answered A for Q58
Denominator: Students who answered A or B for Q58
Summary text: Percentage of students who were offered, sold, or given an illegal drug by someone
on school property during the past 12 months
QN variable label: Offered/sold drugs at school 12 mos
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Q59.
QN59:
Have you ever had sexual intercourse?
A. Yes
B. No
Variable label: Ever had sex
Numerator: Students who answered A for Q59
Denominator: Students who answered A or B for Q59
Summary text: Percentage of students who ever had sexual intercourse
QN variable label: Had sex ever
Q60.
QN60:
How old were you when you had sexual intercourse for the first time?
A. I have never had sexual intercourse
B. 11 years old or younger
C. 12 years old
D. 13 years old
E. 14 years old
F. 15 years old
G. 16 years old
H. 17 years old or older
Variable label: How old at first sex
Numerator: Students who answered B or C for Q60
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, F, G, or H for Q60
Summary text: Percentage of students who had sexual intercourse for the first time before age 13
years
QN variable label: Had sex before 13
Q61.
QN61:
During your life, with how many people have you had sexual intercourse?
A. I have never had sexual intercourse
B. 1 person
C. 2 people
D. 3 people
E. 4 people
F. 5 people
G. 6 or more people
Variable label: How many sex partners
Numerator: Students who answered E, F, or G for Q61
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q61
Summary text: Percentage of students who had sexual intercourse with four or more people during
their life
QN variable label: Had sex with 4+ people in life
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Q62. During the past 3 months, with how many people did you have sexual intercourse?
A. I have never had sexual intercourse
B. I have had sexual intercourse, but not during the past 3 months
C. 1 person
D. 2 people
E. 3 people
F. 4 people
G. 5 people
H. 6 or more people
Variable label: How many sex partners 3 mos
Dependence: Required by QN63, QN64, QN65, QNOTHH, QNOTHHPL, and QNDUALBC
QN62: Numerator: Students who answered C, D, E, F, G, or H for Q62
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, F, G, or H for Q62
Summary text: Percentage of students who had sexual intercourse with one or more people during
the past three months
QN variable label: Had sex with 1+ people 3 mos
Q63. Did you drink alcohol or use drugs before you had sexual intercourse the last time?
A. I have never had sexual intercourse
B. Yes
C. No
Variable label: Did you use alcohol/drugs @ last sex
QN63 * : Numerator: Students who answered B for Q63
Denominator: Students who answered C, D, E, F, G, or H for Q62 and answered B or C for Q63
Summary text: Among students who had sexual intercourse during the past three months, the
percentage who drank alcohol or used drugs before last sexual intercourse
QN variable label: Of current sex, used alcohol last time
Dependence: Depends on Q62
Q64. The last time you had sexual intercourse, did you or your partner use a condom?
A. I have never had sexual intercourse
B. Yes
C. No
Variable label: Did you use condom @ last sex
Dependence: Required by QNDUAL
QN64*: Numerator: Students who answered B for Q64
Denominator: Students who answered C, D, E, F, G, or H for Q62 and answered B or C for Q64
Summary text: Among students who had sexual intercourse during the past three months, the
percentage who used a condom during last sexual intercourse
QN variable label: Of current sex, used condom last time
Dependence: Depends on Q62
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Q65. The last time you had sexual intercourse, what one method did you or your partner use to prevent
pregnancy? (Select only one response.)
A. I have never had sexual intercourse
B. No method was used to prevent pregnancy
C. Birth control pills
D. Condoms
E. An IUD (such as Mirena or ParaGard) or implant (such as Implanon or Nexplanon)
F. A shot (such as Depo-Provera), patch (such as Ortho Evra), or birth control ring (such as
NuvaRing)
G. Withdrawal or some other method
H. Not sure
Variable label: What birth control @ last sex
Dependence: Required by QNOTHH, QNOTHHPL, and QNDUALBC
QN65*: Numerator: Students who answered C for Q65
Denominator: Students who answered C, D, E, F, G, or H for Q62 and answered B, C, D, E, F, G,
or H for Q65
Summary text: Among students who had sexual intercourse during the past three months, the
percentage who used birth control pills to prevent pregnancy before last sexual
intercourse
QN variable label: Of current sex, used bc pills last sex
Dependence: Depends on Q62
Q66. How do you describe your weight?
A. Very underweight
B. Slightly underweight
C. About the right weight
D. Slightly overweight
E. Very overweight
Variable label: How do you describe your weight
QN66: Numerator: Students who answered D or E for Q66
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, or E for Q66
Summary text: Percentage of students who described themselves as slightly or very overweight
QN variable label: Slightly/very overweight
Q67. Which of the following are you trying to do about your weight?
A. Lose weight
B. Gain weight
C. Stay the same weight
D. I am not trying to do anything about my weight
Variable label: What are you trying to do about weight
QN67: Numerator: Students who answered A for Q67
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, or D for Q67
Summary text: Percentage of students who were trying to lose weight
QN variable label: Trying to lose weight
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Q68.
QN68:
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?
A. Yes
B. No
Variable label: Did you fast to lose weight 30 days
Numerator: Students who answered A for Q68
Denominator: Students who answered A or B for Q68
Summary text: Percentage of students who went without eating for 24 hours or more to lose weight
or to keep from gaining weight during the past 30 days
QN variable label: Fasted to lose weight past 30 days
Q69.
QN69:
During the past 30 days, did you take any diet pills, powders, or liquids without a doctor's advice to lose
weight or to keep from gaining weight? (Do not include meal replacement products such as Slim Fast.)
A. Yes
B. No
Variable label: Did you take pill to lose weight 30 days
Numerator: Students who answered A for Q69
Denominator: Students who answered A or B for Q69
Summary text: Percentage of students who took any diet pills, powders, or liquids without a doctor's
advice to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight during the past 30 days
QN variable label: Took pills to lose weight past 30 days
Q70.
QN70:
During the past 30 days, did you vomit or take laxatives to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight?
A. Yes
B. No
Variable label: Did you vomit to lose weight 30 days
Numerator: Students who answered A for Q70
Denominator: Students who answered A or B for Q70
Summary text: Percentage of students who vomited or took laxatives to lose weight or to keep from
gaining weight during the past 30 days
QN variable label: Vomited to lose weight past 30 days
Q71.
QN71:
During the past 7 days, how many times did you drink 100% fruit juices such as orange juice, apple juice,
or grape juice? (Do not count punch, Kool-Aid, sports drinks, or other fruit-flavored drinks.)
A. I did not drink 100% fruit juice during the past 7 days
B. 1 to 3 times during the past 7 days
C. 4 to 6 times during the past 7 days
D. 1 time per day
E. 2 times per day
F. 3 times per day
G. 4 or more times per day
Variable label: How many times fruit juice 7 days
Dependence: Required by QNFRVG, QNFRVG2, QNFRUIT, QNFR0, QNFR1, and QNFR3
Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q71
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q71
Summary text: Percentage of students who drank 100% fruit juices one or more times during the
past seven days
QN variable label: Drank fruit juice past 7 days
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Q72.
QN72:
During the past 7 days, how many times did you eat fruit? (Do not count fruit juice.)
A. I did not eat fruit during the past 7 days
B. 1 to 3 times during the past 7 days
C. 4 to 6 times during the past 7 days
D. 1 time per day
E. 2 times per day
F. 3 times per day
G. 4 or more times per day
Variable label: How many times fruit 7 days
Dependence: Required by QNFRVG, QNFRVG2, QNFRUIT, QNFR0, QNFR1, and QNFR3
Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q72
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q72
Summary text: Percentage of students who ate fruit one or more times during the past seven days
QN variable label: Ate fruit past 7 days
Q73.
QN73:
During the past 7 days, how many times did you eat green salad?
A. I did not eat green salad during the past 7 days
B. 1 to 3 times during the past 7 days
C. 4 to 6 times during the past 7 days
D. 1 time per day
E. 2 times per day
F. 3 times per day
G. 4 or more times per day
Variable label: How many time green salad 7 days
Dependence: Required by QNFRVG, QNFRVG2, QNVEG, QNVEG0, QNVEG1, and QNVEG2
Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q73
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q73
Summary text: Percentage of students who ate green salad one or more times during the past seven
days
QN variable label: Ate green salad past 7 days
Q74.
QN74:
During the past 7 days, how many times did you eat potatoes? (Do not count french fries, fried potatoes, or
potato chips.)
A. I did not eat potatoes during the past 7 days
B. 1 to 3 times during the past 7 days
C. 4 to 6 times during the past 7 days
D. 1 time per day
E. 2 times per day
F. 3 times per day
G. 4 or more times per day
Variable label: How many times potatoes 7 days
Dependence: Required by QNFRVG, QNFRVG2, QNVEG, QNVEG0, QNVEG1, and QNVEG2
Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q74
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q74
Summary text: Percentage of students who ate potatoes one or more times during the past seven
days
QN variable label: Ate potatoes past 7 days
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Q75.
QN75:
During the past 7 days, how many times did you eat carrots?
A. I did not eat carrots during the past 7 days
B. 1 to 3 times during the past 7 days
C. 4 to 6 times during the past 7 days
D. 1 time per day
E. 2 times per day
F. 3 times per day
G. 4 or more times per day
Variable label: How many times carrots 7 days
Dependence: Required by QNFRVG, QNFRVG2, QNVEG, QNVEG0, QNVEG1, and QNVEG2
Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q75
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q75
Summary text: Percentage of students who ate carrots one or more times during the past seven days
QN variable label: Ate carrots past 7 days
Q76.
QN76:
During the past 7 days, how many times did you eat other vegetables? (Do not count green salad, potatoes,
or carrots.)
A. I did not eat other vegetables during the past 7 days
B. 1 to 3 times during the past 7 days
C. 4 to 6 times during the past 7 days
D. 1 time per day
E. 2 times per day
F. 3 times per day
G. 4 or more times per day
Variable label: How many times other vegetables 7 days
Dependence: Required by QNFRVG, QNFRVG2, QNVEG, QNVEG0, QNVEG1, and QNVEG2
Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q76
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q76
Summary text: Percentage of students who ate other vegetables one or more times during the past
seven days
QN variable label: Ate vegetables past 7 days
Q77.
QN77:
During the past 7 days, how many times did you drink a can, bottle, or glass of soda or pop, such as
Coke, Pepsi, or Sprite? (Do not count diet soda or diet pop.)
A. I did not drink soda or pop during the past 7 days
B. 1 to 3 times during the past 7 days
C. 4 to 6 times during the past 7 days
D. 1 time per day
E. 2 times per day
F. 3 times per day
G. 4 or more times per day
Variable label: How many times drink soda past 7 days
Dependence: Required by QNSODA0, QNSODA2, and QNSODA3
Numerator: Students who answered D, E, F, or G for Q77
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q77
Summary text: Percentage of students who drank a can, bottle, or glass of soda or pop one or more
times per day during the past seven days
QN variable label: Drank soda 1+ times/day past 7 days
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Q78.
QN78:
During the past 7 days, how many glasses of milk did you drink? (Count the milk you drank in a glass or
cup, from a carton, or with cereal. Count the half pint of milk served at school as equal to one glass. )
A. I did not drink milk during the past 7 days
B. 1 to 3 glasses during the past 7 days
C. 4 to 6 glasses during the past 7 days
D. 1 glass per day
E. 2 glasses per day
F. 3 glasses per day
G. 4 or more glasses per day
Variable label: How many glass of milk 7 days
Dependence: Required by QNMILK0, QNMILK1, and QNMILK2
Numerator: Students who answered F or G for Q78
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q78
Summary text: Percentage of students who drank three or more glasses per day of milk during the
past seven days
QN variable label: Drank 3+ glasses milk/day past 7 days
Q79.
QN79:
During the past 7 days, on how many days did you eat breakfast?
A. 0 days
B. 1 day
C. 2 days
D. 3 days
E. 4 days
F. 5 days
G. 6 days
H. 7 days
Variable label: How often ate breakfast past 7 days
Dependence: Required by QNNOBKFT
Numerator: Students who answered H for Q79
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, F, G or H for Q79
Summary text: Percentage of students who ate breakfast on all of the past seven days
QN variable label: Ate breakfast on all of the past 7 days
Q80.
QN80:
During the past 7 days, on how many days were you physically active for a total of at least 60 minutes per
day? (Add up all the time you spent in any kind of physical activity that increased your heart rate and made
you breathe hard some of the time.)
A. 0 days
B. 1 day
C. 2 days
D. 3 days
E. 4 days
F. 5 days
G. 6 days
H. 7 days
Variable label: Days active 60 min plus past 7 days
Dependence: Required by QNPA0DAY and QNPA7DAY
Numerator: Students who answered F, G, or H for Q80
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, F, G, or H for Q80
Summary text: Percentage of students who were physically active for a total of at least 60 minutes
per day on five or more of the past seven days
QN variable label: Active 60 min on 5+ past 7 days
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Q81.
QN81:
On an average school day, how many hours do you watch TV?
A. I do not watch TV on an average school day
B. Less than 1 hour per day
C. 1 hour per day
D. 2 hours per day
E. 3 hours per day
F. 4 hours per day
G. 5 or more hours per day
Variable label: How many hours watch TV
Numerator: Students who answered E, F, or G for Q81
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q81
Summary text: Percentage of students who watched three or more hours per day of TV on an
average school day
QN variable label: Watched 3+ hours of TV average day
Q82.
QN82:
On an average school day, how many hours do you play video or computer games or use a computer for
something that is not school work? (Count time spent on things such as Xbox, PlayStation, an iPod, an iPad
or other tablet, a smartphone, YouTube, Facebook or other social networking tools, and the Internet.)
A. I do not play video or computer games or use a computer for something that is not school work
B. Less than 1 hour per day
C. 1 hour per day
D. 2 hours per day
E. 3 hours per day
F. 4 hours per day
G. 5 or more hours per day
Variable label: How many hours/day play video games
Numerator: Students who answered E, F, or G for Q82
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q82
Summary text: Percentage of students who played video or computer games or used a computer for
something that was not school work three or more hours per day on an average
school day
QN variable label: Played video games 3+ hours/day
Q83.
QN83:
In an average week when you are in school, on how many days do you go to physical education (PE)
classes?
A. 0 days
B. 1 day
C. 2 days
D. 3 days
E. 4 days
F. 5 days
Variable label: How many days go to PE class
Dependence: Required by QNDLYPE
Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, or F for Q83
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, or F for Q83
Summary text: Percentage of students who attended physical education (PE) classes on one or more
days in an average week when they were in school
QN variable label: Attended PE class 1+ days average week
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Q84. During the past 12 months, on how many sports teams did you play? (Count any teams run by your school
or community groups.)
A. 0 teams
B. 1 team
C. 2 teams
D. 3 or more teams
Variable label: On how many sports team 12 mos
QN84: Numerator: Students who answered B, C, or D for Q84
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, or D for Q84
Summary text: Percentage of students who played on one or more sports teams during the past 12
months
QN variable label: Played on 1+ sports teams past 12 mos
Q85. Have you ever been taught about AIDS or HIV infection in school?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Not sure
Variable label: Ever taught about AIDS/HIV @ school
QN85: Numerator: Students who answered A for Q85
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, or C for Q85
Summary text: Percentage of students who had ever been taught in school about AIDS or HIV
infection
QN variable label: Taught about AIDS/HIV @ school
Q86. Has a doctor or nurse ever told you that you have asthma?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Not sure
Variable label: Ever been told you have asthma
QN86: Numerator: Students who answered A for Q86
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, or C for Q86
Summary text: Percentage of students who had ever been told by a doctor or nurse that they had
asthma
QN variable label: Told by doctor/nurse they had asthma
Q87. During your life, how many times have you used hallucinogenic drugs, such as LSD, acid, PCP, angel
dust, mescaline, or mushrooms?
A. 0 times
B. 1 or 2 times
C. 3 to 9 times
D. 10 to 19 times
E. 20 to 39 times
F. 40 or more times
Variable label: Ever used LSD
QN87: Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, or F for Q87
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, or F for Q87
Summary text: Percentage of students who have used hallucinogenic drugs, such as LSD, acid, PCP,
angel dust, mescaline, or mushrooms, one or more times during their life
QN variable label: Used LSD 1+ times
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Q88. On how many of the past 7 days did you do exercises to strengthen or tone your muscles, such as push-
ups, sit-ups, or weight lifting?
A. 0 days
B. 1 day
C. 2 days
D. 3 days
E. 4 days
F. 5 days
G. 6 days
H. 7 days
Variable label: Strengthen muscles past 7 days
QN88: Numerator: Students who answered D, E, F, G, or H for Q88
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, F, G, or H for Q88
Summary text: Percentage of students who did exercises to strengthen or tone their muscles, such as
push-ups, sit-ups, or weight lifting, on three or more of the past seven days
QN variable label: Strengthened muscles 3+ of past 7 days
Q89. Have you ever been tested for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS? (Do not count tests done if you donated
blood.)
A. Yes
B. No
C. Not sure
Variable label: Ever tested for HIV
QN89: Numerator: Students who answered A for Q89
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, or C for Q89
Summary text: Percentage of students who had ever been tested for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS
QN variable label: Tested for HIV
Q90. When you are outside for more than one hour on a sunny day, how often do you wear sunscreen with an
SPF of 15 or higher?
A. Never
B. Rarely
C. Sometimes
D. Most of the time
E. Always
Variable label: Sunscreen use outside
QN90: Numerator: Students who answered D or E for Q90
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, or E for Q90
Summary text: Percentage of students who most of the time or always wear sunscreen with an SPF
of 15 or higher when they are outside for more than one hour on a sunny day
QN variable label: Mostly or always wear sunscreen
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Q91. During the past 12 months, how many times did you use an indoor tanning device such as a sunlamp,
sunbed, or tanning booth? (Do not count getting a spray-on tan.)
A. 0 times
B. 1 or 2 times
C. 3 to 9 times
D. 10 to 19 times
E. 20 to 39 times
F. 40 or more times
Variable label: How many times indoor tanning
QN91: Numerator: Students who answered B, C, D, E, or F for Q91
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, or F for Q91
Summary text: Percentage of students who used an indoor tanning device such as a sunlamp,
sunbed, or tanning booth one or more times during the past 12 months
QN variable label: Used 1+ times indoor tanning
Q92. On an average school night, how many hours of sleep do you get?
A. 4 or less hours
B. 5 hours
C. 6 hours
D. 7 hours
E. 8 hours
F. 9 hours
G. 10 or more hours
Variable label: Hours of sleep on school night
QN92: Numerator: Students who answered E, F, or G for Q92
Denominator: Students who answered A, B, C, D, E, F, or G for Q92
Summary text: Percentage of students who get eight or more hours of sleep on average school night
QN variable label: Get 8+ hours sleep
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