Transcript Overview of The 2003 Ohio Youth Risk Behavior Survey

Overview of the 2007
Ohio Youth Risk Behavior Survey
Health Educators Institute
October 13, 2010
Angie Norton, MA
Ohio Department of Health
School and Adolescent Health
Acknowledgements
Ohio’s 2007 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
was administered by the Ohio Department of
Health.
The following agencies served as advisors to
the project:
• Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug
Addiction Services
• Ohio Department of Mental Health
• Ohio Department of Education
What is the YRBS?
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Developed in 1990 by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
The YRBS attempts to measure
prevalence of behaviors that contribute
to leading causes of death, disease and
injury.
The survey is conducted every two
years in grades 9 through 12.
What is the YRBS?
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The Ohio survey tool is comprised of
99 multiple choice questions
58 core questions from the CDC
standard YRBS must remain unchanged
New questions that are added are
reviewed by the CDC
Ohio has kept most questions
unchanged resulting in trend data
History of Ohio’s YRBS
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First conducted in 1993 by the Ohio
Department of Education (ODE)
Subsequent surveys in 1995, which did not
yield weighted data, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005,
2007 and most recently 2009 (did not achieve
weighted data)
In 2001 due to requests from Ohio legislature
the survey was not completed
In 2003 YRBS administration moved to ODH
How is the Sample Selected?
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August – October school data file is
created with list of all eligible Ohio
schools with 9 through 12 grades is
compiled.
Sample size is decided upon by size of
the eligible population, estimate of
student response rate, desired precision
of results and staff resources.
Survey administered January through
May.
How is the Sample Selected?
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Student response rate is determined by
average daily attendance of students
and parental consent.
Ohio utilizes passive consent unless a
school district requests active consent
An overall response rate of 60% is
needed for weighted data
Monetary incentives were used in 2003
How are students selected?
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Students are selected by class
Each student must have an equal
opportunity of selection
Classes which are required by all
students are generally used such as
English or 3rd period classes
Student identity remains anonymous
Who Participated in Ohio’s
2007 YRBS?
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136 schools were selected
101 schools agreed to participate
2,527 students in grades 9 – 12
completed surveys
School response rate = 75%
Student response rate = 81%
Benefits of the Ohio YRBS
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2007 weighted data represents what Ohio’s
ninth through twelfth graders report of their
current health habits
Larger sample in 2007 yielded data for
Appalachia and Metro area comparisons
Findings also assist in the following:
 allocating limited resources
 plan and implement programs
 note progress or deficiencies
Challenges to Conducting the
YRBS
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Getting schools to say yes to
participating
Agreeing on questions to place on the
survey
Keeping questions over time to yield
trend data
State resources to implement survey
Reporting the Results
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Answers are only as accurate as
student’s reporting
Some students choose not to answer
some questions
Only questions with 100 or more
responses are reported
Reporting the Results
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Survey findings are valid at 95%
confidence level
Percentages are rounded according to
CDC guidelines
Ohio has trend data on 48 questions
during 5 measurement periods over 17
years
Reporting the Results
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injury
violence
mental health
tobacco use
alcohol /other
drug use
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sexual behaviors
nutrition
physical activity
preventive health
care
positive youth
development
Highlights from the 2007 survey
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14.3% reported rarely or never wearing
a seat belt when riding in a car
22.8% reported riding in a car driven by
someone who had been drinking
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Significantly different from 31.9 % in 1999
Highlights from the 2007
survey
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16.6% of students carried a weapon in
the last 30 days
3.8% did not attend school (in last 30
days) due to feeling unsafe
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Significant decrease from 1999 (8%)
27.8% were harassed or bullied in last
12 months
Highlights from the 2007
survey
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30.4% were in a physical fight in last 12
months
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Significant decrease from 1999 37.0%
10.2% forced to have sexual
intercourse when not wanted
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Significant decrease for black students
from 21% in 1999 to 9.8% in 2007
Highlights from the 2007
survey
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13.4% seriously considered suicide
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7.2% attempted suicide in last year
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Significant decrease from 20.3% in 1999
Significant decrease from 11.9 % in 2003
25% were so sad or hopeless they
stopped doing usual activities
Highlights from the 2007
survey
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21.6% smoked cigarettes in last 30
days
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Significant decrease from 40.3 % in 1999
48.6% of current smokers tried to quit
smoking
9.8% used smokeless tobacco in last 30
days
Highlights from the 2007
survey
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17.7% smoked marijuana in last 30
days
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45.7% drank alcohol in last 30 days
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Significant decrease from 26.1% from
1999
Significant decrease from 56% in 1999
28.8% reported binge drinking
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Significant decrease from 37.4% in 1999
Highlights from the 2007
survey
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44.5% have had sexual intercourse
Of those, 60% used a condom at last
intercourse
Highlights from the 2007
survey
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44.7% were physically active for a total
of at least 60 minutes 5 days a week
32% watched three or more hours of
TV daily
22.7% played video games or used the
computer for fun three or more hours
daily
Highlights from the 2007
survey
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15% are overweight (self-reported
height and weight)
30% described selves as slightly or very
overweight
Comparisons of Adolescent
Behaviors by County Type
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Metropolitan county female students
had higher odds of riding in a vehicle
driven by someone who had been
drinking alcohol than rural Appalachian
students
No difference for males
Comparisons of Adolescent
Behaviors by County Type
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Among 10th grade students,
Appalachian students had significantly
higher odds of having had sexual
intercourse than Metropolitan students
Appalachian students had higher odds
of being physically active for a total of
at least 60 on five or more of the past 7
days than Metropolitan students
Comparisons of Adolescent
Behaviors by County Type
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Metropolitan students had higher odds
of having 100% fruit juice and having
green salad at least once in the past
seven days than Appalachian students
Relationships Between Risky
Health Behaviors
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Sexual Activity
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Ohio students drinking alcohol or using
drugs before their last sexual intercourse
had 1.5 times lower odds of using a
condom than students not drinking alcohol
or using drugs before their last sexual
intercourse
Comparisons of Adolescent
Behaviors by County Type
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The age at which alcohol consumption begins
is strongly related to drinking and driving
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Compared to adolescents who first drank at age
17 years or older, those who began at age 12 or
younger had 4.7 times the odds of drinking and
driving
Ohio students who had 5 or more drinks of alcohol
within a couple of hours at least once in the past
30 days had 15.7 times higher odds of drinking
and driving in the past 30 days
Comparisons of Adolescent
Behaviors by County Type
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Nutrition
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Consumption of soda/pop in the past 7 days was
not significantly associated with being
overweight.
Students who were physically active for a total of
at least 60 minutes per day on five or more of the
past seven days had 1.7 times lower odds of being
overweight
Students who watch three or more hours of
television on an average school day had 1.6 being
overweight than those who watched less TV
Contact Information
Angie Norton
Ohio Department of Health
[email protected]