ERIC Number: ED388435
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1993
Pages: 6
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Preliminary Youth Risk Behavior Survey Results--1993.
Johnson, Joyce, Comp.
This paper provides the results of a 1993 survey of 2,684 New Hampshire high school students in regard to risk taking, personal violence, suicide, tobacco use, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) education, sexual activity, nutrition, and exercise. It found that in the preceding 30 days, 10.8 percent of students had driven a car while they had been drinking alcohol; 5.8 percent had carried a gun on one or more of the preceding 30 days; 26.1 percent had seriously considered attempting suicide in the preceding 12 months; 10.1 percent of the students had actually attempted suicide in the preceding 12 months; 31.4 percent of the students smoked cigarettes regularly; 20.9 percent of the students had used marijuana one or more times during the preceding 30 days; 7.7 percent of the students engaged in sexual intercourse for the first time prior to age 13; 64.5 percent of the female students were trying to lose weight, as opposed to 21.9 percent of the male students; and 65 percent of the students had participated in exercise or sports for 3 or more of the preceding 7 days. Other results are also presented. (MDM)
Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: New Hampshire State Dept. of Education, Concord.
Identifiers - Location: New Hampshire
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