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Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
Alternate Titles(s): YRBSS
UID: 52
- Description
- The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) monitors six categories of health-related behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death and disability among youth and adults, including behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence; sexual behaviors related to unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV infection; alcohol and other drug use; tobacco use; unhealthy dietary behaviors; and inadequate physical activity. YRBSS also measures the prevalence of obesity and asthma and other health-related behaviors plus sexual identity and sex of sexual contacts. YRBSS includes a national school-based survey conducted by CDC and state, territorial, tribal, and local surveys conducted by state, territorial, and local education and health agencies and tribal governments.
- Publisher
- Timeframe
- 1991 - Present
Adolescent (13 to 17 years)
- Access Restrictions
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Free to all
- Access Instructions
- All Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey data are available on the website.
- Data Type
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Behavioral
- Software Used
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Epi InfoPCSampleSASSPSSStataSUDAANSurvey Data Management System (SDMS)
- Dataset Format(s)
- SAS, SPSS, ASCII, Access
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