Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey (YRRS) Query Measure Selection

During the past 12 months, how would you describe your grades in school?

Answers to the question, "In my home, there is a parent or some other adult who is interested in my school work."

Answers to the question, "In my home, there is a parent or some other adult who believes that I will be a success."

Answers to the question, "When I am not at home, one of my parents/guardians knows where I am and who I am with."

Answers to the question, "At my school, there is a teacher or some other adult who listens to me when I have something to say."

Answers to the question, "At my school, there is a teacher or some other adult who believes that I will be a success."

Answers to the question, "At school I am involved in sports, clubs, or other extra-curricular activities (such as band, cheerleading, or student council)."

Answers to the question, "In my school, there are clear rules about what students can and cannot do."

Answers to the question, "Outside of my home and school, there is an adult who really cares about me."

Answers to the question, "Outside of my home and school, there is an adult who tells me when I do a good job."

Answers to the question, "Outside of my home and school, I am a part of clubs, sports teams, church/ temple, or other group activities."

Answers to the question, "Outside of my home and school, I am involved in music, art, literature, sports, or a hobby."

Answers to the question, "I have a friend about my own age who really cares about me."

Answers to the question, "I plan to go to college or some other school after high school."

Answered one or more days to the question, "During the past 30 days, on how many days did you have at least one drink of alcohol?"

Answered "1 day" or more to the question, "During the past 30 days, on how many days did you have 4 or more drinks of alcohol in a row (if you are female) or 5 or more drinks of alcohol in a row (if you are male)?" [[br]][[br]] 2017 data are not strictly comparable to the binge drinking indicator from 2015 and earlier years. Starting in 2017, binge drinking was defined as 5 drinks or more on at least one single occasion for boys, and 4 drinks or more for girls. In 2015 and earlier years, binge drinking was defined as 5 drinks or more on at least one occasion in the past 30 days, for both boys and girls.

Answered less than 13 years old to the question, "How old were you when you had your first drink of alcohol other than a few sips?"

Answered one or more days to the question, "During the past 30 days, on how many days did you have at least one drink of alcohol on school property?"

Answered one or more times to the question, "During the past 30 days, how many times did you use marijuana?"

Answered less than 13 years old to the question, "How old were you when you had your first drink of alcohol other than a few sips?"

Answered one or more times to the question, "During the past 30 days, how many times did you use synthetic marijuana (also called K2 or Spice)?"

Answered one or more times to the question, "During the past 30 days, how many times did you use a pain killer to get high, like Vicodin, OxyContin (also called Oxy or OC), or Percocet (also called Percs)?"

Answered one or more times to the question, "During the past 30 days, how many times did you use any form of cocaine, including powder, crack, or freebase?"

Answered one or more times to the question, "During the past 30 days, how many times did you sniff glue, breathe the contents of aerosol spray cans, or inhale any paints or sprays to get high?"

Answered one or more times to the question, "During your life, how many times have you used heroin (also called smack, junk, or China White)?"

Answered one or more times to the question, "During your life, how many times have you used ecstasy (also called MDMA)?"[[br]] Available in years 2013-2015 only.

Answered one or more times to the question, "During the past 30 days, how many times did you use methamphetamines (also called speed, crystal, crank, or ice)?"

Answered one or more times to the question, "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?"[[br]] Available in years 2013-2015 only.

Answered one or more times to the question, "During the past 30 days, how many times did you use heroin (also called smack, junk, or China White)?"

Answered one or more times to the question, "During your life, how many times have you used any form of cocaine, including powder, crack, or freebase?"

Answered one or more times to the question, "During your life, how many times have you used methamphetamines (also called speed, crystal, crank, or ice)?"

Answered one or more times to the question, "During your life, how many times have you used ecstasy (also called MDMA)?"

Answered one or more times to the question, "During your life, how many times have you used a needle to inject any illegal drug into your body?"

Answered one or more times to the question, "During the past 12 months, has anyone offered, sold, or given you an illegal drug on school property?"

Answered "Yes" to the question, "Have you ever tried cigarette smoking, even one or two puffs?"

Answered less than 13 years old to the question, "How old were you when you smoked a whole cigarette for the first time?"

Answered one or more days to the question, "During the past 30 days, on how many days did you smoke cigarettes?"

Answered twenty or more days to the question, "During the past 30 days, on how many days did you smoke cigarettes?"

Answered one or more days to the question, "During the past 30 days, on how many days did you smoke cigarettes on school property?"[[br]] Available in 2013 only.

Answered "Yes" to the question, "During the past 12 months, did you ever try to quit smoking cigarettes?", among students who smoked cigarettes.[[br]] Available in years 2013-2015 only.

Answered one or more days to the question, "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?"

Answered one or more days to the question, "During the past 30 days, on how many days did you smoke cigars, cigarillos, or little cigars?"

Answered one or more days to the question, "During the past 30 days, on how many days did you smoke tobacco or flavored tobacco in a hookah, even just a puff?"

Used at least one of three tobacco products (cigarettes, cigars, or spit tobacco) on at least one of the past 30 days

Used at least one of the five tobacco products (cigarettes, cigars, hookah, spit tobacco, or e-cigarettes) in the past 30 days.[[br]] Available in years 2015-forward.

Used at least one of the five tobacco products (cigarettes, cigars, hookah, spit tobacco, or e-cigarettes) in the past 30 days.[[br]] Available in years 2015-forward.

Answered "1 or 2 days" or more to the question, "During the past 30 days, on how many days did you use an electronic vapor product?"[[br]] Available in years 2015-forward.

Answered "Yes" to the question, "Have you ever used an electronic vapor product?"[[br]] Available in years 2015-forward.

Answered "1 day" or more to the question, "During the past 7 days, on how many days were you in the same room with someone who was smoking cigarettes?"[[br]] Available in years 2015-forward.

Had five or more servings per day of fruit, fruit juice, or vegetables, in the past 7 days

Answered one time per day or more to the question, "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.)"

Answered "7 days" to the question, "During the past 7 days, on how many days did you eat breakfast?"[[br]] Available in years 2015-forward.

Answered "0 days" to the question, "During the past 7 days, on how many days did you eat breakfast?"[[br]] Available in years 2015-forward.

Answered 7 days to the question, "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.)"

Answered 5 days or more to the question, "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.)"

Answered 0 days to the question, "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.)"

Answered three or more hours per day to the question, "On an average school day, how many hours do you watch TV?"

Answered three or more hours per day to the question, "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?

Watched TV or used a computer or played computer/video games for three or more hours per day, on an averaged school day.

Answered "0 days" to the question, "In an average week when you are in school, on how many days do you go to physical education (PE) classes?"

Answered "5 days" to the question, "In an average week when you are in school, on how many days do you go to physical education (PE) classes?"

Based on body mass index (BMI) for age and sex >= 85th percentile and < 95th percentile, using standard growth charts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. BMI was calculated from self-reported height and weight.

Based on body mass index (BMI) for age and sex >= 85th percentile and < 95th percentile, using standard growth charts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. BMI was calculated from self-reported height and weight.

Based on body mass index (BMI) for age and sex >= 85th percentile, using standard growth charts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. BMI was calculated from self-reported height and weight.

Answered one or more times to the question, "During the past 12 months, how many times did you do something to purposely hurt yourself without wanting to die, such as cutting or burning yourself on purpose?"

Answered "Yes" to the question, "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?"

Answered "Yes" to the question, "During the past 12 months, did you ever seriously consider attempting suicide?"

Answered "Yes" to the question, "During the past 12 months, did you make a plan about how you would attempt suicide?"

Answered one or more times to the question, "During the past 12 months, how many times did you actually attempt suicide?"

Answered "Yes" to the question, "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?"

Answers to the question "Which of the following best describes you?"

Answered one or more people to the question, "During the past 3 months, with how many people did you have sexual intercourse?"

Answered less than 13 years old to the question, "How old were you when you had sexual intercourse for the first time?"

Answered four or more people to the question, "During your life, with how many people did you have sexual intercourse?"

Answered "Yes" to the question, "Did you drink alcohol or use drugs before you had sexual intercourse the last time?", among sexually active students

Answered "Yes" to the question, "The last time you had sexual intercourse, did you or your partner use a condom?", among sexually active students.

Answer to the question "The last time you had sexual intercourse, what one method did you or your partner use to prevent pregnancy? (Select only one response.)", among sexually active students.

Answered "Birth control pills", "IUD or implant", "Shot, patch, or birth control ring" to the question "The last time you had sexual intercourse, what one method did you or your partner use to prevent pregnancy? (Select only one response.)", among sexually active students.

Answered "Yes" to the question, "The last time you had sexual intercourse, did you or your partner use a condom?", AND answered "Birth control pills", "IUD or implant", "Shot, patch, or birth control ring" to the question "The last time you had sexual intercourse, what one method did you or your partner use to prevent pregnancy? (Select only one response.)", among sexually active students.

If female, aswered "Females" or "Females and males"; if male, answered "Males" or "Females and males" to the question, "During your life, with whom have you had sexual contact?", among those who ever had sexual contact.

For the question, "During your life, with whom have you had sexual contact?" [[br]] - Females who answered "Females" or "Females and Males" [[br]] - Males who answered "Males" or "Females and Males" [[br]] Available in years 2015-forward.

Answered "Rarely" or "Never" to the question, "When you rode a bicycle during the past 12 months, how often did you wear a helmet?', among those who rode a bicycle in the past 12 months.

Answered "Rarely" or "Never" to the question, "How often do you wear a seat belt when riding in a car driven by someone else?"

Answered one or more times to the question, "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?"

Answered one or more times to the question, "During the past 30 days, how many times did you drive a car or other vehicle when you had been drinking alcohol?"

Answered one or more days to the question, "During the past 30 days, on how many days did you text or e-mail while driving a car or other vehicle?", among those who drove a vehicle in the past 30 days.

Answered "1 time" or more to the question, "During the past 12 months, how many times did you have a concussion from playing a sport or being physically active?" [[br]] Question is preceded by this discussion, "A concussion is when a blow or jolt to the head causes problems such as headaches, dizziness, being dazed or confused, difficulty remembering or concentrating, vomiting, blurred vision, or being knocked out."[[br]] Available in years 2017-forward.

Answered one or more days to the question, "During the past 30 days, on how many days did you carry a weapon such as a gun, knife, or club?"

Answered one or more days to the question, "During the past 30 days, on how many days did you carry a gun?"

Answered one or more days to the question, "During the past 30 days, on how many days did you carry a weapon such as a gun, knife, or club on school property?"

Answered one or more days to the question, "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?"

Answered one or more times to the question, "During the past 12 months, how many times were you in a physical fight?"

Answered one or more times to the question, "During the past 12 months, how many times were you in a physical fight on school property?"

Answered "Yes" to the question, "During the past 12 months, have you ever been bullied on school property?"

Answered, "Yes", to the question, "During the past 12 months, have you ever been electronically bullied? (Count being bullied through e-mail, chat rooms, instant messaging, websites, or texting.)"[[br]] Available in years 2017-forward.

Answered "Yes" to the question, "Have you ever been physically forced to have sexual intercourse when you did not want to?"

Among those who dated, answered one or more times to the question, "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.)"

Answered one or more times to the question, "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.)"

Among those who dated, answered one or more times to the question, "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.)"

Answered one or more times to the question, "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.)"

Answered "Yes" to the question, "Has a doctor or nurse ever told you that you have asthma?"

Answered "Yes" to the question, "Has a doctor or nurse ever told you that you have asthma?", and answered "Yes" to the question, " Do you still have asthma?"[[br]] Available in years 2017-forward.

Answered "Yes" to the question, "Do you have any physical disabilities or long-term health problems? (Long-term means 6-months or more)"[[br]] Available in years 2015-forward.

Gave any response except "In my parent's or guardian's home" to the question, "During the past 30 days, where did you usually sleep at night?" [[br]] Other responses, indicating unstable housing or homelessness, were "In a friend's or relative's home", "In a foster home or group facility", "In a shelter or emergency housing", "In a hotel or motel", "In a car, park, campground, or other public place", "I moved from place to place", and "Somewhere else"[[br]] Available in years 2015-forward.

Answered "1 or 2 times" or more to the question, "During the past 12 months, how many times have you gambled on a sports team, gambled when playing cards or a dice game, played one of New Mexico's lottery games, gambled on the Internet, or bet on a game of personal skill such as pool or a video game?"[[br]] Available in years 2017-forward.

Answered "No" to the question, "Were you born in the USA?"[[br]] Available in years 2017-forward.