Table 2.
Student Health Outcomes—2015 and 2017 Youth Risk Behavior Survey
| Study variable | Youth risk behavior survey question | Analytic coding |
|---|---|---|
| Violence victimization | ||
| Felt unsafe at, to, or from school | During the past 12 months, 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? | 0 = 0 days; 1 = 1 or more days |
| Threatened or injured with a weapon at school | 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? | 0 = 0 times; 1 = 1 or more times |
| Forced sex | Have you ever been physically forced to have sexual intercourse when you did not want to? | 0 = No; 1 = Yes |
| Sexual dating violence | 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) | 0 = 0 or I did not date or go out with anyone during the past 12 months; 1 = 1 or more times |
| Physical dating violence | 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) | 0 = 0 or I did not date or go out with anyone during the past 12 months; 1 = 1 or more times |
| Bullying at school | During the past 12 months, have you ever been bullied on school property? | 0 = No; 1 = Yes |
| Electronic bullying | During the past 12 months, have you ever been electronically bullied? (Count being bullied through texting, Instagram, Facebook, or other social media) | 0 = No; 1 = Yes |
| Mental health | ||
| Persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness | During the past 12 months, did you ever feel so sad or hopeless almost every day for 2 weeks or more in a row that you stopped doing some usual activities? | 0 = No; 1 = Yes |
| Suicide-related behaviors | ||
| Seriously considered suicide | During the past 12 months, did you ever seriously consider attempting suicide? | 0 = No; 1 = Yes |
| Made a suicide plan | During the past 12 months, did you make a plan about how you would attempt suicide? | 0 = No; 1 = Yes |
| Attempted suicide | During the past 12 months, how many times did you actually attempt suicide? | 0 = 0 times; 1 = 1 or more times |
| Suicide attempt requiring medical treatment | 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? | 0 = No or I did not attempt suicide during the past 12 months; 1 = Yes |
| High-risk substance use | ||
| Lifetime illicit drug use | During your life, how many times have you used any of the following:
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0 = 0 times to all of the following; 1 = 1 or more time to any of the following |
| Lifetime prescription pain medicine misuse | During your life, how many times have you taken prescription pain medicine without a doctor’s prescription or differently than how a doctor told you to use it? (Count drugs such as codeine, Vicodin, OxyContin, Hydrocodone, and Percocet) | 0 = 0 times; 1 = 1 or more times |
| Lifetime injection drug use | During your life, how many times have you used a needle to inject any illegal drug into your body? | 0 = 0 times; 1 = 1 or more times |