SURVEY TITLE: Youth Risk Behavior Survey - New York
ACRONYMN: YRBS - NY
SPONSOR: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States Department of Health and Human Services.
SURVEY PURPOSE: The YRBSS was developed in 1990 to monitor priority health risk
behaviors that contribute markedly to the leading causes of death, disability, and social problems among youth and adults in the United States. These behaviors, often established during childhood and early adolescence, include: tobacco use, unhealthy dietary behaviors, inadequate physical activity, alcohol and other drug use, sexual behaviors that contribute to unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (including HIV infection), and behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence.
LOCATION SAMPLED: New York City.
YEARS SEXUAL ORIENTATION DATA COLLECTED: 2005, 2007
SAMPLE SIZE:
2005: 8,140; Response rate 68%
2007: 9,080; Response rate 68%
2009: 11,887; Response rate 79%
METHOD OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION DATA COLLECTION: Self-completed questionnaire.
SEXUAL ORIENTATION QUESTIONS:
2005 (see 2005 Questionnaire)
61. With whom have you had sexual contact?
A. I have never had sexual contact
B. Females
C. Males
D. Females and Males
62. Which of the following best describes you?
A. Heterosexual (straight)
B. Gay or lesbian
C. Bisexual
D. Not sure
2007 (see 2007 Questionnaire):
68. During your life, with whom have
you had sexual contact?
A. I have never had sexual
contact
B. Females
C. Males
D. Females and males
69. Which of the following best
describes you?
A. Heterosexual or straight
B. Gay or lesbian
C. Bisexual
D. Not sure
2009 (see 2009 Questionnaire):
70. During your life, with whom have you
had sexual contact?
A. I have never had sexual contact
B. Females
C. Males
D. Females and males
71. Which of the following best describes you?
A. Heterosexual or straight
B. Gay or lesbian
C. Bisexual
D. Not sure
RESULTS:
DATA ACCESS: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/episrv/episrv-youthriskbehavior.shtml
ACRONYMN: YRBS - NY
SPONSOR: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States Department of Health and Human Services.
SURVEY PURPOSE: The YRBSS was developed in 1990 to monitor priority health risk
behaviors that contribute markedly to the leading causes of death, disability, and social problems among youth and adults in the United States. These behaviors, often established during childhood and early adolescence, include: tobacco use, unhealthy dietary behaviors, inadequate physical activity, alcohol and other drug use, sexual behaviors that contribute to unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (including HIV infection), and behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence.
LOCATION SAMPLED: New York City.
YEARS SEXUAL ORIENTATION DATA COLLECTED: 2005, 2007
SAMPLE SIZE:
2005: 8,140; Response rate 68%
2007: 9,080; Response rate 68%
2009: 11,887; Response rate 79%
METHOD OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION DATA COLLECTION: Self-completed questionnaire.
SEXUAL ORIENTATION QUESTIONS:
2005 (see 2005 Questionnaire)
61. With whom have you had sexual contact?
A. I have never had sexual contact
B. Females
C. Males
D. Females and Males
62. Which of the following best describes you?
A. Heterosexual (straight)
B. Gay or lesbian
C. Bisexual
D. Not sure
2007 (see 2007 Questionnaire):
68. During your life, with whom have
you had sexual contact?
A. I have never had sexual
contact
B. Females
C. Males
D. Females and males
69. Which of the following best
describes you?
A. Heterosexual or straight
B. Gay or lesbian
C. Bisexual
D. Not sure
2009 (see 2009 Questionnaire):
70. During your life, with whom have you
had sexual contact?
A. I have never had sexual contact
B. Females
C. Males
D. Females and males
71. Which of the following best describes you?
A. Heterosexual or straight
B. Gay or lesbian
C. Bisexual
D. Not sure
RESULTS:
- Preeti Pathela, DrPH, MPH, and Julia A. Schillinger, MD, MSc. Sexual behaviors and sexual violence: Adolescents with opposite-, same-, or both-sex partners. J Pediatr. 2010 Nov; 126(6): 879-886. OBJECTIVE: To describe sexual behaviors, sexual violence, and sexual identity among a population-based sample of adolescents according to the sex of their sex partners, considering separately those with partners of both sexes. METHODS: From the 2005–2007 New York City Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, 3805 male and 3456 female adolescents reported having had sex and the sex of their sexual contacts. Subgroups were constructed: only opposite-sex partners; only same-sex partners; and partners of both sexes (both-sex partners). Weighted prevalence, risk behaviors (eg, using drugs/alcohol with sex), and sexual identity among subgroups were described. RESULTS: Similar numbers of sexually active male (3.2%) and female adolescents (3.2%) reported only same-sex behavior, but fewer male than female adolescents reported both-sex partners (3.7% vs 8.7%; P .001). Male adolescents with both-sex partners reported a higher prevalence of sexual risk behaviors than male adolescents with only opposite-sex or only same-sex partners. Female adolescents with both-sex or only same-sex partners reported a higher prevalence of risk behaviors than female adolescents with only opposite-sex partners. Adolescents with both-sex partners reported a marked prevalence of dating violence and forced sex. Many adolescents with only same- or both-sex partners (38.9%) self-identified as straight. CONCLUSIONS: Of sexually active adolescents, 9.3% reported a same-sex partner, a higher estimate than other published rates. Those who reported both male and female partners reported behaviors that placed them at risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV. Pediatricians and school health providers must inquire about behaviors, not identity, to determine STI risk, and STI education should be appropriate for youth with same-sex partners.
DATA ACCESS: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/episrv/episrv-youthriskbehavior.shtml