DASH - Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS): High School – Including Sexual Orientation

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Youth Risk Behaviors

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United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Youth Risk Behaviors. DASH - Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS): High School – Including Sexual Orientation. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2026-01-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E243628V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title DASH - Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS): High School – Including Sexual Orientation
Summary:  View help for Summary 2015-2017. High School Dataset – Including Sexual Orientation. The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) monitors six categories of priority health behaviors among youth and young adults: 1) behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence; 2) tobacco use; 3) alcohol and other drug use; 4) sexual behaviors related to unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection; 5) unhealthy dietary behaviors; and 6) physical inactivity. In addition, YRBSS monitors the prevalence of obesity and asthma and other priority health behaviors. This dataset contains national, state, and local data from 2015 that includes two aspects of sexual orientation – sexual identity and sex of sexual contacts. Additional information about the YRBSS can be found at www.cdc.gov/yrbss. Read less
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://data.cdc.gov/Youth-Risk-Behaviors/DASH-Youth-Risk-Behavior-Surveillance-System-YRBSS/q6p7-56au/about_data

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms youth online; risk behavior; sexual orientation; sexual contacts; sexual identity; survey; high school; yrbs
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