2025 Middle School
Youth Risk Behavior Survey

This survey is about health behavior. It has been developed so you can tell us what you do that may affect your health. The information you give will be used to improve health education for young people like yourself.

DO NOT write your name on this survey. The answers you give will be kept private. No one will know what you write. Answer the questions based on what you really do.

Completing the survey is voluntary. Whether or not you answer the questions will not affect your grade in this class. If you are not comfortable answering a question, just leave it blank.

The questions that ask about your background will be used only to describe the types of students completing this survey. The information will not be used to find out your name. No names will ever be reported.

Make sure to read every question. Fill in the ovals completely. When you are finished, follow the instructions of the person giving you the survey.

	Thank you very much for your help.
Directions
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	Fill in a response like this: A B  D.
	If you change your answer, erase your old answer completely.

1.	How old are you?
A.	10 years old or younger
B.	11 years old
C.	12 years old
D.	13 years old
E.	14 years old
F.	15 years old
G.	16 years old or older

2.	What is your sex?
A.	Female
B.	Male

3.	In what grade are you?
A.	6th grade
B.	7th grade
C.	8th grade
D.	Ungraded or other grade

4.	What is your race and/or ethnicity? (Select one or more responses.)
A.	American Indian or Alaska Native
B.	Asian
C.	Black or African American
D.	Hispanic or Latino
E.	Middle Eastern or North African
F.	Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
G.	White

The next 4 questions ask about safety.

5.	When you ride a bicycle, how often do you wear a helmet?
A.	I do not ride a bicycle
B.	Never wear a helmet
C.	Rarely wear a helmet
D.	Sometimes wear a helmet
E.	Most of the time wear a helmet
F.	Always wear a helmet

6.	When you rollerblade or ride a skateboard, how often do you wear a helmet?
A.	I do not rollerblade or ride a skateboard
B.	Never wear a helmet
C.	Rarely wear a helmet
D.	Sometimes wear a helmet
E.	Most of the time wear a helmet
F.	Always wear a helmet

7.	How often do you wear a seat belt when riding in a car?
A.	Never
B.	Rarely
C.	Sometimes
D.	Most of the time
E.	Always

8.	Have you ever ridden in a car driven by someone who had been drinking alcohol?
A.	Yes
B.	No
C.	Not sure

The next 2 questions ask about violence-related behaviors and experiences.

9.	Have you ever been in a physical fight?
A.	Yes
B.	No

10.	Have you ever seen someone get physically attacked, beaten, stabbed, or shot in your neighborhood?
A.	Yes
B.	No

The next question asks about times that you felt you were treated badly or unfairly.

11.	During your life, how often have you felt that you were treated badly or unfairly in school because of your race or ethnicity?
A.	Never
B.	Rarely
C.	Sometimes
D.	Most of the time
E.	Always

The next 2 questions ask about bullying. Bullying is when 1 or more students tease, threaten, spread rumors about, hit, shove, or hurt another student over and over again. It is not bullying when 2 students of about the same strength or power argue or fight or tease each other in a friendly way.

12.	Have you ever been bullied on school property?
A.	Yes
B.	No

13.	Have you ever been electronically bullied? (Count being bullied through texting, Instagram, Facebook, or other social media.)
A.	Yes
B.	No

The next question asks about hurting yourself on purpose.

14.	Have you ever done something to purposely hurt yourself without wanting to die, such as cutting or burning yourself on purpose?
A.	Yes
B.	No

The next 3 questions ask about attempted suicide. Sometimes people feel so depressed about the future that they may consider attempting suicide or killing themselves.

15.	Have you ever seriously thought about killing yourself?
A.	Yes
B.	No

16.	Have you ever made a plan about how you would kill yourself?
A.	Yes
B.	No

17.	Have you ever tried to kill yourself?
A.	Yes
B.	No

The next 4 questions ask about cigarette smoking.

18.	Have you ever smoked a cigarette, even one or two puffs?
A.	Yes
B.	No

19.	How old were you when you first smoked a cigarette, even one or two puffs?
A.	I have never smoked a cigarette, not even one or two puffs
B.	8 years old or younger
C.	9 years old
D.	10 years old
E.	11 years old
F.	12 years old
G.	13 years old or older

20.	During the past 30 days, on how many days did you smoke cigarettes?
A.	0 days
B.	1 or 2 days
C.	3 to 5 days
D.	6 to 9 days
E.	10 to 19 days
F.	20 to 29 days
G.	All 30 days

21.	During the past 30 days, on the days you smoked, how many cigarettes did you smoke per day?
A.	I did not smoke cigarettes during the past 30 days
B.	Less than 1 cigarette per day
C.	1 cigarette per day
D.	2 to 5 cigarettes per day
E.	6 to 10 cigarettes per day
F.	11 to 20 cigarettes per day
G.	More than 20 cigarettes per day

The next 2 questions ask about electronic vapor products, such as JUUL, Vuse, NJOY, Elf Bar, or Esco Bars. Electronic vapor products include e-cigarettes, vapes, mods, e-cigs, e-hookahs, or vape pens.

22.	Have you ever used an electronic vapor product?
A.	Yes
B.	No

23.	During the past 30 days, on how many days did you use an electronic vapor product?
A.	0 days
B.	1 or 2 days
C.	3 to 5 days
D.	6 to 9 days
E.	10 to 19 days
F.	20 to 29 days
G.	All 30 days

The next 2 questions ask about other tobacco products.

24.	During the past 30 days, on how many days did you use chewing tobacco, snuff, dip, snus, dissolvable tobacco products, or nicotine pouches, such as Copenhagen, Grizzly, Skoal, Camel Snus, on!, ZYN, or Velo? (Do not count any electronic vapor products.)
A.	0 days
B.	1 or 2 days
C.	3 to 5 days
D.	6 to 9 days
E.	10 to 19 days
F.	20 to 29 days
G.	All 30 days

25.	During the past 30 days, on how many days did you smoke cigars, cigarillos, or little cigars, such as Swisher Sweets, Middleton's (including Black & Mild), or Backwoods?
A.	0 days
B.	1 or 2 days
C.	3 to 5 days
D.	6 to 9 days
E.	10 to 19 days
F.	20 to 29 days
G.	All 30 days

The next 2 questions ask about drinking alcohol. This includes drinking beer, wine, flavored alcoholic beverages, and liquor such as rum, gin, vodka, or whiskey. For these questions, drinking alcohol does not include drinking a few sips of wine for religious purposes.

26.	Have you ever had a drink of alcohol, other than a few sips?
A.	Yes
B.	No

27.	How old were you when you had your first drink of alcohol other than a few sips?
A.	I have never had a drink of alcohol other than a few sips
B.	8 years old or younger
C.	9 years old
D.	10 years old
E.	11 years old
F.	12 years old
G.	13 years old or older

The next 2 questions ask about marijuana use. Marijuana also is called pot or weed. For these questions, do not count CBD-only or hemp products, which come from the same plant as marijuana, but do not cause a high when used alone.

28.	Have you ever used marijuana?
A.	Yes
B.	No

29.	How old were you when you tried marijuana for the first time?
A.	I have never tried marijuana
B.	8 years old or younger
C.	9 years old
D.	10 years old
E.	11 years old
F.	12 years old
G.	13 years old or older

The next question asks about the use of prescription pain medicine without a doctor's prescription or differently than how a doctor told you to use it. For this question, count drugs such as codeine, Vicodin, OxyContin, Hydrocodone, and Percocet.

30.	Have you ever taken prescription pain medicine without a doctor's prescription or differently than how a doctor told you to use it?
A.	Yes
B.	No

The next 2 questions ask about other drugs.

31.	Have you ever used any form of cocaine, including powder, crack, or freebase?
A.	Yes
B.	No

32.	Have you ever sniffed glue, breathed the contents of spray cans, or inhaled any paints or sprays to get high?
A.	Yes
B.	No

The next 4 questions ask about sexual intercourse.

33.	Have you ever had sexual intercourse?
A.	Yes
B.	No

34.	How old were you when you had sexual intercourse for the first time?
A.	I have never had sexual intercourse
B.	8 years old or younger
C.	9 years old
D.	10 years old
E.	11 years old
F.	12 years old
G.	13 years old or older

35.	With how many people have you ever had sexual intercourse?
A.	I have never had sexual intercourse
B.	1 person
C.	2 people
D.	3 people
E.	4 people
F.	5 people
G.	6 or more people

36.	The last time you had sexual intercourse, did you or your partner use a condom?
A.	I have never had sexual intercourse
B.	Yes
C.	No

The next 2 questions ask about body weight.

37.	How do you describe your weight?
A.	Very underweight
B.	Slightly underweight
C.	About the right weight
D.	Slightly overweight
E.	Very overweight

38.	Which of the following are you trying to do about your weight?
A.	Lose weight
B.	Gain weight
C.	Stay the same weight
D.	I am not trying to do anything about my weight

The next question asks about eating breakfast.

39.	During the past 7 days, on how many days did you eat breakfast?
A.	0 days
B.	1 day
C.	2 days
D.	3 days
E.	4 days
F.	5 days
G.	6 days
H.	7 days

The next 3 questions ask about physical activity.

40.	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.)
A.	0 days
B.	1 day
C.	2 days
D.	3 days
E.	4 days
F.	5 days
G.	6 days
H.	7 days

41.	In an average week when you are in school, on how many days do you go to physical education (PE) classes?
A.	0 days
B.	1 day
C.	2 days
D.	3 days
E.	4 days
F.	5 days

42.	During the past 12 months, on how many sports teams did you play? (Count any teams run by your school or community groups.)
A.	0 teams
B.	1 team
C.	2 teams
D.	3 or more teams

The next question asks about concussions. 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.

43.	During the past 12 months, how many times did you have a concussion from playing a sport or being physically active?
A.	0 times
B.	1 time
C.	2 times
D.	3 times
E.	4 or more times

The next question asks about social media, such as Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, and X (formerly known as Twitter).

44.	How often do you use social media?
A.	I do not use social media
B.	A few times a month
C.	About once a week
D.	A few times a week
E.	About once a day
F.	Several times a day
G.	About once an hour
H.	More than once an hour

The next 6 questions ask about other health-related topics.

45.	During the past 30 days, how often was your mental health not good? (Poor mental health includes stress, anxiety, and depression.)
A.	Never
B.	Rarely
C.	Sometimes
D.	Most of the time
E.	Always

46.	During the past 12 months, when you have felt sad, empty, hopeless, angry, or anxious, how often did you get the kind of help you needed?
A.	I did not need help with any of these emotions during the past 12 months
B.	Never
C.	Rarely
D.	Sometimes
E.	Most of the time
F.	Always

47.	On an average school night, how many hours of sleep do you get?
A.	4 or less hours
B.	5 hours
C.	6 hours
D.	7 hours
E.	8 hours
F.	9 hours
G.	10 or more hours

48.	During the past 12 months, where did you usually sleep?
A.	In my parent's or guardian's home
B.	In the home of a friend, family member, or other person because I had to leave my home or my parent or guardian cannot afford housing
C.	In a shelter or emergency housing
D.	In a motel or hotel
E.	In a car, park, campground, or other public place
F.	I do not have a usual place to sleep
G.	Somewhere else

49.	During the past 12 months, how often was your family worried that your food would run out before you got money to buy more?
A.	Never
B.	Rarely
C.	Sometimes
D.	Most of the time
E.	Always

50.	During the past 12 months, how often did the food your family bought run out and they did not have money to buy more?
A.	Never
B.	Rarely
C.	Sometimes
D.	Most of the time
E.	Always

This is the end of the survey.
Thank you very much for your help.