Juvenile Arrests

Adolescent Risk Behavior Survey

• Emotional Support
• Perceived Ease of Obtaining Substances
• Substance Use
• Carrying Guns or Other Weapons
• Physical Fighting and Violence
• Youth Tobacco Use
• See Also:
  • School & Education --> High School Drop Out Rate
  • See also: Adolescent Risk and Resilience --> Teen Births
  • Business & Economics --> Poverty of Children & Adolescents

  
  

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Emotional Support

Youth Risk Behavior Survey, Question #24:
"How many close friends or relatives would help you with your emotional problems or feelings if you needed it?" (Percent Respondents.)

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Percieved Ease of Obtaining Substances

Youth Risk Behavior Survey, Question #55
"If you wanted to get some beer, wine or hard liquor (for example, vodka, whiskey or gin),
how easy would it be for you to get some?"
 

Youth Risk Behavior Survey, Question #34
"If you wanted to get some cigarettes, how easy would it be for you to get some?"

Youth Risk Behavior Survey, Question #78
"If you want to get some cocaine, LSD or amphetamines, how easy would it be for you to get some?"

Youth Risk Behavior Survey, Question #61
"If you wanted to get some marijuana, how easy would it be for you to get some?"

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Substance Use

Youth Risk Behavior Survey, Question  #49
"During the past 30 days, on how many days did you have at least one drink of alcohol?" (Percent of Students Using)

Youth Risk Behavior Survey, Question  # 44
"During the past 30 days, on how many days did you use chewing tobacco or snuff?" (Percent of Students Using)

Youth Risk Behavior Survey, Question  # 59
"During the past 30 days, on how many times did you use marijuana?" (Percent of Students Using)

Youth Risk Behavior Survey, Question  # 70
"During the past 30 days, on how many times did you sniff glue, breath the contents of aerosol, or inhale any paints or sprays to get high?" (Percent of Students Using)

Youth Risk Behavior Survey, Question  # 68
"During the past 30 days, how many times did you use any form of cocaine, including powder, crack, or freebase?" (Percent of Students Using)

Source: Data obtained from New Mexico Department of Health, Information for Health Improvement,  http://www.nmihi.com/.

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Carrying Guns or Other Weapons

Youth Risk Behavior Survey, Question #12
"During the past 30 days, on how many days did you carry a weapon such as a gun, knife or club?"

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Physical Fighting or Violence

Youth Risk Behavior Survey, Question # 20
"During the past 12 months, did your boyfriend or girlfriend ever hit, slap or physically hurt you on purpose?"

Youth Risk Behavior Survey, Question # 17
"During the past 12 months, how many times were you in a physical fight?"

Source: Data obtained from New Mexico Department of Health, Information for Health Improvement,  http://www.nmihi.com/.

 Source: Data obtained from New Mexico Department of Health, Information for Health Improvement,  http://www.nmihi.com/.


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Youth Cigarette Use: It is noted that 31% of the youth in San Juan County smoke their first cigarette before the age of 13, compared to 25% of youth nation-wide. Most kids have tried to quit than say they smoke regularly.

Youth Cigarette Use: Tobacco related questions from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey. The YRBS was administered to New Mexico high school students in 1999.

• Lifetime Cigarette Use: "Ever tried cigarette smoking, even 1 or 2 puffs."
• Current Cigarette Use: "Smoked cigarettes on 1 or more of the 30 days preceding this survey."
• Frequent Cigarette Use: "Smoked cigarettes on 20 or more of the 30 days preceding this survey."

Youth Cigarette Use: San Juan County, NM

Youth Cigarette Use: New Mexico

Youth Cigarette Use: U.S.

Source: Data provided and prepared by Tom Scharmen, New Mexico Public Health District I