CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) 2023
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Notes · Probability; Three-stage cluster, school-based sample.
References
CDC MMWR Suppl 73(4) (2024)— MMWR Surveillance Summary 73(4)
Mpofu, J. J. et al. (2024). Overview and Methods for the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System — United States, 2023. MMWR Suppl 73(4).
methodology- Retrieved from:
- https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/73/su/pdfs/su7304-H.pdf
- Publication page:
- https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/73/su/su7304a1.htm
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- 106
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CDC (2023) YRBS National Questionnaire— National HS Questionnaire 2023
CDC (2023). 2023 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey Questionnaire (High School).
instrument- Publication page:
- https://www.cdc.gov/yrbs/questionnaires/index.html
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CDC (2024) YRBS DSTR— Data Summary & Trends Report
CDC (2024). Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data Summary & Trends Report: 2013–2023. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
report- Publication page:
- https://www.cdc.gov/yrbs/dstr/index.html
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CDC. YRBSS Data and Documentation — National 2023 datasets.
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Study details & methodology
| Name | “YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR SURVEY” Cover: 'Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data Summary & Trends Report 2013–2023'. |
| Country | “students in grades 9–12 enrolled in U.S. public and private schools” |
| Publication year | “Department of Health and Human Services; 2024” Publication year 2024, as stated in the report's suggested citation; survey fieldwork January–June 2023. The report title's 2013–2023 denotes the trend period. |
| Fieldwork dates | “was conducted during the spring semester (January–June)” Spring semester (January–June) 2023. |
| Sample size | “resulting in 20,103 usable questionnaires.” |
| Age range | “students in grades 9–12 enrolled in U.S. public and private schools” Grade-defined high-school population, not a closed 14–18 age interval. National questionnaire Q1 has categories from age 12 or younger through 18 or older. |
| Sampling | “A three-stage cluster sampling design was used to produce” Three-stage cluster probability sample of U.S. public and private-school students in grades 9–12. The questionnaire was offered in English and Spanish and administered on tablets, with a web-based make-up option (PDF pp.4–6). |
Harms measured
| Bullying | “During the past 12 months, have you ever been electronically bullied?…” “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.”“(Count being bullied through texting, Instagram, Facebook, or other social media.)”Response options: A. Yes B. No Q29 — electronic (cyber) bullying victimization. The first quote is the respondent-facing bullying definition, shown as a preamble immediately before Q28 (school bullying) and Q29 (electronic bullying); it applies to both items. Full Q29 item: 'During the past 12 months, have you ever been electronically bullied? (Count being bullied through texting, Instagram, Facebook, or other social media.)'. |
Offline or broader-context measurement
| Bullying | “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.”“During the past 12 months, have you ever been bullied on school property?”Response options: A. Yes B. No Q28 — school-property bullying victimization, the broader comparator to the electronic-bullying item Q29. This school-property measure can overlap electronic bullying and does not establish an exclusively offline rate. The first quote is the same respondent-facing definition shown as a preamble before Q28 and Q29; it applies to both items. |