Ottawa County Youth Assessment Survey

2017
Table of Contents
Page
4 . . . . . . Acknowledgments 30 . . . . . . Results Tables (continued)
5 . . . . . . Introduction 30 . . . . . . . . . Marijuana Use
31 . . . . . . . . . Over-the-Counter Drug Use
6 . . . . . . Participants 32 . . . . . . . . . Prescription Drug Use
7 . . . . . . Average Age of Onset 33 . . . . . . . . . Prescription Drug Access
8 . . . . . . Interpreting the Results 34 . . . . . . . . . Other Drug Use
36 . . . . . . . . . Nutrition & Wellness
10 . . . . . . Margin of Error 38 . . . . . . . . . Body Weight
11 . . . . . . Results Tables 40 . . . . . . . . . Sexting
12 . . . . . . . . . Safety 42 . . . . . . . . . Sexual Behavior
13 . . . . . . . . . Bullying
46 . . . . . . Risk & Protective Factors
14 . . . . . . . . . Violence
47 . . . . . . . . . Domain: Community
15 . . . . . . . . . Trafficking
48 . . . . . . . . . Domain: Family
16 . . . . . . . . . Depression & Suicide
50 . . . . . . . . . Domain: Peer & Individual
16 . . . . . . . . . Living Arrangements
19 . . . . . . . . . Relationships 51 . . . . . . Methods
20 . . . . . . . . . Family Experience 54 . . . . . . Limitations
23 . . . . . . . . . Community Involvement
55 . . . . . . Sources
24 . . . . . . . . . Cigarette Use
25 . . . . . . . . . Cigarette Access Online only at www.miOttawa.org/2017YAS
26 . . . . . . . . . Other Tobacco Use 56 . . . . . . Appendices
26 . . . . . . . . . Electronic Vapor Product Use 56 Appendix A: Frequency Tables
28 . . . . . . . . . Alcohol Use 82 Appendix B: Result Charts
29 . . . . . . . . . Alcohol Access
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2017 Ottawa County Youth Assessment Sur vey 3
Acknowledgments
Thank You Analysis

A special thank you to the school district superintendents, The data analysis and report were provided by Epidemiologist
school principals, administrators, teachers, parents and students Marcia Mansaray, M.Sc. with the Ottawa County Department
for participating in the 2017 Ottawa County Youth Assessment of Public Health and Associate Analyst Taylor Payne with Grand
Survey (YAS). Planning and implementation of this study were Valley State University. Data were collected from October
coordinated by the YAS Committee, whose time and efforts through mid-November 2017 and published May 2018.
were invaluable in making this project possible.
Funding Provided by YAS Committee

• Allendale Community Foundation • Leigh Moerdyke, Arbor Circle
• Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area • Liz DeLaLuz, Greater Ottawa County United Way
• Coopersville Area Community Foundation • Marcia Mansaray, Ottawa County Department of Public Health
• Grand Haven Area Community Foundation • Sandra Boven, Ottawa County Department of Public Health
• Ottawa County • Stacey Sills, Ottawa Area Intermediate School District
• Ottawa Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition • Stephanie VanDerKooi, Lakeshore Regional Entity
Introduction
What is the YAS? How did the YAS get its start?
• A locally developed teen survey since 2005. • Prior to 2005, there wasn’t a consistent or reliable way to find
out about the needs and strengths of teens within the county.
• Conducted every two years at grades 8, 10 and 12
in participating Ottawa County schools. • Several organizations recognized this gap and worked together
to review existing surveys already considered valid and reliable.
• Monitors how behaviors increase, decrease or stay
the same over time. • From that review, a survey tool was developed specifically
for Ottawa County that could also be responsive to future
• Measures how many teens are engaged in a variety of risky
needs of local teens.
and beneficial behaviors affecting their health and well-being.
What is in the YAS report? Why is the YAS important?

• Questions about: • Provides evidence-based information about what the biggest
• Family and community experiences. needs are (and aren’t) among Ottawa County teens.
• Sexting and sexual behaviors. • Gives parents information they may use to guide their teens in
• Depression and suicide. becoming physically, emotionally and mentally healthy adults.
• Bullying, safety and violence.
• Alcohol, tobacco and drug use. • Helps faith communities, local agencies and schools focus their
• Body image, nutrition and physical activity. efforts on the most pressing and prevalent issues teens face.
• What issue areas affect males and females differently. • Helps evaluate the effectiveness of interventions developed
to address pressing and prevalent teen issues.
• Ages when teens may engage in risky behaviors for the first time.
• Provides the option for school districts to have their own results
• New questions in 2017: to compare with Ottawa County as a whole. Schools and
• Drove a vehicle after using marijuana. parents may then make evidence-based decisions about how
• Trafficked for work or sex. to address their student body’s unique needs.
• Slept how many hours a night.
• Drank an energy drink one or more times in a week. • Organizations and community members may request
• Went hungry because there was not enough food. an additional analysis that is suited to fit their needs.
• Had a revealing photo shared without permission.
• Used the internet or apps while driving.
• Perceived risk with using electronic vapor products.
Participants Demographics of Survey Par t icipants
N % Weighted %
Total 4376 100% 100%

Gender
Actual Representation Female 2269 52% 52.6%
The proportion of student respondents may vary from the true proportion of 8th, 10th and Male 2092 48% 47.4%
12th graders for any given school. As a result, using accepted statistical procedures, Grade Level
each student’s data were assigned a post-stratification weight to improve how well the
8th grade 1740 39.8% 31.8%
results actually represented student responses from participating schools. This is done by
comparing the actual number of respondents in 8th, 10th and 12th grades per school to 10th grade 1339 30.6% 36%
the reported headcount for grade levels per school. In the tables to the right, observe 12th grade 1297 29.6% 32.2%
how the numbers in the Percent column differ from the Weighted Percent column. Race/Ethnicity
White 3230 74.1% 72.4%
Hispanic 480 11% 12%
Other 651 14.9% 15.6%
11 school systems participated
52% 48%
Female Male 76 Studen Part icipants for Sexual Health Quest ions
3 N % Weighted %
4,
ts
65 %
Total 3736 100% 100%
Answered
74 %
11 %
15 %
sexual health
Gender
White Hispanic Other questions Female 1930 51.7% 49.7%
Male 1792 47.9% 50.1%
in Grade Level
40 %
30 %
30 % 20 17 8th grade 1740 46.6% 33.1%
10th grade 1339 35.8% 35.3%
12th grade 657 17.6% 31.6%
8th 10th 12th Race/Ethnicity

White 2742 73.4% 66.9%
Unweighted Percentages
Hispanic 407 10.9% 15.6%
Other 574 15.4% 17.2%
8 school systems participated

Average Age of Onset
Methodology
The responses of 12th-grade students were analyzed to estimate the average age when they first tried one of
the behaviors listed in the table below. For each of these behaviors, the responses were assigned a value and
the mean was calculated to give an estimate of the average age at which a student may try a behavior by
the time they reached their last year of high school.
39%
of 12th
graders
NEVER
“Age at my f irst time . . . ” tr ied any
of these
drugs
Cigarettes
Rx Drugs
Vaping
73%
OTC Drugs Alcohol Marijuana of these
Oral sex behaviors
Cluster of trying various drugs and sexual
Joined a gang Inhalants between ages 13.6 and 14.6 intercourse have
younger
Among 12 graders
th onsets
131/2 - 141/2
compared
113/4 12 151/2 to 2015
Green graphics = Age for f irst time got older or didn’t change, which is good.
Blue graphics = Age of f irst use got younger, which is not good.
Interpreting the Results
Data Presentation
Survey questions are organized into issue areas and the number To the right of the Total N column are four different categories
of students who responded to each question is shown in the Total of columns where the number and percentage of those who
N column. The Total N column for any particular question may be reported the behavior are presented.
smaller than the 4,376 students who completed the survey.
Four Categories
Reasons Total N column may be smaller than 4,376
1) Total Responses
1) Students were told they may leave the questions Starting with 2017 and going back to 2009.
they did not want to answer blank. 2) 2017 by Gender
2) Some questions were not shown to a student because
3) 2017 by Grade Level
of their answer to a previous question (skip logic).
3) Some responses may have been removed during data 4) 2017 by Race/Ethnicity
cleaning if the selected response was inconsistent with
The 2007 and 2005 data were not included due to
other responses provided by a student.
space constraints, but can be found in earlier reports
4) Not all schools included the 12 sexual health at www.miOttawa.org/HealthData.
questions in their survey.
Issue Area Total N Categories
Safety Total Total Responses 2017 by Gender 2017 by Grade Level 2017 by Race/Ethnicity
N 2017 2015 2013 2011 2009 F M 8th 10th 12th White Hispanic Other
I have ridden in a vehicle driven by

14.5% 14.6% 16.6% 18.7% 18.2% 15.6% 13.1% 14.3% 15.5% 13.5% 13.6% 16.1% 17%
someone who had been drinking 4353
alcohol during the past 30 days
(634) (720) (774) (647) (403) (358) (273) (249) (210) (175) (449) (76) (106)
I have driven a vehicle after

3.2% 4.4% 6.9% 9.5% 10.5% 2.9% 3.6% 2.7% 4.5% 2.5% 4.8% 6.2%
drinking alcohol during the past 2364 *n/a
30 days (among those who drive) (75) (75) (108) (136) (129) (33) (42) (21) (51) (47) (11) (17)
Safety Total Total Responses 2017 by Gender 201
N 2017 2015 2013 2011 2009 F M 8th

14.5% 14.6% 16.6% 18.7% 18.2% 15.6% 13.1% 14.3%
(634) (720) (774) (647) (403) (358) (273) (249)
Total Total Responses
I have driven a vehicle after
drinking alcohol during the past 2364
3.2%
(75)
N
4.4%
(75)
6.9%
(108)
2017
9.5%
(136)
10.5%
(129)
2015
2.9%
(33)
3.6%
(42)
2013 *n/a
30 days (among those who drive)
Data Cells IFigure
have 1ridden in a vehicle driven by
In each of the data cells (Figure 1), the top number is the 14.5% 14.6% 16.6%
weighted percentage of students reporting the behavior
(634) (720) (774)
and the bottom number is the count of students who answered
yes to the corresponding question. If the question has not been Weighted Percent
asked before 2017, n/a is reported. The results given for the I have driven a vehicle after Count of Students
Gender, Grade Level and Race/Ethnicity categories show only 3.2% 4.4% 6.9%
drinking alcohol during the past 2364
2017 data. Each data cell contains the results that correspond
30 days (among those who drive) (75) (75) (108)
to those who reported the question out of the total respondents
within each subgroup of the category. In order to protect identity
and statistical validity, subgroup responses were suppressed with
Total Total Responses 2017 by Gender 2017 by Grade Level 2017 by Race/Ethn
*n/a if less than f ive respondents answered yes to that question.
N 2017 2015 2013 2011 2009 F M 8th 10th 12th White Hispanic
Example in Figure 2 I have ridden in a vehicle driven by

14.5% 14.6% 16.6% 18.7% 18.2% 15.6% 13.1% 14.3% 15.5% 13.5% 13.6% 16.1%
In 2017, 15.6% of females (358 of all female respondents) versus (634) (720) (774) (647) (403) (358) (273) (249) (210) (175) (449) (76)
13.1% of males (273 of all male respondents) reported they rode
in a vehicle driven by someone who had beenI have drinkingTotal
driven a alcohol
vehicle after
3.2%
Total
4.4%
Responses
6.9% 9.5% 10.5% 2.9% 3.6%
2017 by Gender
2.7% 4.5% 2.5%
2017
4.8%
by
during the past 30 days. (75) (75) (108) (136) (129) (33) (42) (21) (51) (47) (11)
30 days (among those who drive)
N 2017 2015 2013 2011 2009 F M 8th 1
Figure 2
14.5% 14.6% 16.6% 18.7% 18.2% 15.6% 13.1% 14.3% 1
(634) (720) (774) (647) (403) (358) (273) (249) (2
15.6% or 358 13.1% or 273

I have driven a vehicle after Female Respondents Male Respondents
3.2% 4.4% 6.9% 9.5% 10.5% 2.9% 3.6% 2
30 days (among those who drive) (75) (75) (108) (136) (129) (33) (42) (
“It’s too easy to look at numbers and charts and forget they represent people, in this
case, our youth. Each percentage is made up of actual students in Ottawa County
schools who have faces, families and friends.” - Epidemiologist Marcia Mansaray,
Ottawa County Department of Public Health
Margin of Er ror
Overall Percentage Comparing Group Percentages
When using the 2017 YAS results, it is important to take the margin The margin of er ror can also be used when comparing groups.
of error into account (Figure 1). For example, 69.8% of Ottawa The 2017 YAS reports 20% of females and 20.2% of males used
County 8th, 10th and 12th graders sampled are a healthy weight. an electronic vapor product in the past 30 days. One should not
Using the margin of error of ±1.5%, it can be concluded that the assume the prevalence of use is higher for males than females.
actual percent of Ottawa County 8th, 10th, and 12th graders who When considering the ±2% gender margin of error, it can be
are a healthy weight is most likely between 68.3% and 71.3%. concluded the prevalence for females is likely between 18% and
22% and the prevalence for males is likely between 18.2% and
22.2%. Because these intervals overlap one should NOT conclude
the prevalence is higher for males than females. It is more
accurate to conclude the prevalence of using an electronic
Overall Results +/- 1.5% vapor product in the past 30 days is approximately equal for
males and females. When comparing two or more groups, if the
intervals found by adding and subtracting the margin of error do
not overlap, one MAY conclude the prevalence is higher for one
By Sex +/- 2% group than the other.
95% Conf idence Level

By Grade +/- 2.5% The level which states that a result is expected to fall within
the margin of error 19 times out of 20 if the survey is repeated
using the same procedures. These margins of error were found
using the conservative formula 1n where n is the number of
By Race +/- 3% respondents. Because a smaller number of students responded
to the sexual behavior questions, the margins of error are slightly
larger when interpreting those responses.
Figure 1
Results Tables
Page
12 . . . . Safety
Linear Trend Analyses 13 . . . . Bullying
In the Results Tables, some question descriptions are highlighted
14 . . . . Violence
with a symbol. Stars indicate new questions for 2017. Green arrows,
red arrows or gray arrows are used to indicate whether there is a linear 15 . . . . Trafficking
trend over time. Linear trend analysis was conducted on all questions 16 . . . . Depression & Suicide
with three or more years of YAS data. To determine the symbol
selection, linear trend analyses were done using logistic regression 16 . . . . Living Arrangements
and were controlled for gender, grade in school and race/ethnicity. 19 . . . . Relationships
If the p-value for the linear time variable is less than the significance
level (0.05), then there is evidence of a linear change. If the estimated
20 . . . . Family Experience
coefficient for the time variable is positive, then there is evidence of 23 . . . . Community Involvement
a linear increase. Similarly, if the coefficient is negative, then there is
24 . . . . Cigarette Use
evidence of a linear decrease. This was done in accordance with the
CDC’s guidelines for conducting linear trend analysis. 25 . . . . Cigarette Access
26 . . . . Other Tobacco Use
26 . . . . Electronic Vapor Product Use
Results Table Symbols 28 . . . . Alcohol Use

29 . . . . Alcohol Access
30 . . . . Marijuana Use
New to YAS in 2017
31 . . . . Over-the-Counter Drug Use
Statistically Significant Linear Trends: 32 . . . . Prescription Drug Use
Increasing & Moving in the Right Direction 33 . . . . Prescription Drug Access
Decreasing & Moving in the Right Direction 34 . . . . Other Drug Use
36 . . . . Nutrition & Wellness
Increasing & Moving in the Wrong Direction
38 . . . . Body Weight
Decreasing & Moving in the Wrong Direction
40 . . . . Sexting
Increasing or Decreasing but cannot be said
42 . . . . Sexual Behavior
to be Moving in the Right or Wrong Direction
Safety
64% of 12th graders report texting or using
the internet, apps or email while driving.
Total Total Responses 2017 by Gender 2017 by Grade Level 2017 by Race/Ethnicity
I rode in a vehicle driven by someone
14.5% 14.6% 16.6% 18.7% 18.2% 15.6% 13.1% 14.3% 15.5% 13.5% 13.6% 16.1% 17%
who had been drinking alcohol 4353
during the past 30 days
(634) (720) (774) (647) (403) (358) (273) (249) (210) (175) (449) (76) (106)
I drove a vehicle after drinking

3.1% 4.4% 6.9% 9.5% 10.5% 2.9% 3.4% 2.3% 4.5% 2.5% 4.4% 6.2%
alcohol during the past 30 days 2246 *n/a
(among those who drive)
(69) (75) (108) (136) (129) (31) (38) (17) (50) (45) (9) (15)
I drove a vehicle after smoking

7.1% 5.8% 7.2% 1.3% 3.2% 10.6% 4.9% 12.2% 11.5%
marijuana during the past 30 days 2241 n/a n/a n/a n/a
(139) (64) (75) (5) (26) (108) (88) (24) (27)
I texted or e-mailed while driving in

32.2% 39.5% 39.9% 32.9% 31.4% 6.3% 13.4% 55.2% 32.6% 26.4% 33.3%
the past 30 days 2256 n/a n/a
(714) (701) (673) (382) (332) (26) (106) (582) (574) (53) (83)
I used internet or apps while driving

32.6% 32.8% 32.4% 11.6% 18.2% 50.6% 32.2% 32.1% 35.3%
in the past 30 days 2255 n/a n/a n/a n/a
(715) (379) (335) (49) (135) (531) (560) (64) (88)
I did not go to school on one more

days in the past 30 days because of 6.1% 4.5% 4.8% 3.4% 3.2% 8.6% 3.3% 5.5% 7.1% 5.5% 5% 9% 8.6%
4339
concerns about safety at school or (253) (237) (240) (130) (74) (185) (67) (91) (94) (68) (153) (43) (56)
on the way to or from school
93.4% 94.3% 92.5% 92% 93.4% 93.7% 93.1% 94.3% 93.1% 93% 94.7% 90% 90.1%
I feel safe in my neighborhood 4304
(4045) (4524) (4358) (3234) (2109) (2110) (1922) (1603) (1234) (1208) (3031) (424) (579)
The following statements describe my neighborhood:
12.2% 10.6% 13.6% 14.9% 12.3% 11.2% 13.4% 8.8% 13.4% 14.3% 10.4% 16.9% 17.2%
Crime and/or drug selling 4300
(498) (492) (618) (470) (273) (248) (250) (146) (175) (177) (313) (80) (103)
9.7% 7.8% 11.2% 11.8% 11.6% 8.2% 11.4% 10.3% 9.9% 9% 8% 13.3% 15.1%
Fights 4292
(405) (394) (532) (389) (251) (183) (219) (171) (128) (106) (246) (65) (92)
Lots of empty or abandoned 3.2% 3.9% 4.1% 6.2% 5.1% 2.9% 3.6% 2.5% 3.6% 3.5% 2.6% 4.5% 5.2%
4288
buildings (129) (162) (192) (194) (120) (57) (72) (42) (45) (42) (75) (24) (29)
3.2% 3.2% 4.6% 5.5% 4% 2.6% 3.9% 3.1% 3.1% 3.5% 2.2% 5.3% 6.4%
Lots of graffiti 4286
(134) (144) (210) (173) (87) (57) (77) (51) (44) (39) (70) (26) (38)
14 in
Females have been bullied or harassed
in the past 12 months.
Bullying
I have been bullied or harassed in the 22.3% 21.2% 22.5% 21.8% 25.8% 18.2% 24.5% 23.1% 19.1% 22.6% 19.6% 22.6%
4365 n/a
past 12 months (985) (1101) (1082) (774) (599) (381) (427) (321) (237) (736) (97) (149)
Been bullied or harassed during the past 12 months:
17.8% 16.7% 17.8% 16.8% 20% 15.3% 20.7% 18.7% 13.9% 18% 16.1% 18.3%
On school property 4360 n/a
(799) (871) (862) (585) (472) (325) (361) (264) (174) (592) (83) (123)
5.7% 4.9% 5.5% 3.3% 6.5% 4.6% 6.9% 6.4% 3.6% 5.6% 4% 7.2%
On the way to or from school 4355 n/a
(255) (274) (273) (117) (153) (99) (119) (90) (46) (184) (21) (49)
Electronically through e-mail,

chat rooms, instant 11.9% 10.3% 11.3% 16% 7.3% 11.3% 13.5% 10.6% 12.2% 10% 11.8%
4357 n/a n/a
messaging, websites, texting, (518) (523) (530) (364) (152) (196) (187) (135) (391) (48) (77)
Facebook, Twitter, etc.
I have been bullied or

2.8% 2.8% 3.3% 2.2% 3.3% 3% 2.2% 2.7% 2% 4.1%
harassed in my neighborhood 4357 n/a n/a n/a
in the past 12 months
(125) (147) (80) (44) (57) (39) (29) (87) (10) (28)
11.2% 9.3% 13% 9.2% 13.1% 11.7% 8.8% 11.2% 8.9% 13.2%
Somewhere else 4356 n/a n/a n/a
(501) (466) (306) (194) (228) (165) (108) (366) (46) (88)
Violence-Related Behaviors
3.8% 3.3% 3.5% 4.3% 5.4% 2.6% 5.2% 4.8% 3.3% 3.5% 2.7% 5.1% 8.2%
I have belonged to an organized gang 4357
(167) (146) (168) (158) (135) (62) (104) (82) (41) (44) (92) (26) (49)
I joined an organized gang for the

first time before I turned 13 years 57.6% 63.6% 54.2% 60.9% 61.4% 68.4% 52% 69.3% 55.5% 43.9% 53.1% 67.7% 59.6%
167
old (among those who ever belonged (101) (89) (97) (101) (73) (45) (56) (57) (22) (22) (54) (17) (30)
to a gang)
I have had sexual intercourse when I 4% 3.8% 3.7% 5.4% 5.4% 5.3% 2.5% 1.1% 3.9% 6.8% 3.7% 3.7% 5.1%
4374
really did not want to (164) (159) (151) (169) (125) (116) (47) (19) (58) (87) (111) (17) (34)
Among those that had sexual intercourse when you really did not want to:
27% 33.1% 25.2% 25.9% 8.8% 28.3% 24% 31.8% 28.7% 25.1% 19.7% 49.6%
I was physically forced 162 *n/a
(43) (42) (41) (43) (13) (33) (10) (6) (16) (21) (23) (16)
17.9% 18.4% 15.1% 19.2% 14.7% 12.2% 22.1% 17.4% 30.1%

I was threatened 161 n/a n/a *n/a *n/a
(28) (27) (25) (21) (7) (8) (17) (17) (11)
56.5% 56.3% 59.1% 63.1% 40.6% 41.7% 55.9% 59.4% 58.9% 46.1% 55.4%
I was made to feel guilty 161 n/a n/a
(91) (84) (87) (73) (18) (8) (33) (50) (64) (7) (20)
I was under the influence of 33.3% 45% 44.4% 43.4% 34.2% 38.6% 20.9% 25% 29.7% 37.2% 30.8% 46.4%
162 *n/a
alcohol or drugs (53) (69) (59) (68) (43) (44) (9) (5) (16) (32) (35) (15)
I felt like I had to in order to fit 16% 19.9% 16.9% 13.8% 23.8% 11.2%
161 n/a n/a n/a *n/a *n/a *n/a *n/a
in with my friends (26) (34) (18) (8) (15) (8)
47.5% 50.9% 52.7% 35.2% 52.4% 48.5% 44.8% 56.3% 50%

I felt uncomfortable saying no 162 n/a n/a n/a *n/a
(74) (78) (57) (17) (31) (39) (47) (9) (17)
I did it because some other 48.8% 50.2% 48.3% 58.2% 50.8% 44% 32.7% 42.8% 55.5% 46.3% 59.7% 52.5%
162 n/a
reason (78) (81) (73) (101) (56) (22) (6) (25) (47) (51) (9) (18)
“The YAS is perhaps the most comprehensive tool we have that helps our educational institutions, nonprofits and
other community-based organizations address some of the greatest challenges our schools and young people
face. As a community that cares deeply about its youth and wants to see them succeed, the YAS allows us to more
accurately target the real issues facing youth and not relying solely on a few perspectives or interpretations.”
- Executive Director Patrick Cisler, Community SPOKE and Lakeshore Nonprofit Alliance
I have been physically harmed on 3.8%
4.7% 3.3%
4.9% 3.5%
6.6% 4.3% 5.4% 2.6%
5% 5.2%
4.2% 4.8%
6.2% 3.3%
4.5% 3.5%
3.4% 2.7%
4.1% 5.1%
5.5% 8.2%
6.7%
Ipurpose
have belonged to aninorganized
in my home gang
the past 12 4357
4374 n/a n/a
(167)
(215) (146)
(258) (168)
(320) (158) (135) (62)
(119) (104)
(94) (82)
(106) (41)
(65) (44) (92)
(136) (26)
(29) (49)
(48)
months
I joined
If an organized
physically gang
harmed on for thein your home:
purpose
167 40.4% 35.6% 36.8% 45.3% 34.1% 30.6% 45.5% 50.7% 36.8% 48.3% 44.6%
old (among
I was those who
harmed byever belonged
a parent 212 (101) (89) (97) (101)
n/a (73)
n/a (45) (56) (57) (22) (22) (54) (17) (30)
to a gang) (84) (75) (118) (54) (30) (33) (29) (22) (50) (13) (20)
I have had sexual intercourse when I 20.7%

4% 19.6%
3.8% 18.9%
3.7% 5.4% 5.4% 21.9%
5.3% 19.3%
2.5% 16.6%
1.1% 20.4%
3.9% 29%
6.8% 16.7%
3.7% 18.6%
3.7% 34.6%
5.1%
I was harmed by another adult 211
4374 n/a n/a
really did not want to (40)
(164) (46)
(159) (55)
(151) (169) (125) (25)
(116) (15)
(47) (16)
(19) (12)
(58) (12)
(87) (21)
(111) (5)
(17) (14)
(34)
I was harmed by someone else 58.5% 48.8% 57.7% 55.3% 62.3% 71.9% 53.5% 40.8% 63.8% 41.4% 53.6%
213 n/a n/a
in the home (131) (127) (181) (67) (63) (76) (37) (18) (93) (12) (25)
Traff icking 500 Teens have been traf f icked for sex or work.

(Estimated among the population of 13-18-year-olds in Ottawa County.)
I have been given money, a place to
1% 0.9% 1.1% 0.5% 0.9% 1.6% 0.8% 2.4%
stay, food, or something of value in 4359 n/a n/a n/a n/a *n/a
exchange for sex
(38) (17) (21) (8) (11) (19) (20) (15)
I have been forced to work or do

something illegal by someone who 1.5% 1.2% 1.8% 1% 1.4% 2% 1.1% 1.5% 3.1%
4350 n/a n/a n/a n/a
got money or something of value for (62) (24) (37) (19) (19) (24) (35) (9) (18)
what I did
Depression & Suicide
I stopped doing some usual activities
during the past 12 months because I 28.9% 24% 24.7% 22.9% 20.7% 37.1% 19.8% 21.2% 32.2% 32.9% 26.8% 34.5% 34.6%
4360
felt so sad or hopeless almost every (1220) (1207) (1146) (768) (465) (822) (391) (364) (438) (418) (829) (166) (223)
day for two weeks or more in a row
During the past 12 months, I have
19.4% 15% 16.7% 13.9% 25.2% 12.9% 15.5% 21.3% 21.2% 17.1% 23.1% 27.1%
seriously thought about attempting 4352 n/a
suicide
(825) (741) (779) (461) (560) (261) (267) (295) (263) (538) (107) (177)
During the past 12 months, I have

13.6% 11.8% 11.6% 8.6% 17.3% 9.5% 10.2% 15.8% 14.5% 12.3% 13.5% 19.6%
made a plan about how to attempt 4363 n/a
suicide
(574) (564) (534) (293) (377) (195) (177) (217) (180) (383) (62) (127)
I attempted suicide 1+ times in the 8% 6.4% 7.4% 4.9% 6% 10.4% 5.2% 6% 9.2% 8.6% 6.4% 10.6% 13.1%
4365
past 12 months (338) (315) (347) (155) (133) (228) (109) (104) (128) (106) (204) (48) (86)
2
Teen girls are x more likely than boys to
Living Ar rangements feel depressed and think, plan or act on
taking their own life.
I was without a place to stay in the 4.5% 5.1% 5.1% 5.3% 4.9% 4.7% 4.3% 3.2% 4% 6.4% 3.7% 4.9% 8%
4293
past 12 months (184) (208) (230) (179) (115) (79) (43) (56) (39) (28) (85) (10) (28)
Among those who were without a place to stay in the past 12 months:
I ran away or was "kicked out" 42.4% 40.1% 48.1% 56.2% 60.8% 26.3% 61.1% 36.1% 49.5% 40.6% 48.6% 27.8% 35.8%
184
of my home (78) (81) (110) (105) (63) (26) (51) (18) (25) (35) (52) (8) (18)
My family was without a place 18.9% 12.7% 9.5% 6.7% 11% 24.3% 12.6% 19.4% 17.8% 19.4%
184 *n/a *n/a *n/a
to stay (32) (29) (22) (12) (10) (20) (12) (10) (9) (13)
I was without a place to stay 38.7% 47.2% 42.5% 28.5% 28.7% 49.4% 26.3% 44.5% 32.6% 40% 38.3% 46.9% 35.7%
184
for some other reason (74) (98) (98) (57) (36) (52) (22) (25) (17) (32) (45) (10) (19)
Depression & suicide Took one’s own life
In the past year 13 to 16 years old
2008 2017
Were depressed 28.9% were depressed
Seriously thought
19.1%
about suicide 19.4% seriously thought
about suicide
13.9% Made a plan to attempt 13.6% made a plan to attempt
8.6% Attempted suicide 8.0% attempted suicide

6.1%
2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
“
The YAS helps us better understand the prevalent concerns and issues being faced by
Ottawa County youth. From there, we can inform treatment approaches; and when
needed, provide additional training to our staff and others about new and emerging
problems. - Executive Director Lynne Doyle, Community Mental Health of Ottawa County
”
Relationships *
I have dated or gone out with 51.7% 54% 49.2% 34.8% 52.4% 67.7% 51.6% 52.9% 51.1%
someone in the past 12 months (2200) (1179) (1015) (610) (710) (880) (1623) (242) (328)
Has anyone you have dated or gone out with done any of the following during the relationship (among those that have dated or gone out with somebody in the past 12 months):
Hit, slap, or physically hurt me 7% 7.1% 6.9% 5.1% 7.9% 7.2% 6.5% 6.6% 9.8%
on purpose (141) (78) (63) (31) (53) (57) (94) (15) (32)
6.7% 7.4% 5.7% 4.8% 7% 7.4% 6.1% 6.1% 9.6%

Threatened me 2191 n/a n/a n/a n/a
(139) (85) (53) (28) (51) (60) (87) (15) (36)
16% 19.5% 11.7% 12.1% 17% 17.2% 14.9% 19.7% 18%

Called me degrading names 2190 n/a n/a n/a n/a
(326) (215) (109) (72) (115) (139) (225) (41) (59)
Isolated me from my family or 11% 13.6% 7.9% 7.5% 13.1% 11% 10% 15.4% 12.4%
friends (228) (152) (75) (45) (96) (87) (152) (33) (42)
Tried to control when I saw 13.3% 15.5% 10.6% 9.9% 15.3% 13.4% 12.7% 13.7% 15.4%
my friends (279) (177) (101) (59) (113) (107) (193) (30) (54)
During the past 12 months, I saw

someone who was dating or going 11.5% 11.6% 11.3% 10.6% 11.6% 12.3% 10.1% 14.5% 15.8%
out with someone pushing, yelling, (488) (252) (233) (181) (151) (156) (320) (67) (99)
or hitting them
Among those who saw someone being pushed, yelled at, or hit by a person they were dating or going out with during the past 12 months did you:
45.7% 43% 48.8% 45.7% 47.3% 44.1% 44% 54.4% 44.9%

I did not do anything 478 n/a n/a n/a n/a
(211) (102) (108) (82) (63) (66) (136) (35) (40)
I spoke up and asked them to 40.5% 40.7% 40.7% 42.8% 39.2% 40.1% 41.3% 35% 42.4%
482 n/a n/a n/a n/a
stop (197) (103) (94) (76) (59) (62) (133) (24) (40)
65.9% 72.7% 57.9% 65.7% 65.8% 66.1% 66.8% 64.4% 63.9%

I asked if everything was ok 484 n/a n/a n/a n/a
(321) (184) (135) (117) (102) (102) (212) (45) (63)
19.8% 19% 20.7% 16% 18.6% 24.2% 21.1% 17.4% 17.7%

I went to find help 480 n/a n/a n/a n/a
(90) (48) (42) (29) (28) (33) (63) (11) (16)
I would want someone to find help if

someone I was dating or going out 77.5% 88% 65.9% 80% 76.2% 76.4% 79.5% 71.7% 72.4%
with was pushing, yelling, or hitting (3321) (1945) (1368) (1368) (992) (961) (2517) (333) (460)
me
* Use caution when comparing 2017 with previous reports due to a change in wording from boyfriend/girlfriend to dating/going out.
Family Experience
People in my family often insult or 30.1% 28.7% 30.5% 30.7% 28.7% 33.9% 25.8% 26.5% 32% 31.4% 27.6% 33.3% 39.5%
4319
yell at each other (1271) (1321) (1389) (1057) (624) (751) (516) (450) (425) (396) (867) (159) (243)
We argue about the same things in 39.9% 39.1% 38.8% 38.9% 36.7% 44.2% 35.2% 34.6% 40.4% 44.5% 38.6% 39.1% 46.7%
4317
my family over and over again (1702) (1756) (1745) (1321) (819) (982) (717) (587) (549) (566) (1216) (188) (293)
People in my family have serious 25.8% 24.7% 25.4% 27.7% 26.8% 27.6% 23.9% 22.3% 26.9% 28.1% 24.2% 26.9% 32.7%
4317
arguments (1110) (1151) (1157) (934) (578) (619) (486) (376) (370) (364) (774) (134) (199)
My parents ask if I have gotten my 81.5% 82.7% 80.6% 81.3% 80.5% 80.3% 82.6% 91.1% 82.9% 70.4% 82.6% 76.6% 79.8%
4306
homework done (3566) (4060) (3886) (2903) (1805) (1832) (1721) (1555) (1095) (916) (2673) (369) (514)
My parents want me to call if I am 88% 88.5% 88.1% 89% 89.4% 91.6% 84% 88.8% 89.9% 85.2% 88.8% 88.2% 84.1%
4299
going to be late getting home (3800) (4264) (4167) (3133) (2020) (2061) (1726) (1507) (1189) (1104) (2833) (417) (539)
When I am not at home, one of my

89.4% 90.4% 88.4% 88.1% 87.8% 91.3% 87.1% 94% 89.2% 85.1% 90.2% 89.1% 85.4%
parents knows where I am and who I 4306
am with.
(3889) (4375) (4229) (3106) (1988) (2067) (1808) (1604) (1185) (1100) (2911) (421) (545)
87.5% 88.3% 85.7% 87.9% 87.6% 87.3% 87.6% 91% 86.2% 85.4% 88.4% 88.7% 81.9%
The rules in my family are clear 4308
(3793) (4275) (4108) (3087) (1988) (1970) (1811) (1553) (1146) (1094) (2842) (420) (519)
My family has clear rules about 87.3% 87.6% 84.8% 86.5% 87.1% 86.5% 88.2% 91.9% 87.3% 82.9% 88.5% 86.5% 82.1%
4301
alcohol and drug abuse (3779) (4231) (4066) (3032) (1976) (1943) (1824) (1560) (1156) (1063) (2833) (410) (524)
My parents would know if I did not 86.1% 86.8% 84% 85.3% 83.3% 87.2% 84.7% 91.8% 86.2% 80.3% 86.4% 84.1% 86%
4306
come home on time (3738) (4193) (3982) (3007) (1892) (1972) (1753) (1561) (1140) (1037) (2780) (399) (548)
My parents give me lots of chances 76.4% 77.8% 73.4% 74.6% 74.9% 74.5% 78.6% 81.2% 75.8% 72.5% 78.4% 73.9% 68.8%
4302
to do fun things with them (3321) (3798) (3517) (2658) (1706) (1687) (1624) (1384) (998) (939) (2526) (344) (441)
My parents ask me what I think

66.1% 65.3% 63.7% 63.8% 65.3% 64.2% 68.3% 69.6% 65.6% 63.3% 68.1% 61% 60.9%
before most family decisions 4286
affecting me are made
(2858) (3204) (3065) (2292) (1487) (1444) (1406) (1180) (854) (824) (2188) (277) (384)
If I had a personal problem, I could 79.6% 78.6% 75.6% 76.9% 77% 77.1% 82.6% 82.9% 78.4% 77.6% 82.2% 74.6% 71.1%
4288
ask my mom or dad for help (3441) (3813) (3603) (2714) (1753) (1736) (1697) (1407) (1023) (1011) (2635) (347) (449)
Community Involvement
During the past 12 months, has participated in:
59.2% 62.7% 62.3% 59.6% 51% 64.4% 53.3% 51% 57.8% 68.8% 64.1% 44% 47.9%
A volunteer opportunity 4289
(2509) (2930) (2920) (2038) (1223) (1422) (1079) (858) (761) (890) (2003) (195) (303)
45.7% 45.2% 40.9% 35.2% 31.6% 50.3% 40.4% 41.7% 43% 52.5% 49.7% 32.4% 37%
A school or community club 4285
(1972) (2132) (1943) (1218) (735) (1141) (822) (696) (588) (688) (1578) (151) (237)
58.9% 61.3% 59.3% 56.4% 54.1% 56.7% 61.4% 66.3% 57.7% 52.9% 62.9% 45.3% 50.4%
A team sport 4288
(2577) (3016) (2884) (1936) (1222) (1295) (1276) (1123) (768) (686) (2024) (213) (333)
37.5% 34.8% 36.8% 36.6% 23.8% 36% 39.3% 42.6% 35.6% 34.8% 40.4% 26.6% 32.6%
A non-team sport 4272
(1637) (1719) (1764) (1222) (543) (826) (805) (720) (479) (438) (1301) (125) (208)
43.4% 47.9% 47.2% 45.7% 36.7% 53.3% 32.3% 49.7% 42.1% 38.8% 44.8% 36.8% 42.1%
Art/music/theater/dance 4289
(1935) (2337) (2254) (1514) (837) (1246) (684) (840) (590) (505) (1471) (184) (277)
41.4% 39.4% 39% 37.5% 29.5% 39.2% 43.8% 17.1% 34.2% 72.9% 43.6% 32.4% 38%
A part-time job 4290
(1684) (1706) (1746) (1273) (742) (823) (855) (290) (454) (940) (1314) (144) (223)
46.4% 50.3% 42% 50% 46.5% 42.9% 50.3% 39.6% 32.9%

Faith-based group or activity * 4277 n/a n/a n/a n/a
(1974) (1103) (865) (847) (593) (534) (1567) (183) (217)
23.3% 22% 22.5% 22.4% 17.1% 26.3% 20% 21.4% 17.3% 31.8% 24.3% 20.4% 20.9%
A leadership activity 4294
(1015) (1046) (1074) (770) (396) (608) (405) (356) (241) (418) (780) (98) (133)
I did not participate in any of these

6.3% 5.1% 7.6% 6.5% 8% 4.1% 4.4% 13.1% 9.9%
community activities in the past 12 4201 n/a n/a n/a n/a
months *
(245) (104) (141) (104) (95) (46) (127) (60) (58)
* No longer comparable to previous years due to change in wording from church to faith-based.
“The analysis provided by the YAS allows us to make decisions that are tailored to the needs of the youth in our
community. Thanks to the YAS, our grant dollars truly go the distance." - Dominic Aquino, West Ottawa High School
senior, Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area youth trustee and Youth Advisory Committee chair
Cigarette Use
13.1% 13.4% 19.7% 24.4% 27.1% 12.7% 13.5% 4.8% 13.1% 21.2% 11.8% 14.6% 17.7%
I have smoked a whole cigarette 4343
(528) (551) (799) (770) (633) (266) (261) (80) (172) (276) (352) (67) (108)
I smoked a whole cigarette for the

3.8% 3.7% 6.3% 7.6% 8.8% 3% 4.7% 3.1% 4% 4.3% 2.6% 6% 7.7%
first time before I turned 13 years 4343
old
(152) (164) (280) (235) (190) (64) (88) (51) (50) (51) (75) (30) (46)
I smoked a whole cigarette for the

first time before I turned 13 years 29% 29.4% 31.9% 31% 23.3% 35.1% 63.8% 30.4% 20.3% 21.8% 41.1% 43.4%
528 n/a
old (among those who have ever (152) (164) (280) (235) (64) (88) (51) (50) (51) (75) (30) (46)
smoked a whole cigarette)
I have smoked cigarettes on one or 5.5% 6.8% 9.9% 13.9% 15.9% 5.3% 5.7% 1.3% 5.7% 9.4% 5.4% 4.1% 7.4%
4361
more of the past 30 days (222) (265) (416) (449) (390) (110) (112) (23) (72) (127) (159) (18) (45)
I tried to quit smoking in the past 12

25% 56.7% 54.3% 44% 57.4% 28.2% 21.8% 16.2% 24.8% 28.6% 25.7% 18.1% 27.3%
months (among students who 674
smoke)
(157) (193) (293) (195) (254) (87) (70) (24) (49) (84) (112) (13) (32)
I believe there is no or slight risk to

11.7% 9.8% 10.3% 13.8% 10.6% 9.8% 13.7% 13.5% 10.1% 11.6% 9.4% 18.9% 17.1%
smoking one or more packs of 4334
cigarettes per day
(482) (487) (519) (486) (238) (213) (266) (229) (121) (132) (287) (91) (103)
My parents feel it would not be

5.1% 4.7% 6.3% 10% 9.7% 4.3% 6% 2.6% 4.7% 7.9% 4.9% 4.4% 6.7%
wrong or only a little bit wrong for 4350
me to smoke cigarettes
(205) (202) (271) (332) (232) (90) (115) (45) (58) (102) (145) (22) (38)
My friends feel it would not be

20.1% 18.9% 23.2% 19.6% 20.7% 9.6% 21% 29.5% 20% 19.7% 20.8%
wrong or only a little bit wrong for 4338 n/a n/a
me to smoke cigarettes
(818) (833) (1033) (414) (403) (163) (272) (383) (602) (88) (126)
15 in
Teens say their friends feel it is
NOT WRONG for them to smoke.
Cigarette Access 4 10
in
Teens who TRIED cigarettes are currently
using them or have used in the past 30 days.
It would be sort of easy or very easy
43.5% 39% 45.4% 52.1% 53.6% 43% 44.2% 24.2% 46.2% 64.4% 43.6% 46.7% 40.6%
for me to get cigarettes (among 3928
students under age 18)
(1614) (1620) (1844) (1596) (1345) (853) (757) (397) (602) (615) (1194) (185) (231)
In the past year, have you ever (among those under 18):
I bought cigarettes from a
grocery store, gas station,
1.1% 1.4% 2.2% 0.9% 1.4% 1.6% 1.5% 1.1% 1.7%
convenience store, or discount 3977 n/a n/a *n/a *n/a
store in the past year (among
(37) (37) (86) (16) (21) (18) (15) (24) (10)
I gave money to a legal age
3.6% 4.3% 6.4% 10.8% 11.8% 3.4% 3.7% 0.7% 4.2% 6.3% 3.6% 1.7% 4.9%
(18+) person to buy cigarettes 3980
for me
(125) (140) (246) (321) (255) (66) (59) (11) (49) (65) (90) (8) (26)
I stole cigarettes from a store

0.9% 0.7% 1.1% 1.6% 1.9% 0.6% 1.2% 0.3% 1.4% 0.8% 0.7% 1.3% 1.5%
in the past year (among 3978
(27) (15) (46) (49) (44) (9) (18) (5) (15) (7) (15) (5) (7)
I took cigarettes from my

home or the home of a friend
3.5% 3.4% 5.4% 6.7% 6.8% 3.4% 3.7% 1.9% 4.7% 4.1% 2.9% 4.5% 5.6%
without permission in the past 3967
year (among students under
(127) (131) (232) (204) (141) (67) (60) (32) (57) (38) (76) (19) (31)
age 18)
I have been given cigarettes by

my parents or the parents of a 2.3% 2.1% 3.8% 5.2% 6.3% 2.3% 2.3% 0.8% 2.8% 3.4% 1.9% 2.4% 3.8%
3972
friend in the past year (among (74) (74) (151) (148) (128) (43) (31) (13) (28) (33) (45) (11) (18)

an underage friend in the past 6.8% 7% 12.9% 14.8% 16.8% 7.2% 6.5% 2.9% 8.5% 9.4% 6.2% 7.6% 9.1%
3973
year (among students under (255) (268) (518) (431) (354) (144) (111) (49) (112) (94) (167) (34) (53)
age 18)

a legal age (18+) person in the 6.5% 6.8% 10.7% 14.6% 15.7% 6.6% 6.4% 1.7% 6.4% 12.9% 6.4% 5.6% 7.6%
3966
past year (among students (230) (239) (418) (427) (336) (128) (102) (29) (78) (123) (164) (24) (41)
under age 18)
Other Tobacco Use
I have used chewing tobacco, snuff, 3.9% 5% 5.4% 7.9% 11.1% 1.9% 6.2% 1% 3.8% 6.9% 4% 2.4% 4.7%
4353
or dip (153) (190) (228) (285) (272) (36) (117) (17) (42) (94) (117) (10) (26)
I used chewing tobacco, snuff, or dip

0.9% 1.1% 1.2% 1.8% 2% 0.5% 1.4% 0.6% 1.1% 1% 0.7% 2.7%
for the first time before I turned 13 4353 *n/a
years old
(33) (33) (57) (63) (43) (10) (23) (10) (11) (12) (17) (14)
I used chewing tobacco, snuff, or dip 1.3% 2.2% 2.3% 3.6% 5.3% 0.8% 1.9% 0.4% 1.1% 2.5% 1.1% 2.9%
4355 *n/a
in the past 30 days (49) (81) (97) (133) (133) (14) (35) (8) (12) (29) (30) (16)
I used cigars, cigarillos, or little cigars 4% 4.9% 6.8% 9.5% 11.5% 2.5% 5.8% 1.1% 3.1% 7.9% 3.7% 2.8% 6.4%
4354
in the past 30 days (168) (195) (289) (319) (295) (54) (114) (20) (41) (107) (119) (12) (37)
I have smoked cigarettes or cigars or

7.4% 6.1% 12.1% 16.4% 19.2% 6.2% 8.8% 1.8% 7.2% 13.2% 7.2% 5.7% 9.9%
have used chewing tobacco, snuff, or 4335
dip on one more of the past 30 days
(296) (236) (506) (543) (457) (128) (168) (32) (89) (175) (216) (24) (56)
Electronic Vapor Product Use

I have used an electronic vapor 31.6% 24.9% 31.6% 31.6% 12.3% 33.9% 48.1% 30.5% 34.1% 34.4%
4365 n/a n/a n/a
product (1286) (1076) (660) (623) (211) (450) (625) (925) (152) (206)
I have used an electronic vapor

3.7% 2.4% 3.2% 4.3% 4.9% 3.3% 2.9% 2.4% 6.5% 7.4%
product before I turned 13 (all 4365 n/a n/a n/a
participants)
(160) (125) (71) (89) (85) (43) (32) (79) (34) (47)
I have used an electronic vapor 20% 14.3% 20% 20.2% 7.2% 20.1% 32.7% 20.4% 17.3% 20.6%
4357 n/a n/a n/a
product in the past 30 days. (831) (588) (431) (398) (125) (275) (431) (627) (79) (124)

48.6% 45.2% 52.4% 36.1% 50.3% 59.1% 47.7% 51.4% 50.8%
using electronic vapor products of e- 4330 n/a n/a n/a n/a
cigarettes
(2041) (985) (1050) (622) (668) (751) (1482) (235) (320)
12
in Teens perceive little risk to vaping.

Alcohol Use 32%of teens have had a drink of alcohol.
I have had a drink of alcohol other 32% 28.3% 33.4% 39.8% 42.2% 34.2% 29.7% 12.8% 32.3% 50.6% 30.4% 38.8% 34.9%
4315
than a few sips (1283) (1238) (1459) (1316) (949) (710) (571) (219) (412) (652) (907) (170) (204)
I had a drink of alcohol other than a 7% 6.7% 9.3% 10.9% 11.6% 6.8% 7.2% 8.6% 6.6% 6% 5% 12.1% 12.8%
4315
few sips before I turned 13 years old (306) (318) (444) (376) (25) (151) (154) (148) (85) (73) (167) (57) (82)
I have had at least one drink of 17.2% 15.6% 18.9% 22% 24.9% 19.5% 14.6% 5.3% 15.5% 30.7% 16.9% 19% 17.3%
4340
alcohol in the past 30 days (692) (640) (809) (738) (583) (405) (286) (90) (200) (402) (505) (83) (103)
I have had five or more drinks of

8.9% 8.4% 10.8% 13.9% 13.6% 9.6% 8.2% 1.6% 7.2% 18% 8.4% 10.5% 9.9%
alcohol within a couple hours in the 4346
past 30 days
(359) (334) (448) (469) (332) (200) (159) (26) (93) (240) (258) (44) (56)

27.7% 25.6% 28.6% 25.1% 30.6% 28.4% 24.7% 30.4% 26.2% 34.1% 29.7%
having five or more alcoholic drinks 4331 n/a n/a
once or twice a week
(1190) (1256) (1347) (560) (628) (486) (307) (397) (840) (162) (186)

22.7% 21% 23.4% 36.9% 30% 19.3% 26.4% 24.3% 21.1% 22.9% 20.4% 29.3% 27.9%
having one or two alcoholic drinks 4333
nearly every day
(970) (1044) (1127) (1305) (698) (440) (528) (417) (265) (288) (649) (145) (173)

wrong or only a little bit wrong for 19.2% 17.8% 22.5% 17.6% 21.1% 8.8% 20.5% 28.1% 18.8% 21.2% 19.7%
4335 n/a n/a
me to have one or two drinks of an (780) (795) (981) (372) (407) (149) (262) (369) (564) (96) (118)
alcoholic beverage nearly every day

wrong or only a little bit wrong for 13.8% 11.5% 12.7% 13.7% 13.1% 13.1% 14.6% 7.5% 11.9% 22.2% 13.3% 18% 12.9%
4352
me to drink beer, wine, or hard (553) (517) (567) (482) (297) (270) (282) (127) (147) (279) (392) (82) (79)
liquor regularly

wrong or only a little bit wrong for 5% 4.6% 6.2% 4.8% 5.1% 3.1% 4.1% 7.8% 4.5% 6.8% 6%
4342 n/a n/a
me to have one or two alcoholic (196) (208) (273) (98) (98) (54) (48) (94) (131) (30) (35)
drinks nearly every day
I think more than 60% of kids in my
21.4% 20% 25.8% 29.3% 32.1% 26.2% 16.1% 5.6% 22.7% 35.6% 20.5% 24.2% 23.6%
grade have drank alcohol in the past 4330
30 days
(838) (872) (1101) (867) (510) (538) (298) (93) (289) (456) (594) (106) (137)
Alcohol Access
It would be sort of easy or very easy 56.3% 53.7% 55.5% 55.2% 57.9% 58.9% 53.4% 38.1% 58.7% 71.2% 58% 51.3% 52%
4312
for me to get alcohol (2333) (2446) (2509) (1924) (1360) (1257) (1071) (649) (765) (919) (1778) (228) (321)
In the past year, have you ever:
1.1% 1.2% 1.7% 2.3% 1.7% 1% 1.1% 0.3% 1% 1.9% 0.7% 1.7% 2.4%
I bought alcohol from a store 4360
(40) (45) (70) (76) (50) (21) (19) (5) (12) (23) (16) (9) (15)
I bought alcohol from a 1% 0.9% 1.6% 2% 2% 1.1% 1% 1% 1.8% 0.8% 1.1% 1.8%
4357 *n/a
restaurant or bar (41) (41) (68) (71) (53) (22) (19) (14) (24) (26) (5) (10)
I gave money to a legal age

7.8% 7.2% 10.2% 13.9% 15% 9.6% 5.8% 0.8% 5.1% 17.8% 7.3% 9% 9.1%
(21+) friend or family member 4358
to buy alcohol
(311) (276) (420) (457) (355) (196) (115) (13) (63) (235) (219) (40) (51)
I bought alcohol in the past

1% 0.5% 0.9% 1.1%
year with an ID other than 4357 n/a n/a n/a *n/a *n/a *n/a *n/a *n/a *n/a
mine
(38) (17) (19) (19)
1.7% 1.6% 1.4% 2.7% 3.7% 1.6% 1.8% 1.8% 3.1% 1.4% 1.3% 3.5%
I stole alcohol from a store 4364 *n/a
(62) (52) (60) (84) (70) (30) (32) (20) (38) (38) (5) (19)
I took alcohol from my home

10.5% 7.7% 10.3% 12.3% 13.8% 13% 7.9% 3.3% 11.6% 16.6% 10.4% 8.7% 12.8%
or the home of a friend 4356
without permission
(408) (319) (440) (418) (322) (257) (151) (56) (142) (210) (298) (39) (70)
I have been given alcohol by 14.3% 11.3% 13.4% 14.9% 16.1% 16.8% 11.6% 6% 13.4% 23.6% 14.1% 15.9% 14.1%
4358
parents or parents of a friend (583) (487) (592) (493) (367) (356) (227) (105) (170) (308) (426) (72) (84)
I have been given alcohol by 15.5% 12.8% 16.6% 20.6% 21% 18.9% 11.8% 3.5% 17.1% 25.7% 15.3% 16.2% 16.1%
4349
an underage friend (610) (548) (714) (676) (486) (387) (222) (60) (217) (333) (446) (71) (92)
I have been given alcohol by a 17.5% 14.7% 18.5% 22% 24.4% 20.1% 14.7% 5.7% 15.9% 31% 16.2% 21.3% 20.8%
4349
legal age (21+) person (698) (613) (787) (725) (567) (417) (280) (96) (200) (402) (479) (98) (120)
I have attended a party where 38.1% 31.3% 37.7% 36.8% 37.1% 40.4% 35.5% 27.1% 38% 49% 34.3% 54.5% 43%
4354
alcohol was available (1585) (1450) (1745) (1261) (847) (873) (707) (459) (493) (633) (1073) (250) (258)
27% of 8 th
graders attended a party where alcohol was available.
Marijuana Use
6 10 Teens believe there little to

Nearly
in NO RISK to trying marijuana.
21.3% 17.6% 20.9% 23.8% 22.4% 21.8% 21% 6.2% 21.7% 36% 18% 32.1% 28.6%
I have used marijuana 4352
(839) (760) (895) (762) (513) (441) (398) (102) (278) (459) (533) (138) (166)
I used marijuana for the first time 3.3% 2.8% 4.8% 5.3% 4.9% 3% 3.7% 3% 3.8% 3.1% 1.7% 7.6% 7.4%
4352
before I turned 13 years old (135) (133) (223) (170) (112) (64) (71) (49) (48) (38) (54) (36) (45)
I have used marijuana on one or 12.5% 10.3% 12.2% 15.2% 13.6% 12.7% 12.4% 3.6% 12.4% 21.5% 10% 19.5% 19%
4349
more of the past 30 days (484) (423) (515) (484) (312) (253) (231) (60) (158) (266) (291) (83) (109)
I believe there is no or slight risk to 57.3% 52.7% 50.4% 58.9% 51.9% 56.5% 58.2% 42.7% 58.9% 70% 55.6% 61.8% 61.9%
4339
trying marijuana once or twice (2432) (2428) (2301) (2062) (1192) (1236) (1190) (738) (776) (918) (1756) (287) (384)

45.3% 38.5% 40.3% 41.5% 49.7% 31.3% 44.6% 60.2% 42.1% 54.5% 53.5%
smoking marijuana once or twice a 4332 n/a n/a
week
(1898) (1784) (1814) (901) (993) (535) (585) (778) (1313) (254) (327)

12.1% 8.8% 9.9% 10.3% 7.1% 11.1% 13.3% 5.1% 13.1% 17.9% 10.3% 14.9% 18.5%
wrong or only a little bit wrong for 4337
me to smoke marijuana
(482) (422) (421) (319) (169) (231) (251) (86) (168) (228) (307) (65) (110)

35.5% 30% 32.2% 34.8% 36.5% 14.5% 38.5% 53% 33.2% 42.7% 41.1%
wrong or only a little bit wrong for 4328 n/a n/a
me to use marijuana
(1436) (1316) (1404) (731) (703) (245) (504) (687) (1003) (187) (243)
I think more than 60% of kids in my

24.6% 19.1% 24.5% 22.5% 15.3% 28.4% 20.4% 7.6% 29.8% 35.7% 20.1% 39.6% 33.9%
grade have used marijuana in the 4324
past 30 days
(936) (826) (1067) (683) (339) (573) (361) (123) (377) (436) (565) (175) (195)
It would be sort of easy or very easy 36.5% 32.5% 35.8% 40% 35.9% 37.6% 35.5% 13.2% 40.3% 54.9% 34.4% 46.9% 38.3%
4304
for me to get marijuana (1449) (1422) (1574) (1308) (809) (770) (678) (218) (525) (706) (1014) (203) (228)
15 in Teens have used marijuana.
“We appreciate the work that goes into

gathering this important statistical data
so that we understand the needs of our
communities involving our youth. ”
- Undersheriff Valerie Weiss,
Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office
Over-the-Counter Drug Use

I have used over the counter drugs
5.3% 6.6% 8.3% 9.8% 11.9% 5.6% 5.1% 3.1% 5.6% 7.2% 4.5% 7.9% 7.4%
only for the experience or feeling 4325
that they caused
(218) (263) (359) (335) (272) (118) (99) (54) (73) (91) (137) (34) (47)
I used over the counter drugs only

for the experience or feeling that 1.1% 1.8% 2% 3.1% 3.2% 1.1% 1% 1.5% 0.8% 1.1% 0.8% 1.4% 2.3%
4325
they caused before I turned 13 years (48) (78) (107) (97) (65) (24) (23) (26) (10) (12) (26) (8) (14)
old
I have used over the counter drugs

only for the experience or feeling 3.1% 3.5% 4.8% 6.4% 7.5% 3.3% 2.8% 1.9% 3.6% 3.6% 2.2% 5.2% 5.9%
4322
that they cause on one or more of (119) (138) (208) (215) (191) (69) (49) (32) (44) (43) (63) (21) (35)
the past 30 days

18.2% 16.8% 17.6% 20.2% 13.3% 17.3% 19.4% 18.9% 18.5% 17.3% 15.5% 26.5% 24.2%
using over the counter drugs only for 4348
the experience or feeling they cause
(776) (829) (854) (713) (292) (390) (384) (325) (234) (217) (500) (125) (147)
Prescription Drug Use
of all teens who TRIED prescription
1/2
More than
drugs are currently using them or
have used in the past 30 days.
I have used a prescription drug 7.8% 9.3% 10.5% 8.3% 7.2% 3.5% 8.2% 11.5% 6.7% 9.4% 11.1%
4257 n/a n/a
without a doctor's prescription (309) (373) (465) (172) (137) (61) (98) (150) (203) (38) (66)
I used a prescription drug without a

1.9% 2.3% 2.6% 2% 1.8% 1.8% 2.4% 1.4% 1.5% 1.7% 4.1%
doctor's prescription before I turned 4257 n/a n/a
13 years old
(73) (109) (135) (39) (34) (31) (24) (18) (43) (8) (22)
I used a prescription drug without a

4.3% 5.7% 7.3% 4.8% 3.9% 1.8% 4.5% 6.8% 3.6% 5.1% 7%
doctor's permission in the past 30 4325 n/a n/a
days
(173) (223) (307) (99) (74) (30) (57) (86) (108) (21) (42)
During the past 30 days:

I have used prescription
sedatives or tranquilizers such
2.1% 2.1% 2.2% 2.1% 2% 0.7% 2.3% 3.2% 1.4% 3.7% 3.9%
as Valium, Xanax, or Restoril 4296 n/a n/a
with out a doctor's
(76) (78) (93) (41) (35) (12) (29) (35) (43) (14) (18)
prescription
I have used prescription pain

relievers such as Darvocet, 2.3% 2.2% 4% 2.6% 2% 1% 2.4% 3.5% 1.8% 3.5% 4%
4282 n/a n/a
Percocet, or Vicodin without a (87) (80) (168) (50) (37) (17) (27) (43) (50) (13) (23)
doctor's prescription
I have used prescription

stimulants such as Ritalin, 2.5% 3.5% 4.2% 2.5% 2.7% 0.8% 2.1% 4.7% 2.2% 2.1% 4.6%
4276 n/a n/a
Adderall, or Fastin without a (102) (136) (178) (52) (50) (13) (28) (61) (66) (8) (28)
doctor's prescription
14.9% 13.9% 16.1% 17.5% 11.8% 13.2% 16.8% 17% 14.4% 13.6% 12.4% 21.9% 21.5%
using a prescription drug not 4342
prescribed to me
(636) (700) (781) (629) (263) (293) (340) (289) (179) (168) (398) (107) (130)

wrong or only a little bit wrong for 3.9% 3.6% 4.9% 4.2% 3.5% 2.1% 4.2% 5.4% 3.2% 4.6% 7%
4334 n/a n/a
me to use prescription drugs not (142) (160) (216) (83) (58) (35) (47) (60) (79) (22) (41)
prescribed to me

wrong or only a little bit wrong for 13.3% 13.6% 18% 12.2% 14.6% 6.4% 14.7% 18.7% 12.7% 15% 14.9%
4334 n/a n/a
me to use prescription drugs not (539) (581) (773) (260) (277) (106) (192) (241) (378) (68) (90)
prescribed to me
14
Teens say Rx drugs
in
are easy to get.
Prescription Drug Access


25.7% 29% 27.1% 24.1% 18.1% 27.8% 30.8% 25.8% 24.6% 26.2%
for me to get prescription drugs 4294 n/a n/a n/a
without a doctor's prescription
(1043) (1272) (574) (464) (309) (349) (385) (772) (106) (163)
Referring to Rx drugs not prescribed to you, in the past year, have you:
I bought them from a 3.2% 3.2% 3.5% 2.9% 3.4% 0.7% 2.5% 6.4% 2.4% 4.8% 5.2%
4348 n/a n/a
friend/peer (124) (119) (148) (63) (61) (11) (33) (80) (74) (20) (29)
3.4% 3.3% 4.3% 4.2% 2.4% 2.2% 4.2% 3.7% 3% 3.1% 5.4%
I took them from home 4339 n/a n/a
(134) (133) (192) (87) (46) (38) (50) (46) (87) (13) (33)
I took them from 0.9% 0.5% 0.9% 0.7% 1% 0.4% 0.8% 1.4% 0.5% 2.6%
4335 n/a n/a *n/a
grandparents (32) (20) (46) (15) (17) (8) (9) (15) (16) (13)
2.1% 2.4% 3.1% 1.9% 2.3% 1.1% 1.7% 3.4% 1.7% 1.1% 4.7%
I took them from a friend 4330 n/a n/a
(85) (95) (133) (44) (41) (18) (24) (43) (53) (6) (26)
I took them from a friend's 1% 0.9% 1.3% 0.7% 1.3% 0.5% 1.1% 1.4% 0.8% 2.7%
4331 n/a n/a *n/a
home (39) (33) (58) (16) (23) (9) (14) (16) (22) (14)
I attended a party where they 8.4% 5.7% 7.3% 9.4% 7.3% 3.2% 9% 12.9% 6.9% 14.9% 10.2%
4329 n/a n/a
were available (341) (223) (309) (200) (141) (54) (118) (169) (213) (63) (64)
Other Drug Use
Used an inhalant (sniffed glue, breathed the contents of aerosol spray cans, or inhaled any other gases or sprays):
3.9% 4.3% 5.7% 7.9% 10.8% 4.2% 3.6% 4% 3.7% 4% 3% 5.7% 7.1%
Ever to get high 4341
(162) (181) (270) (279) (243) (93) (69) (69) (44) (49) (89) (28) (45)
To get high for the first time 2% 1.8% 2.9% 4% 4.6% 2.1% 1.9% 2.5% 1.5% 2% 1.4% 2% 4.6%
4341
before age 13 (85) (85) (144) (137) (100) (47) (38) (44) (19) (22) (45) (12) (28)
1.9% 1.6% 2.7% 3.3% 4.8% 1.9% 1.9% 2% 1.8% 1.9% 1.3% 2.7% 4.2%
To get high in the past 30 days 4341
(74) (64) (132) (118) (108) (39) (35) (35) (19) (20) (38) (12) (24)
I have used cocaine in any form 2.6% 1.8% 2.6% 3.6% 4.6% 2.5% 2.8% 1.1% 2.2% 4.7% 1.8% 3.8% 5.9%
4345
including powder, crack, or freebase (102) (63) (114) (125) (113) (51) (51) (18) (25) (59) (53) (17) (32)
I have used heroin (also called 0.8% 1.6% 2.4% 1.5% 1.7% 0.8% 0.8% 0.3% 0.7% 1.4% 0.4% 2.8%
4342 *n/a
smack, junk, or China White) (29) (74) (116) (52) (47) (17) (12) (6) (9) (14) (11) (14)
I have used methamphetamines

0.9% 1.6% 2.2% 1.7% 2% 0.9% 0.9% 0.4% 0.7% 1.5% 0.5% 3%
(also called speed, crystal, crank, ice, 4337 *n/a
chalk, fire, or glass)
(31) (57) (102) (60) (55) (18) (13) (8) (9) (14) (12) (16)
I have used ecstasy (also called 1.7% 2.4% 5% 2.9% 3.7% 1.5% 1.9% 0.6% 1.5% 3% 1.2% 1.9% 3.6%
4334
extacy, X, MDMA) (62) (97) (210) (99) (91) (34) (28) (10) (18) (34) (32) (10) (20)
I have used a hallucinogen (LSD, PCP, 4.4% 3.9% 5.4% 5.5% 5.6% 4% 4.8% 0.9% 3.6% 8.7% 3.5% 5.8% 7.6%
4319
shrooms, or acid) (162) (148) (223) (174) (131) (74) (88) (15) (45) (102) (98) (22) (42)
I have used a hallucinogen (LSD, PCP, 2.2% 1.8% 2.7% 2.7% 2.8% 2% 2.4% 0.5% 2.2% 3.9% 1.8% 3% 3.7%
4321
shrooms, or acid) in the past 30 days (79) (54) (112) (87) (69) (37) (42) (8) (26) (45) (46) (10) (23)

12.4% 10.7% 15% 16.2% 15.4% 12.6% 12.3% 4.1% 13.6% 19.1% 10.9% 20.1% 13.7%
for me to get a drug like cocaine, 4298
(464) (420) (655) (564) (351) (250) (214) (69) (162) (233) (303) (82) (78)
LSD, heroin, or methamphetamine
I have never used any of the drugs in 58.2% 65.6% 57.4% 59% 80.1% 56.1% 38.9% 60.5% 51% 51.9%
4026 n/a n/a n/a
the YAS * (2440) (2839) (1274) (1157) (1271) (707) (462) (1879) (232) (319)
* Added vapor products in 2015.
6 10 Teens have NEVER used any
Nearly
in of the drugs listed in the YAS.
20% Vaping
17% Alcohol
13% Marijuana
9% Binge drinking
6% Cigarettes
4% Rx drugs
3% OTC drugs
2% Inhalants
2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Nutrition & Wellness 15 in
Minority teens goes HUNGRY
I have been physically active for 60+
50.2% 55.3% 54.3% 54.3% 51.6% 43.8% 57.4% 55.9% 47.8% 47.2% 54.5% 35.7% 41.2%
minutes per day on five or more of 4313
the past seven days
(2157) (2723) (2649) (1956) (1154) (951) (1199) (961) (598) (598) (1710) (169) (273)
I have exercised to strengthen or

47.9% 55.3% 57.1% 42.3% 54.3% 49.7% 49.8% 44.1% 50.4% 40.3% 42.3%
tone muscles on three or more of the 4314 n/a n/a
past seven days
(2063) (2733) (2775) (910) (1146) (855) (650) (558) (1585) (198) (275)
On an average day, I spend three or

more hours watching tv, playing
52.5% 51.1% 50.8% 52.8% 52.3% 48.8% 55.9% 52.3% 50.6% 55.1% 60.1%
video or computer games, or using a 4316 n/a n/a
(2249) (2477) (2405) (1169) (1074) (823) (753) (673) (1605) (265) (377)
computer for something that is not
school work
I eat five or more servings of fruits 26.5% 32.2% 32% 33.1% 34.4% 24.3% 29% 29.6% 24.6% 25.5% 27.2% 23% 26%
4318
and vegetables on an average day (1150) (1637) (1574) (1216) (775) (552) (597) (508) (317) (325) (870) (108) (171)
I have 0 cups of fruit on an average 12.1% 9.8% 10.1% 11.4% 10.9% 11.4% 12.9% 11.1% 11.3% 14% 11.2% 14.2% 14.6%
4323
day (528) (466) (456) (376) (249) (261) (266) (190) (156) (182) (361) (72) (92)
I have 0 cups of vegetables on an 20.9% 17.6% 18.3% 17.9% 16.4% 19.8% 22.3% 19.8% 21.9% 21% 18.1% 31.8% 25.1%
4324
average day (883) (848) (857) (598) (370) (435) (447) (335) (282) (266) (567) (152) (157)
I drank a can, bottle, or glass of soda

or pop (not including diet) one or 28.5% 33.2% 36.6% 20.2% 22.7% 35% 25% 27.4% 33.1% 26.7% 33.6% 33%
4317 n/a
more times per day in the past seven (1198) (1575) (1715) (697) (495) (701) (421) (361) (416) (824) (163) (208)
days

or pop (not including diet) three or 6.3% 6.7% 8.3% 7.5% 4.9% 7.9% 4.8% 5.9% 8.3% 5.3% 8.9% 9%
4317 n/a
days
I drank a can, bottle, or glass of an

17.5% 13.9% 21.5% 15% 18.3% 19.1% 15.9% 19.9% 23.4%
energy drink one or more times in 4324 n/a n/a n/a n/a
the past seven days
(728) (296) (430) (258) (238) (232) (491) (91) (145)
I sometimes, most of the time, or

always went hungry in the past 30 12.7% 12.1% 13.3% 12.2% 12.3% 13.5% 9.6% 17.4% 23.6%
days because there was not enough (529) (267) (260) (203) (165) (161) (309) (85) (135)
food in my home
Teen
I haveBoys vsactive
been physically Teenfor 60+ Girls
minutes per day on five or more of 4313
50.2% 55.3% 54.3% 54.3% 51.6% 43.8% 57.4% 55.9% 47.8% 47.2% 54.5% 35.7% 41.2%
the past seven days
(2157) (2723) (2649) (1956) (1154) (951) (1199) (961) (598) (598) (1710) (169) (273)
52%
I have exercised to strengthen or
47.9% 55.3% 57.1% 42.3% 54.3% 49.7% 49.8% 44.1% 50.4% 40.3% 42.3%
53%
tone muscles on three or more of the 4314
(2063) (2733) (2775)
n/a n/a
(910) (1146) (855) (650) (558) (1585) (198) (275)
past seven days
Watch screens 3+ hours on an average day.
On an average day, I spend three or
more hours watching tv, playing
57%
video or computer games, or using a 4316
52.5% 51.1% 50.8%
n/a n/a
52.8% 52.3% 48.8% 55.9% 52.3% 50.6% 55.1% 60.1%
(2249) (2477) (2405) (1169) (1074) (823) (753) (673) (1605) (265) (377)
44%
computer for something that is not
school work
Physically active 60+ minutes 5 out of 7 days.
14
I eat five or more servings of fruits 26.5% 32.2% 32% 33.1% 34.4% 24.3% 29% 29.6% 24.6% 25.5% 27.2% 23% 26%
54%
and vegetables on an average day
4318
(1150) (1637) (1574) (1216) (775) (552) (597) (508) (317) (325) (870) (108) (171)
42%
Only in
I have 0 cups of fruit on an average 12.1% 9.8% 10.1% 11.4% 10.9% 11.4% 12.9% 11.1% 11.3% 14% 11.2% 14.2% 14.6%
4323
day
Muscle strengthening 3 out of 7 days. (528) (466) (456) (376) (249) (261) (266) (190) (156) (182) (361) (72) (92)
20.9%
40%
I have 0 cups of vegetables on an 17.6% 18.3% 17.9% 16.4% 19.8% 22.3% 19.8% 21.9% 21% 18.1% 31.8% 25.1%
Eat 5 or more
4324
average day (883) (848) (857) (598) (370) (435) (447) (335) (282) (266) (567) (152) (157)
33%
Sleep or pop
8 or (not including
more hours diet) one or 28.5% 33.2% 36.6% 20.2% 22.7% 35% 25% 27.4% 33.1% 26.7% 33.6% 33%
ser vings of fruits and

4317 n/a
on an more
average
timesnight.
per day in the past seven (1198) (1575) (1715) (697) (495) (701) (421) (361) (416) (824) (163) (208)
days

or pop (not including diet) three or
4317
6.3% 6.7% 8.3% 7.5%
n/a
4.9% 7.9% vegetables on an
4.8% 5.9% 8.3% 5.3% 8.9% 9%
average day.
days
I drank a can, bottle, or glass of an

17.5% 13.9% 21.5% 15% 18.3% 19.1% 15.9% 19.9% 23.4%
energy drink one or more times in 4324 n/a Total Responses
n/a n/a n/a 2017 by Gender
Total (728) (296) (430) (258)2017 by(238)
Grade Level(232) 2017 by Race/Ethnicity
(491) (91) (145)
the past seven days
I sometimes, most of the time, or 3.8% 3.3% 3.5% 4.3% 5.4% 2.6% 5.2% 4.8% 3.3% 3.5% 2.7% 5.1% 8.2%
I have belonged
always to aninorganized
went hungry gang
the past 30 4357 12.7% 12.1% 13.3% 12.2% 12.3% 13.5% 9.6% 17.4% 23.6%
4321 (167) (146)
n/a (168)
n/a (158)
n/a (135)
n/a (62) (104) (82) (41) (44) (92) (26) (49)
days because there was not enough (529) (267) (260) (203) (165) (161) (309) (85) (135)
food in my
I joined home
an organized gang for the
Iold
get(among
eight orthose
morewho
hours of belonged
sleep on 167 36.5% 33.2% 40.3% 55.3% 33% 21.7% 38.3% 34.7% 29.4%
ever 4312 (101) (89)
n/a (97)
n/a (101)
n/a (73)
n/a (45) (56) (57) (22) (22) (54) (17) (30)
an average
to a gang) night (1638) (785) (851) (950) (423) (265) (1261) (171) (201)
4374

Body Weight
14
14%
Teens are ABOVE 12%
in a healthy weight.
Over weight
2007 2017 2007
Obese 2017
Underweight (less than 5th 4.1% 4.1% 4.6% 4.3% 3.1% 3% 5.4% 5.3% 3.5% 3.7% 4.4% 2.9% 3.4%
3999
percentile) (170) (190) (189) (130) (62) (72) (98) (79) (45) (46) (134) (13) (20)
69.8% 72.4% 74.3% 74.3% 73.8% 73.5% 65.7% 71.8% 70.1% 67.7% 73.6% 55.2% 63.1%
Healthy Weight (5th-84th percentile) 3999
(2819) (3173) (3160) (2311) (1573) (1525) (1294) (1100) (871) (848) (2222) (223) (371)
14.3% 12.6% 12.6% 13.7% 13.7% 14.9% 13.7% 13.1% 14.3% 15.4% 12.9% 20.6% 16.1%
Overweight (85th-94th percentile) 3999
(559) (549) (538) (409) (277) (299) (260) (198) (181) (180) (377) (89) (91)
11.8% 10.8% 8.5% 7.7% 9.4% 8.7% 15.2% 9.8% 12.1% 13.1% 9.1% 21.4% 17.4%
Obese (95th+ percentile) 3999
(451) (479) (364) (224) (192) (182) (269) (148) (151) (152) (265) (89) (96)
26.1% 23.4% 21% 21.4% 23.1% 23.5% 28.9% 23% 26.4% 28.6% 22% 42% 33.5%
Overweight or Obese 3999
(1010) (1028) (902) (633) (469) (481) (529) (346) (332) (332) (642) (178) (187)
I describe myself as slightly or very 29.6% 25% 24.3% 23.1% 24.9% 32.8% 26% 25.5% 31.1% 32% 26.7% 41.5% 34.1%
4277
overweight (1237) (1235) (1142) (822) (560) (723) (510) (430) (413) (394) (835) (192) (207)
I describe myself as about the right 53.4% 56.6% 58.4% 61.2% 59% 54.7% 52.1% 57.2% 51.3% 52% 55.7% 46.3% 48.3%
4277
weight (2309) (2711) (2814) (2153) (1344) (1216) (1086) (977) (665) (667) (1766) (220) (316)
42.7% 37.8% 41.2% 38.8% 36.9% 51.6% 32.7% 39.4% 43.7% 44.8% 39.5% 57.6% 46.1%
I am trying to lose weight * 4292
(1809) (1892) (1948) (1340) (832) (1143) (661) (667) (576) (566) (1244) (272) (288)
To lose weight or keep from gaining weight, in the past 30 days:
73.4% 67.1% 70.3% 61.5% 41.8% 72.7% 74.2% 77% 73.3% 70% 73.5% 74.1% 72.4%
I exercised 4328
(3196) (3306) (3378) (2166) (936) (1632) (1553) (1326) (974) (896) (2372) (350) (465)
I ate less food, fewer calories, 44.5% 41.2% 43.2% 34.5% 27.1% 52% 36.1% 42.2% 44.3% 46.8% 43.1% 51.9% 44.8%
4328
or foods low in fat * (1912) (2033) (2036) (1212) (630) (1160) (746) (724) (591) (597) (1372) (249) (285)
I went without eating for 24 10% 8.8% * Linear

9.7%trend analysis
5.7% excluded
2.6%data from 2005.
14.4% 4.9% 8.6% 11% 10.2% 8.7% 14.5% 12.3%
38 www.miOttawa.org/2017YAS 4314
hours or more (425) (428) (460) (179) (57) (325) (97) (147) (154) (124) (278) (71) (74)
Body Image
Underweight (less than 5th 4.1% 4.1% 4.6% 4.3% 3.1% 3% 5.4% 5.3% 3.5% 3.7% 4.4% 2.9% 3.4%
3999
percentile) (170) (190) (189) (130) (62) (72) (98) (79) (45) (46) (134) (13) (20)
69.8% 72.4% 74.3% 74.3% 73.8% 73.5% 65.7% 71.8% 70.1% 67.7% 73.6% 55.2% 63.1%
Healthy Weight (5th-84th percentile) 3999
(2819) (3173) (3160) (2311) (1573) (1525) (1294) (1100) (871) (848) (2222) (223) (371)
3 4
14.3% 12.6% 12.6% 13.7% 13.7% 14.9% 13.7% 13.1% 14.3% 15.4% 12.9% 20.6% 16.1%
Females are at
Overweight (85th-94th percentile) 3999
(559) (549) (538) (409) (277) (299) (260) (198) (181) (180) (377) (89) (91)
in 11.8% 10.8% 8.5% 7.7% 9.4% 8.7% 15.2% 9.8% 12.1% 13.1% 9.1% 21.4% 17.4%
a healthy weight.
Obese (95th+ percentile) 3999
(451) (479) (364) (224) (192) (182) (269) (148) (151) (152) (265) (89) (96)
26.1% 23.4% 21% 21.4% 23.1% 23.5% 28.9% 23% 26.4% 28.6% 22% 42% 33.5%
Overweight or Obese 3999
(1010) (1028) (902) (633) (469) (481) (529) (346) (332) (332) (642) (178) (187)
12
I describe myself as slightly or very 29.6% 25% 24.3% 23.1% 24.9% 32.8% 26% 25.5% 31.1% 32% 26.7% 41.5% 34.1%
Females are trying

4277
overweight (1237) (1235) (1142) (822) (560) (723) (510) (430) (413) (394) (835) (192) (207)
I describe myself as about the right in 53.4% 56.6% 58.4% 61.2% 59% 54.7% 52.1% 57.2% 51.3% 52% 55.7% 46.3% 48.3%
to lose weight.
4277
weight (2309) (2711) (2814) (2153) (1344) (1216) (1086) (977) (665) (667) (1766) (220) (316)
42.7% 37.8% 41.2% 38.8% 36.9% 51.6% 32.7% 39.4% 43.7% 44.8% 39.5% 57.6% 46.1%
I am trying to lose weight 4292
(1809) (1892) (1948) (1340) (832) (1143) (661) (667) (576) (566) (1244) (272) (288)
To lose weight or keep from gaining weight, in the past 30 days:
73.4% 67.1% 70.3% 61.5% 41.8% 72.7% 74.2% 77% 73.3% 70% 73.5% 74.1% 72.4%
I exercised 4328
(3196) (3306) (3378) (2166) (936) (1632) (1553) (1326) (974) (896) (2372) (350) (465)
I ate less food, fewer calories, Total 44.5% 41.2% Total43.2%

Responses 34.5% 27.1% 52% 36.1%
2017 by Gender 42.2%
2017 by44.3% 46.8%
Grade Level 43.1% 51.9% 44.8%
2017 by Race/Ethnicity
4328
or foods low in fat (1912) (2033) (2036) (1212) (630) (1160) (746) (724) (591) (597) (1372) (249) (285)
I went without eating for 24 10%
3.8% 8.8%
3.3% 9.7%
3.5% 5.7%
4.3% 2.6%
5.4% 14.4%
2.6% 4.9%
5.2% 8.6%
4.8% 11%
3.3% 10.2%
3.5% 8.7%
2.7% 14.5%
5.1% 12.3%
8.2%
I have belonged to an organized gang 4314
4357
hours or more * (425)
(167) (428)
(146) (460)
(168) (179)
(158) (57)
(135) (325)
(62) (97)
(104) (147)
(82) (154)
(41) (124)
(44) (278)
(92) (71)
(26) (74)
(49)
I joinedI took diet pills,gang

an organized powders,
for theor 3.1% 2.7% 4.1% 1.9% 1.1% 4.3% 1.8% 2.1% 3% 4.2% 2.8% 3.7% 4.3%
liquids without a doctor's
first time before I turned 13 years 4324 57.6% 63.6% 54.2% 60.9% 61.4% 68.4% 52% 69.3% 55.5% 43.9% 53.1% 67.7% 59.6%
advicethose 167 (127) (110) (179) (64) (25) (91) (36) (35) (39) (53) (85) (17) (25)
old (among * who ever belonged (101) (89) (97) (101) (73) (45) (56) (57) (22) (22) (54) (17) (30)
to a gang) 3.5% 3.1% 3.7% 2.1% 1.5% 4.8% 2.1% 3% 3.9% 3.7% 3.2% 4% 5%
I vomited or took laxatives * 4327
I have had sexual intercourse when I (148)
4% (124)
3.8% (171)
3.7% (68)
5.4% (31)
5.4% (107)
5.3% (40)
2.5% (50)
1.1% (50)
3.9% (48)
6.8% (100)
3.7% (17)
3.7% (30)
5.1%
4374
* Linear trend analysis excluded data from 2005.
Sexting
“ ”
The YAS is a critical tool for us. We use it during teacher trainings to determine what
objectives need to be emphasized when creating health education programs.
- Stacey Sills, health and prevention consultant, Ottawa Area Intermediate School District
I have engaged in a "sexting" activity 21.1% 19.3% 21.6% 27.4% 21.9% 20.3% 8.9% 22.3% 31.7% 21.1% 18.1% 23.2%
4334 n/a
in the past 12 months (862) (817) (910) (905) (465) (396) (157) (301) (404) (643) (75) (141)
I sent a sexually suggestive message

by text, email, instant message, 16.8% 16% 18.2% 23.8% 17.7% 15.8% 5.8% 17.8% 26.6% 17.3% 12.3% 17.7%
4363 n/a
social network, etc. during the past (680) (672) (770) (780) (370) (309) (101) (241) (338) (523) (48) (107)
12 months
I shared a sexually suggestive
6.8% 6.8% 7.9% 9.1% 7.2% 6.4% 4.1% 8.4% 7.7% 6.3% 7% 9.2%
message that was sent by someone 4350 n/a
else
(286) (284) (325) (301) (162) (123) (74) (114) (98) (195) (32) (57)
I sent or posted a naked or semi-

naked photo or video of myself by 10.4% 8% 8.8% 9.2% 11.6% 9.1% 3.2% 11.5% 16.2% 11.1% 6.6% 10.1%
4358 n/a
text, email, social profile, website, (430) (352) (366) (314) (248) (182) (56) (158) (216) (337) (26) (66)
blog, etc. during the past 12 months
I shared a naked or semi-naked

4.3% 4% 4.8% 9.8% 3.4% 5.3% 3% 4.4% 5.4% 3.8% 3.6% 6.9%
photo or video that was sent by 4355 n/a
someone else
(179) (161) (195) (359) (73) (106) (53) (57) (69) (120) (18) (40)
I had a revealing photo texted,

3.5% 4.7% 2.2% 2% 5.2% 3.1% 3.2% 3% 5.4%
e-mailed, or posted electronically 4340 n/a n/a n/a n/a
without my persmission
(137) (93) (44) (36) (63) (38) (92) (12) (32)
Sexual Behavior
(Among participating schools)
I strongly agree or agree that there

are consequences (physical, 71.6% 78.9% 77.1% 73.7% 77.7% 68.3% 81.5% 72.8% 64.2% 73.5% 73.9% 70.5%
2833 n/a
emotional, or other) when someone (2073) (2436) (2074) (1107) (1104) (961) (856) (661) (556) (1445) (293) (330)
my age has sexual intercourse
I strongly agree or agree that there

are consequences (physical, 62% 69.3% 66.5% 62.3% 66.9% 57.1% 73.2% 60.7% 52% 62.2% 63.6% 59.9%
2833 n/a
emotional, or other) when someone (1775) (2147) (1821) (917) (957) (810) (771) (553) (451) (1229) (264) (278)
my age has oral sex
Parents or other adults in my family

62.9% 68.9% 66.3% 59.5% 53% 65.3% 70.6% 63.7% 61.1% 61.6%
have talked with me about what they 2828 n/a n/a n/a
expect when it comes to sex.
(1779) (2093) (930) (842) (556) (594) (629) (1245) (247) (284)

23.5% 18.9% 17% 19.3% 18.4% 28.5% 8.5% 23.8% 38.7% 23.2% 24.4% 24.2%
wrong or only a little bit wrong for 2843 n/a
me to have sexual intercourse
(650) (561) (383) (301) (257) (389) (95) (208) (347) (453) (88) (109)
20.9% 17% 20.1% 25% 28% 21.7% 20.2% 3.6% 17.9% 42.4% 20.8% 22.3% 20.5%
I have had sexual intercourse 2845
(564) (464) (434) (366) (343) (285) (277) (39) (153) (372) (394) (81) (89)
I had sexual intercourse before age 2.7% 2.7% 3.7% 5.4% 5.7% 2.4% 3.1% 2.8% 2.5% 3% 2% 3.2% 5.2%
2845
14 (79) (73) (92) (71) (77) (34) (45) (30) (22) (27) (40) (14) (25)
22.7% 20.5% 23.6% 29.3% 33% 22.8% 22.6% 4.4% 19.5% 45.3% 23.6% 21.3% 20.3%
I have had oral sex 2830
(617) (556) (519) (442) (395) (305) (312) (44) (174) (399) (450) (77) (89)
3.7% 4.1% 4.9% 6.3% 7.2% 2.9% 4.4% 3.5% 3.5% 4% 3% 3.6% 6.3%
I had oral sex before age 14 2830
(101) (104) (116) (80) (81) (40) (61) (35) (31) (35) (58) (15) (28)
I have had oral sex or sexual 25.1% 22.3% 25.5% 31.3% 33.8% 26% 24.3% 5.2% 22.6% 48.8% 25.4% 25.6% 23.9%
2812
intercourse (677) (592) (553) (452) (447) (343) (332) (53) (197) (427) (481) (92) (103)
I had oral sex or sexual intercourse 4.5% 4.4% 5.6% 6.8% 7.8% 4% 5% 4.3% 4.4% 4.8% 3.4% 5.1% 8.2%
2812
before age 14 (124) (113) (135) (90) (89) (54) (70) (44) (38) (42) (65) (21) (38)
“Young people are continuing to choose abstinence which should be recognized and commended, along with
the adults in their lives who are tackling those tough conversations about the importance of healthy sexuality.”
- Heather Alberda, AASECT Certified Sexuality Educator, Ottawa County Department of Public Health
I have had sexual intercourse with 3.8% 3.3% 3.5% 4.3% 5.4% 2.6% 5.2% 4.8% 3.3% 3.5% 2.7% 5.1% 8.2%
Ifour
haveorbelonged to anduring
organized 3.1% 4.1% 5.8% 9.2% 8.2% 3.3% 3% 1.9% 7.5% 2.7% 4.1% 3.9%
more people my gang 4357
2845 (167) (146) (168) (158) (135) (62) (104) *n/a
(82) (41) (44) (92) (26) (49)
lifetime
(86) (106) (117) (123) (110) (41) (45) (16) (67) (54) (14) (18)
I joined an organized gang for the

Ifirst
did time
not use a condom
before during
I turned the
13 years 57.6% 63.6% 54.2% 60.9% 61.4% 68.4% 52% 69.3% 55.5% 43.9% 53.1% 67.7% 59.6%
last time I had sexual 167 40.2%
old (among those whointercourse
ever belonged 546 (101) 38%
(89) 41.4%
(97) 43.8%
(101) 38.6%
(73) 44.3%
(45) 35.9%
(56) 34.2%
(57) 36.8%
(22) 42.3%
(22) 38.6%
(54) 42.1%
(17) 45%
(30)
(among those who have ever had
to a gang) (213) (173) (166) (144) (148) (121) (92) (13) (50) (150) (143) (31) (39)
sexual intercourse)
4374
really did not want to
I have been tested for a sexually (164) (159) (151) (169) (125) (116) (47) (19) (58) (87) (111) (17) (34)
transmitted disease in the past 12 22.4% 20.5% 26.8% 17.7% 12.5% 18.7% 25.5% 22% 30.5% 16.2%
595 n/a n/a n/a
months (among those who have ever (124) (112) (73) (50) (6) (25) (93) (84) (23) (17)
had sexual intercourse)
I have had sexual intercourse with

15.1% 12.5% 15.2% 20.7% 20.9% 16.8% 13.4% 2% 11% 33.4% 15.6% 15.6% 13%
one or more people in the past three 2845
months
(416) (339) (321) (297) (267) (224) (190) (21) (93) (302) (304) (54) (58)
Among those who reported having sexual intercourse in the past three months:
I drank alcohol or used drugs
17.6% 20.5% 24.7% 30.2% 25.4% 19.5% 14.8% 31.5% 20.4% 15.7% 16% 21.3% 20.8%
before the last time I had 416
sexual intercourse
(75) (70) (71) (88) (69) (42) (32) (6) (19) (50) (55) (9) (11)
I did not use a condom during 42.9% 40.7% 45% 44.8% 42.7% 47% 38% 33.1% 41.6% 43.9% 41.4% 42.5% 50.5%
408
last sexual intercourse (166) (139) (134) (125) (145) (99) (67) (7) (34) (125) (117) (21) (28)
I used birth control pills to

prevent pregnancy during the 25.3% 31.6% 25.8% 25% 25.5% 11.1% 31.6% 29.6% 16.3% 14.2%
410 n/a n/a *n/a
last time I had sexual (106) (103) (70) (59) (46) (10) (95) (89) (7) (10)
intercourse
No method used to prevent
8% 8.1% 13.4% 9% 6.8% 12.8% 5.5% 7.1% 15.1%
pregnancy during last sexual 410 n/a n/a *n/a *n/a
intercourse
(32) (29) (39) (19) (13) (12) (16) (21) (8)
A positive trend continues
among almost all sexual health behaviors
25%
24%
23%
21%
20%
18%
I've
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had oral sex
oral sex I'veI've
had sexual
had intercourse
sexual intercourse I've been
I've been tested
tested for a for a past
STD in STD in
year
(among those who reported recent sex)
past year (among those who
reported recent sex)
2007
2007 2009
2009 2011
2011 2013
2013 2015
2015 2017
2017
“ I find students are very
interested in where our county
stands. They are often shocked
by the data, and I believe they
are sometimes relieved by it.
For example, when they see
the numbers and realize NOT
every young person is having
sex, it makes them realize they
are not alone in their choices.
”
- Jodi Heard, Grand Haven
Area Public Schools

Risk & Protective Factors
Community • Family • Peer & Individual

• Risk and protective factors are scored using sets of survey questions
called scales and are organized by domain (Community, Family
and Peer & Individual).
• The scale construction followed guidelines provided by the University Risk Factors are conditions that increase the
of Washington’s Social Development Research Group. The 2017 YAS likelihood of an adolescent becoming involved in
report contains scales for six risk factors (Community Disorganization; drug use, delinquency, school problems or violence.
Perceived Availability of Drugs; Family Conflict; Parental Attitudes
Favorable toward Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Use; Poor LOW PERCENTAGES are desirable among risk factors.
Family Management; and Low Perceived Risk of Drug Use) and one
protective factor (Family Opportunities for Pro-Social Involvement).
• Each question within a risk or protective scale had its responses

ordered and valued from one to four or from one to five, depending Protective Factors are conditions that buffer youth
on the number of responses. The values of each student’s responses from exposure to risk by either reducing the impact of the
were then summed for each scale and the mean scale value was risks or changing the way an adolescent responds to risks.
calculated. If the student’s mean was more than the scale mean,
then the student’s score for a scale was considered at risk. If the HIGH PERCENTAGES are desirable among protective factors.
student’s mean was less than or equal to the scale mean, then the
student’s score was considered not at risk.
• The Risk and Protective Factors tables report the percentage of

students who scored at risk for each Risk Factor scale or not at risk for
the single Protective Factor scale. Percentages were also reported
among the subgroups for gender, grade level and race/ethnicity.
COMMUNITY
Domain: Community
Risk Factor Percentage of Students Exhibiting the Risk Factor

YAS survey questions used to calculate All th th th
each risk or protective factor Survey Year Female Male 8 Grade 10 Grade 12 Grade White Hispanic Other
Participants
Community Disorganization Scale
2017 3.8% 2.9% 4.6% 3.1% 3.8% 4.3% 2.7% 6.2% 5.9%
How much does each of the following 2015 3.4% 3.0% 4.0% 3.2% 3.9% 3.2% 2.0% 8.4% 7.6%
statements describe your neighborhood? 2013 5.0% 4.7% 5.4% 4.5% 6.3% 4.5% 3.8% 10.1% 7.1%
• Q170: I feel safe in my neighborhood 2011 5.9% 5.5% 6.0% 6.4% 7.2% 3.7% - - -
• Q171: Crime and/or drug selling
2009 5.0% 3.5% 6.7% 3.7% 5.5% 5.6% - - -
• Q172: Fights
• Q173: Lots of abandoned buildings 2007 7.2% 6.4% 8.0% 6.0% 9.2% 6.5% - - -
• Q174: Lots of graffiti 2005 5.8% 4.7% 8.3% 5.8% 9.0% 4.1% - - -
Perceived Availability of Drugs Scale
• Q58: If you wanted to get some

cigarettes, how easy would it be for you
to get some? 2017 39.0% 36.3% 39.0% 16.0% 40.1% 59.2% 38.1% 43.0% 39.9%
• Q75: If you wanted to get some alcohol, 2015 35.0% 34.7% 35.2% 13.0% 36.5% 57.3% 32.6% 44.6% 38.5%
how easy would it be for you to get 2013 29.6% 28.8% 30.1% 11.1% 37.2% 53.1% 26.5% 40.8% 35.5%
some? 2011 35.6% 34.0% 37.0% 14.7% 38.6% 55.0% - - -
• Q88: If you wanted to get some
2009 35.4% 32.3% 38.7% 9.0% 38.1% 53.8% - - -
marijuana, how easy would it be for you
to get some? 2007 38.3% 39.3% 38.9% 12.5% 45.0% 68.3% - - -
• Q110: If you wanted to get a drug like 2005 36.8% 37.2% 39.0% 14.3% 41.2% 58.9% - - -
cocaine, LSD, or methamphetamines,
how easy would it be for you to get
some?
FAMILY
Domain: Family
Risk Factor or Protective Factor Percentage of Students Exhibiting the Risk Factor or Protective Factor
YAS survey questions used to calculate
All th th th
Participants
Poor Family Management Scale
• Q161: My parents ask if I’ve gotten my 2017 9.1% 8.5% 9.9% 3.9% 9.0% 14.3% 8.4% 9.4% 12.7%
homework done
2015 8.5% 7.9% 9.1% 4.3% 7.6% 14.2% 7.8% 10.7% 11.1%
• Q162: My parents want me to call if I am
going to be late getting home 2013 9.4% 8.5% 10.5% 5.2% 11.0% 15.3% 8.1% 14.4% 12.3%
• Q163: When I am not at home, one of my 2011 6.4% 5.2% 7.4% 4.0% 7.0% 8.0% - - -
parents knows where I am and who I am 2009 6.6% 4.8% 8.6% 3.6% 8.3% 7.7% - - -
with 2007 6.8% 6.6% 8.1% 3.8% 7.0% 12.9% - - -
• Q164: The rules in my family are clear
2005 5.4% 4.3% 7.2% 2.3% 7.1% 7.6% - - -
• Q165: My family has clear rules about
alcohol and drug abuse
• Q166: Would your parents know if you did
not come home on time?
Family Opportunities for Pro-Social

Involvement Scale
2017 77.2% 75.0% 80.7% 80.1% 76.7% 74.2% 79.7% 71.5% 69.5%
• Q167: My parents give me lots of chances to 2015 75.8% 73.7% 78.1% 82.9% 74.0% 70.1% 78.2% 68.5% 68.0%
do fun things with them
2013 74.5% 72.1% 76.9% 80.9% 69.0% 69.9% 77.6% 63.8% 68.6%
• Q168: My parents ask me what I think
before most family decisions affecting me 2011 75.0% 74.0% 75.9% 79.6% 71.3% 74.9% - - -
are made 2009 73.2% 73.3% 77.3% 80.8% 74.0% 73.0% - - -
• Q169: If I had a personal problem, I could as 2007 67.9% 70.9% 76.1% 79.6% 71.8% 67.3% - - -
my mom or dad for help 2005 67.3% 74.0% 74.8% 80.3% 69.9% 73.6% - - -
Domain: Family
Risk Factor Percentage of Students Exhibiting the Risk Factor

YAS survey questions used to calculate
All th th th
Participants
Family Conflict Scale
2017 30.5% 34.2% 26.2% 25.8% 31.7% 33.7% 28.2% 32.8% 39.3%
2015 29.0% 35.0% 22.9% 22.3% 31.8% 33.5% 26.5% 37.3% 36.8%
• Q158: People in my family often insult or yell
at each other 2013 28.1% 33.4% 22.7% 22.7% 34.2% 30.1% 26.3% 32.1% 34.1%
• Q159: We argue about the same things in my 2011 29.8% 33.9% 25.2% 28.0% 31.6% 29.5% - - -
family over and over again 2009 27.0% 30.9% 24.5% 22.3% 30.9% 28.1% - - -
• Q160: People in my family have serious 2007 33.4% 39.4% 33.1% 32.3% 37.9% 38.2% - - -
arguments
2005 - - - - - - - - -
Parental Attitudes Favorable Toward

Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drug Use Scale
2017 6.7% 6.4% 7.1% 3.0% 6.3% 10.7% 6.3% 6.7% 8.3%
• Q119: How wrong do your parents feel it 2015 5.3% 4.1% 6.5% 1.7% 5.4% 9.2% 4.8% 6.5% 7.5%
would be for you to smoke cigarettes?
• Q120: How wrong do your parents feel it
2013 5.9% 5.1% 6.7% 2.0% 7.3% 11.1% 5.3% 6.3% 8.5%
would be for you to drink beer, wine or hard 2011 10.9% 5.6% 9.2% 3.3% 7.7% 11.6% - - -
liquor regularly? 2009 7.2% 5.4% 9.1% 2.2% 7.3% 11.2% - - -
• Q122: How wrong do your parents feel it 2007 6.9% 5.2% 9.1% 2.4% 7.7% 13.2% - - -
would be for you to smoke marijuana? 2005 - - - - - - - - -

PEER & INDIVIDUAL
Domain: Peer & Individual
Percentage of Students Exhibiting the Risk Factor

Risk Factor
YAS survey questions used to calculate All th th th
Participants
Low Perceived Risk of Drug Use Scale

2017 26.9% 22.5% 31.9% 21.9% 26.9% 31.7% 23.6% 37.7% 34.2%
How much do you think people risk harming 2015 - - - - - - - - -
themselves (physically or in other ways) if they:
2013 - - - - - - - - -
• Q113 Try marijuana once or twice?* 2011 - - - - - - - - -
• Q115 Smoke marijuana once or twice a week? 2009 - - - - - - - - -
• Q116 Have one or two alcoholic drinks nearly 2007 - - - - - - - - -
every day? 2005 - - - - - - - - -
• Q117 Smoke one or more packs of cigarettes
per day?
*The wording of this question Q113*The

was changed in 2017 to “one or twice a week” from “regularly” and is no longer comparable to prior years or to state and national figures for the Low
wording of question Q113 was changed in 2017 to one or twice a week from regularly and is no longer
Perceived Risk of Drug Use scale. comparable to prior years or to state and national figures for the Low Perceived Risk of Drug Use scale.
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METHODS
School Participation &

Survey Administration Survey Questionnaire
• The YAS was designed as a self-administered anonymous • The core questions of the 2017 survey were adapted from the
questionnaire for students in grades 8, 10 and 12 in Ottawa national Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), a national school-
County schools. based survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
• The YAS was a paper fillable form in 2005, 2007 and 2009.
In 2011, the YAS Committee piloted an optional online • Additional items in the questionnaire were selected from
questionnaire to reduce printing costs and student classroom the validated Communities That Care survey instrument
time. Based on survey results and school feedback from 2011, (developed by the University of Washington).
the YAS Committee converted to a fully online survey system in
2013. • In limited instances, questions were altered or developed
by the YAS Committee for more appropriate application
• The YAS Committee invited all school systems with one or to Ottawa County students or in response to feedback
more of the eligible grade levels to participate in the 2017 from the community.
YAS. Eleven school systems participated; representing public
schools, non-traditional high schools and public charter • The survey procedures were designed to protect students’
schools. privacy by allowing anonymous and voluntary participation.
Students were informed they could decline the online survey
• Working with each participating school, the YAS Committee and they were also instructed to skip questions which they
assigned each school system a one-week window to preferred not to answer. No student identifying information
administer the online survey to one or more classrooms of was collected in any part of the survey process.
students; either in a teacher-supervised classroom or computer
lab setting. • Appendix A (only available online) contains the Frequency
Tables, which consist of the survey questions and response
• Schools were asked to administer the survey in a way that options. www.miOttawa.org/2017YAS
ensured every student had an equal chance of taking the
survey, such as in a required course for each respective grade
level. From October through mid-November 2017, a total of
4,376 students voluntarily completed the online questionnaire.
METHODS (continued)
Preparing the Data

• SAS 9.4 statistical software was used to prepare and analyze • Student weight status categories (table below) were assigned
the raw data from student responses. based on each student’s self-reported height, weight, age
and gender. Since all students were 20 years of age or
• The 2017 YAS data were cleaned and edited for response younger, weight categories were determined based on a
ranges, height/weight plausibility and logical consistency in teen’s percentile rank according to the Centers for Disease
accordance with YRBS criteria contained in the 2015 YRBS Control and Prevention’s Pediatric Clinical Growth Charts for
Methodology Guide. males and females.
• Use caution when comparing the 2017 report with previous
years. As new questions and behaviors are added, some
Weight Status Percentile Range
questions do not remain comparable. In the 2017 report,
Category
past years are set to n/a even though this value may have
been reported in the past (e.g., “I did not participate in Less than the 5th percentile
Underweight
any of these community activities in the past 12 months”).
The adaptation of “church group” activity to “faith-based” Healthy Weight 5th to less than the 85th percentile
activity changed the potential results for this question.
Overweight 85th to less than the 95th percentile
Therefore, past survey results may not be comparable. Always
consult the 2017 report for the most accurate comparisons Obese 95th percentile or more
and statistics for each survey year.
The Results
• New variables were constructed based on methods used • The analysis for this report is primarily descriptive and involves
in the 2015 YRBS Data User’s Guide. the computation of percentages and counts for the yes
responses to each variable.
• From 182 original survey questions, 209 dichotomous yes/ no
research measures or variables were created for this report. • Among the 8th, 10th and 12th grades in the participating
For example, survey question 7 is: schools, 32% of the students are 8th graders. Due to differences
in classroom size and other factors beyond the control of the
During the past 30 days, how many times did you ride
YAS Committee, the final YAS dataset contained 40% of its
in a car or other vehicle driven by someone who had
responses from 8th graders. To increase the representativeness
been drinking alcohol?
of the results, student response data was weighted using
post-stratification weights based on the published number of
NO 0. 0 times students in each grade of each participating Ottawa County
{
1. 1 time school. If only unweighted results were reported, the 2017 YAS
2. 2 or 3 times report would be biased toward typical 8th-grade behavior.
YES 3. 4 or 5 times Weighting takes this into consideration. In this report, weighted
4. 6 or more times percentages are reported for every variable for the most
accurate picture.
From this question, one research measure or variable is reported: • In past years, if the question did not exist or is no longer
“I rode in a vehicle driven by someone who had been drinking comparable due to changes in wording, the data cell
alcohol during the past 30 days”. If the student response was contains n/a.
anywhere from 1 time to 6 or more times, then those responses
are all recoded as a yes. If the student response was 0 times, • Some questions asked in past reports are no longer included
then those responses are recoded as a no. in the 2017 YAS. To view 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 or 2015
YAS reports, visit www.miOttawa.org/HealthData and select a
report in the Ottawa County Youth Assessment Surveys section.
LIMITATIONS
Considerations Regarding the Data

• Several issues are critical to consider when interpreting • It is the opinion of the YAS Committee that the results of this
the results of the Ottawa County YAS. report are reasonably reliable. Since the number of students
completing the survey is large (about 40% of all non-home-
• Use caution when comparing results between subgroups (such schooled 8th, 10th and 12th graders) and maintains a good
as Hispanic, White or Other) when the number of responding geographic representation of the county, it is reasonable
students is small or the outcome or behavior is relatively rare. to assume the data constitutes a representative sample of
This is because the amount of error in a measurement grows as Ottawa County 8th, 10th and 12th graders. Students who were
the number of respondents gets smaller. Where a question has absent or received their education at home at the time the
fewer than five respondents reporting the behavior, the results YAS was given are not represented in the results.
are suppressed and replaced with n/a to protect student
identity and statistical validity. • The Ottawa County YAS sampled 8th, 10th and 12th graders;
whereas the equivalent questions from the national and state
• School personnel administered the survey to students during YRBS are administered to 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th graders. Also,
class time in required subjects in each target grade until the YAS method for selecting a sample of students to take the
they met or exceeded the number specified by the YAS survey is different than YRBS sampling methods. Therefore, YAS
Committee. Since schools volunteered to participate in the results cannot be directly compared to state and national
survey and classroom selection was not controlled by the YRBS results.
YAS Committee, the students completing the survey cannot
be said to have been randomly selected. This introduces the • When comparing YAS results between 2005, 2007, 2009,
potential that sampling bias could affect the results. 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017 survey years, please be aware
the students surveyed were not from identical districts each
• With any survey, the issue of response bias could be a factor year. With each YAS administration, every effort was made to
in the results. This would occur when students respond more encourage all districts to participate. The survey conducted
in-line with what they believe the researchers want to see in 2017 provides a large sample of 8th, 10th and 12th graders in
in comparison to their actual belief. Because there are Ottawa County.
sensitive issues throughout the YAS, response bias could have
influenced students responses to be more favorable. • It is possible the change of the questionnaire format from
paper to online could introduce an unknown element that
impacts how students answer the YAS questions. Keep this in
mind when comparing 2017, 2015, 2013 and 2011 results to
previous years.
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Ottawa County Department of Public Health
Appendix A
Frequency Tables for Survey Questions
Demographic
1: How old are you? Body Mass Index Category
Q1 Frequency Percent BMICat Frequency Percent
Missing 65 1.48 Missing 377 8.62
12 years old 27 0.62 Underweight 170 3.88
13 years old 1232 28.15 Healthy Weight 2819 64.42
14 years old 469 10.72 Overweight 559 12.77
15 years old 915 20.91 Obese 451 10.31
16 years old 391 8.94
17 years old 951 21.73
18 years old 316 7.22
6: Which one of the following best describes your race/ethnicity?
19 years old 10 0.23
Q6 Frequency Percent
Missing 15 0.34
2: What is your gender? American Indian or Alaska
47 1.07
Q2 Frequency Percent Native
Missing 15 0.34 Asian 163 3.72
Female 2269 51.85 Black or African American 96 2.19
Male 2092 47.81
Hispanic or Latino 480 10.97
Native Hawaiian or Other
3: What grade are you in?
11 0.25
Pacific Islander
Q3 Frequency Percent White 3230 73.81
8th Grade 1740 39.76 Multi-racial 334 7.63
10th Grade 1339 30.6
12th Grade 1297 29.64
Safety
10: During the past 30 days, how many days did you text or e-mail while driving a car or
7: During the past 30 days, how many times (if any) did you ride in a car or other
other vehicle?
vehicle driven by someone who had been drinking alcohol?
Q7 Frequency Percent Missing 2120 48.45
Missing 23 0.53 I don't drive 1542 35.24
0 times 3719 84.99 0 days 258 5.9
1 time 301 6.88 1 or 2 days 115 2.63
2 or 3 times 199 4.55 3 to 5 days 71 1.62
4 or 5 times 50 1.14 6 to 9 days 114 2.61
6 or more times 84 1.92 10 to 19 days 48 1.1
20 to 29 days 108 2.47
8: During the past 30 days, how many times (if any) did you drive a car or other vehicle
when you had been drinking alcohol?
11: During the past 30 days, on how many days did you use the internet or apps on
Q8 Frequency Percent your cell phone (such as YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, or Snapchat) while driving a
Missing 337 7.7 car or other vehicle? (Do not count using your cell phone to get driving directions)
0 times 2177 49.75
1 time 42 0.96
Missing 2121 48.47
2 or 3 times 11 0.25
4 or 5 times 4 0.09
I don't drive 1540 35.19
6 or more times 12 0.27 0 days 213 4.87
I don't drive 1793 40.97 1 or 2 days 102 2.33
3 to 5 days 76 1.74
6 to 9 days 96 2.19
10 to 19 days 56 1.28
9: During the past 30 days, how many times did you drive a car or other vehicle when 20 to 29 days 172 3.93
you had been using marijuana (also called grass, pot, or weed)?
Missing 340 7.77 12: If you have ever belonged to an organized gang, how old were you when you first
0 times 2102 48.03 joined one?
1 time 36 0.82
2 or 3 times 42 0.96 Q12 Frequency Percent
4 or 5 times 15 0.34 Missing 19 0.43
6 or more times 46 1.05 I have never belonged to an
4190 95.75
I don't drive 1795 41.02 organized gang
8 years old or younger 40 0.91
9 or 10 years old 22 0.5
11 or 12 years old 39 0.89
13 or 14 years old 40 0.91
15 or 16 years old 17 0.39
17 years old or older 9 0.21
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Relationships
18: During the past 12 months, did you date or go out with anyone? 17: If you answered Yes to question 13, has anyone you were dating or going out with
done any of the following during the relationship: isolated you from family or friends?
No 2176 49.73
Missing 2190 50.05
Yes 2200 50.27 No 1958 44.74
Yes 228 5.21
14: If you answered Yes to question 13, has anyone you were dating or going out with
done any of the following during the relationship: hit, slapped, or physically hurt you 18: If you answered Yes to question 13, has anyone you were dating or going out with
on purpose? done any of the following during the relationship: tried to control when you saw your
friends?
Missing 2180 49.82 Q18 Frequency Percent
No 2055 46.96 Missing 2189 50.02
Yes 141 3.22 No 1908 43.6
Yes 279 6.38
15: If you answered Yes to question 13, has anyone you were dating or going out with
done any of the following during the relationship: threatened you? 19: During the past 12 months, did you see someone being pushed, yelled at, or hit by a
person they were dating or going out with?
Missing 2185 49.93
Missing 23 0.53
No 2052 46.89
No 3865 88.32
Yes 139 3.18
Yes 488 11.15
16: If you answered Yes to question 13, has anyone you were dating or going out with 20: If you answered Yes to question 19: when you saw someone you were dating or
done any of the following during the relationship: called you degrading names? going out with pushing, yelling, or hitting them. What did you do? I did not to
anything.
Missing 2186 49.95
Missing 3898 89.08
No 1864 42.6
No 267 6.1
Yes 326 7.45
Yes 211 4.82
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Relationships (continued)
21: If you answered Yes to question 19: when you saw someone you were dating or 25: During the past 12 months, have you had sexual intercourse when you really didn't
going out with pushing, yelling, or hitting them. What did you do? I spoke up and want to?
asked them to stop.
Missing 3894 88.99 No 4210 96.21
No 285 6.51 Yes 164 3.75
Yes 197 4.5
26: If you answered yes to question 25, when you had sexual intercourse and really
21: If you answered Yes to question 19: when you saw someone you were dating or didn't want to were you: physically forced?
going out with pushing, yelling, or hitting them. What did you do? I asked if everything Q26 Frequency Percent
was okay. Missing 4214 96.3
Q22 Frequency Percent No 119 2.72
Missing 3892 88.94 Yes 43 0.98
No 163 3.72
Yes 321 7.34
didn't want to were you: threatened?
23: If you answered Yes to question 19: when you saw someone you were dating or Q27 Frequency Percent
going out with pushing, yelling, or hitting them. What did you do? I went to find help. Missing 4215 96.32
No 133 3.04
Q23 Frequency Percent Yes 28 0.64
Missing 3896 89.03
No 390 8.91
Yes 90 2.06 28: If you answered yes to question 25, when you had sexual intercourse and really
didn't want to were you: made to feel guilty?

24: If anyone you were dating or going out with was pushing, yelling, or hitting you, Missing 4215 96.32
would you want someone to find help? No 70 1.6
Yes 91 2.08
Missing 123 2.81
No 932 21.3
Yes 3321 75.89
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Relationships (continued)
29 :If you answered yes to question 25, when you had sexual intercourse and really 33: During the past 12 months have you been physically harmed on purpose in your
didn't want to were you: under the influence of alcohol or other drugs? home?
Q29 Frequency Percent Q33 Frequency Percent

No 109 2.49 No 4159 95.04
Yes 53 1.21 Yes 215 4.91
34: If you answered yes to question 33, when you were physically harmed on purpose
in your home, were you harmed by: a parent?
didn't want to were you: feeling like you had to in order to fit in with your friends?
Missing 4215 96.32 No 128 2.93
No 135 3.09 Yes 84 1.92
Yes 26 0.59
31: If you answered yes to question 25, when you had sexual intercourse and really in your home, were you harmed by: another adult?
didn't want to were you: feeling uncomfortable saying no?
Missing 4214 96.3 No 171 3.91
No 88 2.01 Yes 40 0.91
Yes 74 1.69
32: If you answered yes to question 25, when you had sexual intercourse and really in your home, were you harmed by: someone else in your home?
didn't want to were you: some other reason?
Missing 4163 95.13
Missing 4214 96.3
No 82 1.87
No 84 1.92
Yes 131 2.99
Yes 78 1.78
60
Homelessness
37: Thinking about your living arrangements, during the past 12 months did you ever 41: You answered yes to being bullied or harassed during the past 12 months. Where
find yourself without a place to stay? have you been bullied or harassed? Electronically through e-mail, chat rooms, instant
messaging, etc.
No 4109 93.9 Missing 3399 77.67
Yes 34 0.78 No 459 10.49
Yes 518 11.84
42: You answered yes to being bullied or harassed during the past 12 months. Where
have you been bullied or harassed? In my neighborhood.
Bullying Q42 Frequency Percent
Missing 3399 77.67
38: During the past 12 months, have you been bullied or harassed? No 852 19.47
Missing 11 0.25
No 3380 77.24
Yes 985 22.51
have you been bullied or harassed? Somewhere else.

have you been bullied or harassed? On school property.
Missing 3400 77.7
No 475 10.85
Missing 3396 77.61
No 181 4.14
Yes 799 18.26
44: During the past 30 days, on how many days did you not go to school before cause
felt unsafe at school or on your way to or from school?
have you been bullied or harassed? On the way to or from school. Missing 37 0.85
0 days 4086 93.37
Q40 Frequency Percent 1 day 108 2.47
Missing 3401 77.72 2 or 3 days 96 2.19
No 720 16.45 4 or 5 days 19 0.43
Yes 255 5.83 6 or more days 30 0.69
61
Sexting
45: During the past 12 months, has a revealing or sexual photo fo you been texted, e- 48: During the past 12 months have you shared with someone a sexually suggestive
mailed, or posted electronically without your permission? message that was sent to you by someone else?

Yes 137 3.13 No 4064 92.87
No/Not Sure 287 6.56 Yes 286 6.54
49: During the past 12 months have you shared with someone a naked or semi-naked
46: During the past 12 months have you sent a sexually suggestive message by text,
photo or video that was sent to you by someone else?
email, instant message, social network, etc.?
Missing 13 0.3 No 4176 95.43
No 3683 84.16 Yes 179 4.09
Yes 680 15.54
47: During the past 12 months have you sent or posted a naked or semi-naked photo or Trafficking
video of yourself by text email, social profile, website, blog, etc.?
50: Have you ever been given money, a place to stay, food, or something else of value
in exchange for sex?
Missing 18 0.41
No 3928 89.76 Q50 Frequency Percent
Yes 430 9.83 Missing 17 0.39
No 4321 98.74
Yes 38 0.87
51: Have you ever been forced to work or do something illegal by someone who got
money or something of value for what you did?

Missing 26 0.59
No 4288 97.99
Yes 62 1.42
62
Depression & Suicide Substance Use
52: During the past 12 months, did you ever feel so sad or hopeless almost every day 56: If you have ever smoked a cigarette, how old were you when you smoked a whole
for two weeks or more in a row that you stopped doing some usual activities? cigarette for the first time?

Missing 16 0.37 I have never smoked a whole
No 3140 71.76 3815 87.18
cigarette
Yes 1220 27.88 8 years old or younger 38 0.87
11 or 12 years old 78 1.78
53: During the past 12 months, did you ever seriously think about attempting suicide? 13 or 14 years old 137 3.13
15 or 16 years old 175 4
Q53 Frequency Percent 17 years old or older 64 1.46
Missing 24 0.55
No 3527 80.6
Yes 825 18.85
57: During the past 30 days, on how many days did you smoke cigarettes?
54: During the past 12 months, did you make a plan about how you would attempt Q57 Frequency Percent
suicide? Missing 15 0.34
Q54 Frequency Percent 0 days 4139 94.58
Missing 13 0.3 1 or 2 days 103 2.35
No 3789 86.59 3 to 5 days 32 0.73
Yes 574 13.12 6 to 9 days 20 0.46
10 to 19 days 16 0.37
20 to 29 days 13 0.3
55: During the past 12 months, how many times did you attempt suicide? All 30 days 38 0.87
Missing 11 0.25
0 times 4027 92.02 58: If you wanted to get some cigarettes, how easy would it be for you to get some?
1 time 166 3.79 Q58 Frequency Percent
2 or 3 times 125 2.86 Missing 1142 26.1
4 or more times 47 1.07 Sort of hard 1747 39.92
Sort of easy 650 14.85
Very easy 837 19.13
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Substance Use (continued)
59: In the past year, have you ever: bought cigarettes from a grocery store, gas station, 64: In the past year, have you ever: been given cigarettes by an underage friend?
convenience store, or discount store?
Missing 11 0.25 No 4068 92.96
No 4253 97.19 Yes 291 6.65
Yes 112 2.56
65: In the past year, have you ever: been given cigarettes by a legal aged (18+) person?
60: In the past year, have you ever: given money to a legal aged (18+) person to buy
cigarettes for you?
Missing 28 0.64
Missing 8 0.18 Yes 279 6.38
No 4223 96.5
Yes 145 3.31
66: During the past 12 months, did you ever try to quit smoking cigarettes?

61: In the past year, have you ever: stolen cigarettes from a store?
Missing 3702 84.6
Missing 11 0.25 Yes 157 3.59
No 4331 98.97
Yes 34 0.78
71: If you have ever used an electronic vapor product, how old were you when you first
used it?
62: In the past year, have you ever: taken cigarettes from your home or a friend's home
without permission?
Missing 244 5.58
I have never used an
Missing 21 0.48 3073 70.22
electronic vapor product
No 4216 96.34
Yes 139 3.18 8 years old or younger 21 0.48
11 or 12 years old 119 2.72
63: In the past year, have you ever: been given cigarettes by your parents or a friend's 13 or 14 years old 426 9.73
parents? 15 or 16 years old 303 6.92
Missing 18 0.41
No 4261 97.37
Yes 97 2.22
64
72: During the past 30 days, on how many days did you use an electronic vapor 71: During the past 30 days, on how many days did you smoke cigars, cigarillos, or little
product? cigars?
0 days 3526 80.58 0 days 4186 95.66
1 or 2 days 277 6.33 1 or 2 days 75 1.71
3 to 5 days 142 3.24 3 to 5 days 34 0.78
6 to 9 days 86 1.97 6 to 9 days 24 0.55
10 to 19 days 126 2.88 10 to 19 days 15 0.34
20 to 29 days 65 1.49 20 to 29 days 6 0.14
All 30 days 129 2.95 All 30 days 14 0.32
69: If you have ever used chewing tobacco, snuff, or dip, how old were you when you 72: If you have ever drank alcohol, how old were you when you had your first drink of
first used it? alcohol?

I have never used chewing I have never had a drink of

4200 95.98 3032 69.29
tobacco, snuff, or dip alcohol other than a few sips
8 years old or younger 12 0.27 8 years old or younger 91 2.08

9 or 10 years old 5 0.11 9 or 10 years old 65 1.49
17 years old or older 26 0.59 17 years old or older 134 3.06
70: During the past 30 days, on how many days did you use chewing tobacco, snuff, or 73: During the past 30 days, on how many days did you have at least one drink of
dip? alcohol?
0 days 4306 98.4 0 days 3648 83.36
1 or 2 days 23 0.53 1 or 2 days 380 8.68
3 to 5 days 6 0.14 3 to 5 days 181 4.14
6 to 9 days 7 0.16 6 to 9 days 81 1.85
10 to 19 days 3 0.07 10 to 19 days 29 0.66
20 to 29 days 3 0.07 20 to 29 days 8 0.18
All 30 days 7 0.16 All 30 days 13 0.3
65
74: During the past 30 days, on how many days did you have five or more drinks of 78: In the past year, have you: bought alcohol with an ID other than yours?
alcohol within a couple of hours?
Missing 30 0.69 No 4319 98.7
0 days 3987 91.11 Yes 38 0.87
1 or 2 days 127 2.9
3 to 5 days 113 2.58
6 to 9 days 68 1.55
79: In the past year, have you: given money to a legal aged (21+) friend or family
10 to 19 days 29 0.66 member to buy alcohol for you?
20 to 29 days 9 0.21
All 30 days 13 0.3 Q79 Frequency Percent
Missing 18 0.41
No 4047 92.48
Yes 311 7.11
75: If you wanted to get some alcohol, how easy would it be for you to get some?

Missing 64 1.46
80: In the past year, have you: stolen alcohol from a store?
Very hard 1232 28.15
Sort of hard 747 17.07 Q80 Frequency Percent
Sort of easy 1166 26.65 Missing 12 0.27
Very easy 1167 26.67 No 4302 98.31
Yes 62 1.42
76: In the past year, have you: bought alcohol from a store?
81: In the past year, have you: taken alcohol from your home or a friend's home
Q76 Frequency Percent without permission?
Missing 16 0.37
No 4320 98.72 Q81 Frequency Percent
Yes 40 0.91 Missing 20 0.46
No 3948 90.22
Yes 408 9.32
77: In the past year, have you: bought alcohol from a restaurant or bar?
82: In the past year, have you: been given alcohol by your parents or a friend's
Q77 Frequency Percent parents?
No 4316 98.63 Missing 18 0.41
Yes 41 0.94
No 3775 86.27
Yes 583 13.32
66
83: In the past year, have you: been given alcohol by an underage friend? 87: During the past 30 days, how many times did you use marijuana?

No 3739 85.44 0 times 3865 88.32
Yes 610 13.94 1 or 2 times 170 3.88
3 to 9 times 124 2.83
10 to 19 times 73 1.67
84: In the past year, have you: been given alcohol by a legal aged (21+) person?
2o to 39 times 37 0.85
40 or more times 77 1.76
Missing 27 0.62
No 3651 83.43
96: If you wanted to get some marijuana, how easy would it be for you to get some?
Yes 698 15.95
Missing 72 1.65
85: In the past year, have you: attended a party where alcohol was available? Very hard 2274 51.97
Sort of hard 581 13.28
Q85 Frequency Percent Sort of easy 635 14.51
Missing 22 0.5 Very easy 814 18.6
No 2769 63.28
Yes 1585 36.22
89: If you have ever used an over the counter drug only for the experience or feeling is
caused, how old were you when your first used it?
86: If you have ever used marijuana, how old were you when you used marijuana for
the first time? Q89 Frequency Percent
Missing 51 1.17
Q86 Frequency Percent I have never used an over
Missing 69 1.58 the counter drug only to get 4107 93.85
high
I have never used marijuana 3501 80
8 years old or younger 19 0.43 9 or 10 years old 13 0.3
15 or 16 years old 322 7.36 17 years old or older 21 0.48
67
90: During the past 30 days, how many times did you use an over the counter drug only 93: During the past 30 days have you used any of the following without a doctor's
for the experience or feeling that it caused? prescription? Prescription pain relievers.

0 times 4203 96.05 No 4195 95.86
1 or 2 times 58 1.33 Yes 87 1.99
3 to 9 times 31 0.71
10 to 19 times 15 0.34
2o to 39 times 5 0.11 94: During the past 30 days have you used any of the following without a doctor's
40 or more times 10 0.23 prescription? Prescription stimulants.

Missing 100 2.29
91: If you have ever used prescription drugs without a doctor's prescription, how old No 4174 95.38
were you when you first used them? Yes 102 2.33
Missing 119 2.72 95: If you wanted to get some prescription drugs without a doctor's prescription, how
easy would it be for you to get some?
I have never used
prescription drugs that were 3948 90.22 Q95 Frequency Percent
not prescribed for me Missing 82 1.87
8 years old or younger 27 0.62 Very hard 2332 53.29
9 or 10 years old 7 0.16 Sort of hard 919 21
11 or 12 years old 39 0.89 Sort of easy 596 13.62
13 or 14 years old 83 1.9 Very easy 447 10.21
15 or 16 years old 109 2.49
96: Referring to prescription drugs not prescribed to you, in the past year have you:
bought them from a friend/peer?
92: During the past 30 days have you used any of the following without a doctor's Q96 Frequency Percent
prescription? Prescription sedatives or tranquilizers. Missing 28 0.64
Missing 80 1.83 Yes 124 2.83
No 4220 96.44
Yes 76 1.74
68
97: Referring to prescription drugs not prescribed to you, in the past year have you: 101: Referring to prescription drugs not prescribed to you, in the past year have you:
taken them from your home? attended a party where they were available?

No 4205 96.09 No 3988 91.13
Yes 134 3.06 Yes 341 7.79
98: Referring to prescription drugs not prescribed to you, in the past year have you: 102: If you have ever used an inhalant to get high, how old were you the first time you
taken them from your grandparents? used an inhalant?

No 4303 98.33
I have never used inhalants 4172 95.34
Yes 32 0.73
99: Referring to prescription drugs not prescribed to you, in the past year have you:
11 or 12 years old 46 1.05
taken them from a friend?
15 or 16 years old 19 0.43
Missing 46 1.05
No 4245 97.01
Yes 85 1.94 103: During the past 30 days, how many times have you used an inhalant in order to
get high?
100: Referring to prescription drugs not prescribed to you, in the past year have you: Missing 52 1.19
taken the from a friend's home? 0 times 4267 97.51
1 or 2 times 31 0.71
Q100 Frequency Percent 3 to 9 times 10 0.23
Missing 45 1.03
10 to 19 times 9 0.21
No 4292 98.08 2o to 39 times 4 0.09
Yes 39 0.89 40 or more times 3 0.07
69
104: Have you ever used cocaine in any form including powder, crack, or freebase? 109: During the past 30 days, how many times have you used a hallucinogen?

No 4243 96.96 0 times 4242 96.94
Yes 102 2.33 1 or 2 times 43 0.98
3 to 5 times 17 0.39
6 to 9 times 5 0.11
105: Have you ever used heroin? 10 to 19 times 4 0.09
Q105 Frequency Percent 20 to 39 times 2 0.05
Missing 34 0.78 40 or more times 8 0.18
No 4313 98.56
Yes 29 0.66
110: If you wanted to get a drug like cocaine, LSD, heroin, or meth, how easy would it
be for you to get some?
106: Have you ever used methamphetamine?
No 4306 98.4 Very hard 3288 75.14
Yes 31 0.71 Sort of hard 546 12.48
Sort of easy 302 6.9
107: Have you ever used ecstasy? Very easy 162 3.7
Missing 42 0.96
No 4272 97.62 111: How much do you think people risk harming themselves if they: use an over the
Yes 62 1.42 counter drug only for the experience or feeling that it caused?

108: Have you ever used hallucinogens? Missing 28 0.64
Q108 Frequency Percent 0 325 7.43
Missing 57 1.3 1 451 10.31
No 4157 95
2 1465 33.48
3 1493 34.12
Yes 162 3.7
4 614 14.03
70
112: How much do you think people risk harming themselves if they: use a prescription 115: How much do you think people risk harming themselves if they: smoke marijuana
drug not prescribed to them? once or twice a week?

0 308 7.04 0 1030 23.54
1 328 7.5 1 868 19.84
2 1207 27.58 2 1070 24.45
3 2047 46.78 3 992 22.67
4 452 10.33 4 372 8.5
113: How much do you think people risk harming themselves if they: try marijuana one 116: How much do you think people risk harming themselves if they: have one or two
or twice? alcoholic drinks nearly every day?
0 1355 30.96 0 400 9.14
1 1077 24.61 1 570 13.03
2 820 18.74 2 1202 27.47
3 701 16.02 3 1855 42.39
4 386 8.82 4 306 6.99
114: How much do you think people risk harming themselves if they: have five or more 117: How much do you think people risk harming themselves if they: smoke one or
alcoholic drinks once or twice a week? more packs of cigarettes per day?
0 437 9.99 No risk 331 7.56
1 753 17.21 Slight risk 151 3.45
2 1433 32.75 Moderate risk 508 11.61
3 1384 31.63 Great risk 3047 69.63
4 324 7.4
Can't say/Drug unfamiliar 297 6.79
71
119: How much do you think people risk harming themselves if they: Use electronic 121: How wrong do your parents feel it would be for you to: have one or two alcoholic
vapor products or e-cigarettes (such as Blu, NJOY, or Starbuzz)? drinks nearly every day?

No risk 802 18.33 Very wrong 3558 81.31
Slight risk 1239 28.31 Wrong 588 13.44
Moderate risk 1159 26.49 A little bit wrong 148 3.38
Great risk 649 14.83 Not wrong at all 48 1.1
Can't say/Drug unfamiliar 481 10.99
122: How wrong do your parents feel it would be for you to: smoke marijuana?

119: How wrong do your parents feel it would be for you to: smoke cigarettes?
Missing 39 0.89
Q119 Frequency Percent Very wrong 3287 75.11
Missing 26 0.59 Wrong 568 12.98
Very wrong 3566 81.49 A little bit wrong 295 6.74
Wrong 579 13.23 Not wrong at all 187 4.27
A little bit wrong 149 3.4
Not wrong at all 56 1.28
123: How wrong do your parents feel it would be for you to: use prescription drugs not
prescribed to you?
120: How wrong do your parents feel it would be for you to: drink beer, wine, or hard
liquor regularly?
Missing 42 0.96
Q120 Frequency Percent Very wrong 3744 85.56
Missing 24 0.55 Wrong 448 10.24
Very wrong 2915 66.61 A little bit wrong 94 2.15
Wrong 884 20.2 Not wrong at all 48 1.1
Not wrong at all 126 2.88 124: How wrong do your friends feel it would be for you to: smoke cigarettes?

Missing 38 0.87
Very wrong 2490 56.9
Wrong 1030 23.54
Not wrong at all 281 6.42 72
124: How wrong do your friends feel it would be for you to: smoke cigarettes? 127: How wrong do your friends feel it would be for you to: use marijuana?

Very wrong 2490 56.9 Very wrong 2267 51.81
Wrong 1030 23.54 Wrong 625 14.28
A little bit wrong 537 12.27 A little bit wrong 596 13.62
Not wrong at all 281 6.42 Not wrong at all 840 19.2
125: How wrong do your friends feel it would be for you to: have on or two drinks of an 128: What percentage of the kids in your grade do you think have had some kind of
alcoholic beverage nearly every day? alcoholic beverage in the past 30 days?
Very wrong 2538 58 0-20% 1482 33.87
Wrong 1017 23.24 21-40% 1003 22.92
A little bit wrong 519 11.86 41-60% 1007 23.01
Not wrong at all 261 5.96 61-80% 655 14.97
81-100% 183 4.18
126: How wrong do your friends feel it would be for you to: use prescription drugs not
prescribed to you?
Q126 Frequency Percent 129: What percentage of the kids in your grade do you think have used marijuana in
Missing 42 0.96 the past 30 days?
1 person 2915 66.61
2 people 880 20.11 Q129 Frequency Percent
3 people 358 8.18 Missing 52 1.19
4 people 181 4.14 0-20% 1737 39.69
21-40% 874 19.97
41-60% 777 17.76
127: How wrong do your friends feel it would be for you to: use marijuana?
61-80% 654 14.95
Q127 Frequency Percent 81-100% 282 6.44
Missing 48 1.1
Wrong 625 14.28
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Sexual Health
130: Have your parents or other adults in your family ever talked with you about what 134: If you have ever had oral sex, how old were you the first time you had oral sex?
they expect you to do or not to do when it comes to sex?
Missing 36 1.26 I have never had oral sex 2213 77.27
No 1049 36.63 11 years old or younger 26 0.91
Yes 1779 62.12 12 years old 20 0.7
131: How wrong do your parents feel it would be for you to have sexual intercourse?
15 years old 174 6.08
16 years old 164 5.73
Q131 Frequency Percent 17 years old 74 2.58
Missing 21 0.73 18 years old or older 7 0.24
Wrong 610 21.3
135: If you have ever had sexual intercourse, how were you when you had sexual
intercourse for the first time?
Don't know 364 12.71
Missing 19 0.66
I have never had sexual
132: There are consequences when someone my age has sexual intercourse. 2281 79.64
intercourse
Q132 Frequency Percent 11 years old or younger 19 0.66
Missing 31 1.08 12 years old 15 0.52
Strongly Agree 1063 37.12 13 years old 45 1.57
Agree 1010 35.27 14 years old 80 2.79
Disagree 334 11.66 15 years old 132 4.61
Strongly disagree 73 2.55 16 years old 157 5.48
Don't know 353 12.33 17 years old 104 3.63
133: There are consequences when someone my age has oral sex. 136: During your life, with how many people have you had sexual intercourse?

Strongly Agree 898 31.35 1 272 9.5
Agree 877 30.62 2 131 4.57
Disagree 500 17.46 3 61 2.13
Strongly disagree 129 4.5 4 28 0.98
Don't know 429 14.98 5 19 0.66
6 39 1.36
74
Sexual Health (continued)
137: During the past 3 months, with how many people did you have sexual 140: The last time you had sexual intercourse did you or your partner use a condom?
intercourse?
Missing 2312 80.73 Yes 333 11.63
I have had sexual No 213 7.44
intercourse, but not during 136 4.75
the past 3 months
1 person 357 12.47 141: The last time you had sexual intercourse, what one method did you or your
2 people 34 1.19 partner use to prevent pregnancy?
3 people 13 0.45 Q141 Frequency Percent
4 people 3 0.1 Missing 2316 80.87
5 people 2 0.07 No method was used to
6 or more people 7 0.24 50 1.75
prevent pregnancy
Birth control pills 131 4.57
Condoms 253 8.83
138: During the past 12 months have you ever been tested for any sexually transmitted
diseases? An IUD (Such as Mirena or
ParaGard) or implant (such 27 0.94
Q138 Frequency Percent as Implanon or Nexplanon)
Missing 2269 79.22
No 471 16.45 A shot (such as Depo-
Yes 124 4.33 Provera), a patch (such as
26 0.91
OrthoEvra), or birth control
ring (such as NuvaRing)
139: Did you drink alcohol or use drugs before you had sexual intercourse the last Withdrawal or some other
time? 46 1.61
method
Q139 Frequency Percent Not sure 15 0.52
Missing 2306 80.52
Yes 95 3.32
No 463 16.17
75
Body Weight, Diet & Physical Activity
142: How would you describe your weight? 146: During the past 30 days, have you done any of the following to lose wight or to
Q142 Frequency Percent keep from gaining weight? Go without eating for 24 hours or more.
Missing 99 2.26
Very underweight 97 2.22
Slightly underweight 634 14.49 Missing 62 1.42
About the right weight 2309 52.77 No 3889 88.87
Slightly overweight 1030 23.54 Yes 425 9.71
Very overweight 207 4.73
143: Which of the following are you trying to do about your weight? 147: During the past 30 days, have you done any of the following to lose wight or to
Q143 Frequency Percent keep from gaining weight? Take any diet pills, powders, or liquids without a doctor's
Missing 84 1.92 advice.
I am not trying to do Q147 Frequency Percent

1157 26.44
anything about my weight Missing 52 1.19
No 4197 95.91
Lose weight 1809 41.34
Yes 127 2.9
Gain weight 521 11.91
Stay the same weight 805 18.4
148: During the past 30 days, have you done any of the following to lose weight or to
keep from gaining weight? Vomit or take laxatives.
144: During the past 30 days, have you done any of the following to lose wight or to
keep from gaining weight? Exercise. Q148 Frequency Percent
Missing 49 1.12
No 4179 95.5
Missing 48 1.1
Yes 148 3.38
No 1132 25.87
Yes 3196 73.03
149: On an average day, how many cups of fruit do you eat?

145: During the past 30 days, have you done any of the following to lose wight or to
Missing 53 1.21
keep from gaining weight? East less food, fewer calories, or foods low in fat.
I do not usually eat fruit 528 12.07
1 cup 1487 33.98
2 cups 1195 27.31
Missing 48 1.1
3 cups 677 15.47
No 2416 55.21
4 cups 247 5.64
Yes 1912 43.69
5 cups 75 1.71
6 cups or more 114 2.61
76
2 cups 1195 27.31
3 cups 677 15.47
4 cups 247 5.64
5 cups 75 1.71
6 cups or more 114 2.61
Body Weight, Diet & Physical Activity (continued)
150: On an average day, how many cups of vegetables fo you eat? 152: During the past 7 days, how many times did you drink a can, bottle, or glass or an
energy drink, such as Red Bull or Jolt? (Do not count diet energy drinks or sports drinks
Q150 Frequency Percent such as Gatorade or Powerade)
Missing 52 1.19
I do not usually eat Q152 Frequency Percent
883 20.18 Missing 52 1.19
vegetables
1 cup 1536 35.1 I did not drink energy drinks
2 cups 1023 23.38 3596 82.18
3 cups 511 11.68
1 to 3 times during the past 7
4 cups 214 4.89 513 11.72
days
5 cups 65 1.49
4 to 6 times during the past 7
6 cups or more 92 2.1 74 1.69
days
1 time per day 64 1.46
2 times per day 38 0.87
151: During the past 7 days, how many times did you drink a can, bottle, or glass of
soda?
4 or more times per day 29 0.66
Missing 59 1.35
153: During the past 30 days how often did you go hungry, because there was not
I did not drink soda or pop
1393 31.83 enough food in your home?
Less than 1 time per day 1726 39.44
Missing 55 1.26
1 time per day 587 13.41
Never 3007 68.72
Rarely 785 17.94
Sometimes 398 9.1
4 or more times per day 121 2.77
Most of the time 87 1.99
Always 44 1.01
154: During the past 7 days, on how many days were you physically active for a total of
at least 60 minutes per day?

Missing 63 1.44
0 days 573 13.09
1 day 297 6.79
2 days 431 9.85
3 days 427 9.76
4 days 428 9.78 77
5 days 676 15.45
Body Weight, Diet & Physical Activity (continued)
154: During the past 7 days, on how many days were you physically active for a total of 156: On an average day, how many hours do you watch TV, play video games, or use a
at least 60 minutes per day? computer for something that is not school work?

0 days 573 13.09 I do not watch TV, or play
1 day 297 6.79 video or computer games, or
2 days 431 9.85 use a computer for 119 2.72
3 days 427 9.76 something that is not school
4 days 428 9.78 work
5 days 676 15.45 Less than 1 hour per day 417 9.53
6 days 413 9.44 1 hour per day 525 12
7 days 1068 24.41 2 hours per day 1006 22.99
3 hours per day 919 21
4 hours per day 519 11.86
155: On how many of the past 7 days did you do exercises to strengthen or tone your
5 or more hours per day 811 18.53
muscles?
Missing 62 1.42
0 days 1263 28.86 157: On an average night, how many hours of sleep do you get?
1 day 444 10.15
2 days 544 12.43 Q157 Frequency Percent
3 days 530 12.11 Missing 64 1.46
4 days 357 8.16 4 or less hours 216 4.94
5 days 515 11.77 5 hours 365 8.34
6 days 170 3.88 6 hours 850 19.42
7 days 491 11.22 7 hours 1243 28.4
8 hours 1117 25.53
9 hours 405 9.26
10 or more hours *Questions

158 through 174 all use the 116 2.65
following format
78
Family
158: People in my family often insult or yell at each other. 162: My parents want me to call if I'm going to be late getting home.

NO! 1352 30.9 NO! 163 3.72
no 1696 38.76 no 336 7.68
yes 888 20.29 yes 1300 29.71
YES! 383 8.75 YES! 2500 57.13
159: We argue about the same things in my family over and over again. 163: When I am not at home, one of my parents knows where I am and who I am with.

Missing 70 1.6
Missing 59 1.35
NO! 102 2.33
NO! 1238 28.29
no 315 7.2
no 1377 31.47
yes 1412 32.27
yes 1177 26.9
YES! 2477 56.6
YES! 525 12
164: The rules in my family are clear.

160: People in my family have serious arguments. Q164 Frequency Percent
Missing 68 1.55
NO! 95 2.17
Missing 59 1.35
no 420 9.6
NO! 1721 39.33
yes 1682 38.44
no 1486 33.96
YES! 2111 48.24
yes 765 17.48
YES! 345 7.88
165: My family has clear rules about alcohol and drug abuse.
161: My parents ask if I've gotten ny homework done. Q165 Frequency Percent
Missing 75 1.71
Q161 Frequency Percent NO! 114 2.61
Missing 70 1.6 no 408 9.32
NO! 241 5.51 yes 1097 25.07
no 499 11.4 YES! 2682 61.29
yes 1606 36.7
YES! 1960 44.79
79
Family (continued) Community
166: Would your parents know if you did not come home on time? 170: How much does the following describe your neighborhood: I feel safe.

NO! 106 2.42 NO! 65 1.49
no 462 10.56 no 194 4.43
yes 1517 34.67 yes 1584 36.2
YES! 2221 50.75 YES! 2461 56.24
167: My parents give me lots of chances to do fun things with them. 171: How much does the following describe your neighborhood: Crime and/or drug
selling.
NO! 255 5.83 NO! 2722 62.2
no 726 16.59 no 1080 24.68
yes 1835 41.93 yes 366 8.36
YES! 1486 33.96 YES! 132 3.02
168: My parents ask me what I think before most family decisions affecting me are
made. 172: How much does the following describe your neighborhood: Fights.
NO! 437 9.99 NO! 2782 63.57
no 991 22.65 no 1105 25.25
yes 1850 42.28 yes 292 6.67
YES! 1008 23.03 YES! 113 2.58
169: If I had a personal problem, I could ask my mom or dad for help. 173: How much does the following describe your neighborhood: Lots of empty or
Q169 Frequency Percent abandoned buildings.
NO! 345 7.88 Missing 88 2.01
no 502 11.47 NO! 3170 72.44
yes 1631 37.27 no 989 22.6
YES! 1810 41.36 yes 83 1.9
YES! 46 1.05
80
Community (continued)
174: How much does the following describe your neighborhood: Lots of graffiti. 178: During the past 12 months, have you participated in: Non-team sports?

NO! 3337 76.26 No 2635 60.21
no 815 18.62 Yes 1637 37.41
yes 88 2.01
YES! 46 1.05
179: During the past 12 months, have you participated in: Art/music/theater/dance?
175: During the past 12 months, have you participated in: Volunteer opportunity? Q179 Frequency Percent
Missing 87 1.99
No 2354 53.79
Missing 87 1.99
Yes 1935 44.22
No 1780 40.68
Yes 2509 57.34
180: During the past 12 months, have you participated in: Part-time job?
176: During the past 12 months, have you participated in: School or community club? Q180 Frequency Percent
Missing 86 1.97
No 2606 59.55
Missing 91 2.08
Yes 1684 38.48
No 2313 52.86
Yes 1972 45.06
181: During the past 12 months, have you participated in: Faith-based group?
177: During the past 12 months, have you participated in: Team sports? Q181 Frequency Percent
Missing 99 2.26
Missing 88 2.01 Yes 1974 45.11
No 1711 39.1
Yes 2577 58.89
182: During the past 12 months, have you participated in: Leadership activities?

Missing 82 1.87
No 3279 74.93
Yes 1015 23.19
81
Appendix B
Result Charts
The big picture
GOOD NEWS! NOT Good News!
Fewer teens are Teen depression

having sex & suicidal behaviors
Substance use Perceived RISK of

decreasing substance use
More community Inadequate fruit &

involvement vegetables
SAFETY
Trafficking
Teens in all 3 grades report being trafficked
1.5 in 100 1 in 100

forced to work or do given money, shelter,
something illegal food or something of
value in exchange for
by someone who got
money or something of sex
value for what they did
500
teens in
Ottawa County schools
say they have been trafficked
for sex or work
Driving 64%
In the past month of 12th grade drivers
report texting
or using
internet, apps or email
while driving
15%
8%
3%
I rode in a vehicle w/someone I drove after drinking alcohol I drove after smoking marijuana
who had been drinking alcohol
2011 2013 2015 2017

Healthy relationships
In the past year “I have dated
or gone out
with someone”
replaces
52%
“boyfriend” &
“girlfriend”
16%
13%
11%
7% 7%
I've dated or who called me who tried to who isolated me who hit, who threatened
gone out with degrading control when I from family or slapped, me
someone names saw my friends friends physically hurt
me
2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

Depression & suicide
In the past year
28.9% were depressed
19.1% 19.4% seriously thought

about suicide
13.9% 13.6% made a plan to attempt
8.6% 8.0% attempted suicide

6.1%
2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

Depression & suicide
Who is affected
I felt I seriously I made a I

sad or thought about plan about attempted
hopeless suicide suicide suicide
Overall 29% 19% 14% 8%
8th 21% 16% 10% 5%

10th 32% 21% 16% 6%
12th 33% 21% 15% 9%
Female 37% 25% 17% 10%

Male 20% 13% 10% 5%
Other 35% 27% 20% 13%

Hispanic 35% 23% 14% 11%
White 27% 17% 12% 6%
Teen boys are twice as likely as girls to take their own life
SUBSTANCE USE
Age at my first time
Among 12th graders who have ever…
39%
of 12th graders
never tried
any of these drugs
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
10 20
Current substance use
“I used in the past month”
Vaping
Alcohol
Marijuana
Binge drinking
Cigarettes
4% Rx drugs
OTC drugs
2% Inhalants
2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

Vaping
Alcohol
Marijuana
Binge drinking
7%
Cigarettes
Rx drugs
3% OTC drugs
Inhalants
2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

26%
“I used in the past month” of teens say
Rx drugs are
easy to get
Vaping
Alcohol
Marijuana
Binge drinking
7%
Cigarettes
4% Rx drugs
OTC drugs
Inhalants
2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

Current substance use 1 in 5
“I used in the past month” teens say their
friends feel
it is NOT WRONG
for them to smoke
Vaping
18%
Alcohol
Marijuana
Binge drinking
6% Cigarettes
Rx drugs
OTC drugs
Inhalants
2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

Vaping
19%
Alcohol
Marijuana
9% Binge drinking
Cigarettes
Rx drugs
OTC drugs
Inhalants
2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

Vaping
Alcohol
15%
13% Marijuana
Binge drinking
Cigarettes
Rx drugs
OTC drugs
Inhalants
2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

Current substance use 27%
“I used in the past month” of 8th graders
attended a party
29% where alcohol
was available
Vaping
17% Alcohol
Marijuana
Binge drinking
Cigarettes
Rx drugs
OTC drugs
Inhalants
2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

49%
“I used in the past month” of teens perceive
little risk
to vaping
20% Vaping
Alcohol
14%
Marijuana
Binge drinking
Cigarettes
Rx drugs
OTC drugs
Inhalants
2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

Current substance use Teens perceived
“I used in the past month” less risk
with using
4 out of 7
drugs
20% Vaping
17% Alcohol
13% Marijuana
9% Binge drinking
6% Cigarettes
4% Rx drugs
3% OTC drugs
2% Inhalants
2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

WELLNESS
Activity & sleep
2 out of 3 teens get less than 8 hours of sleep per night
52%
3+ hours watching screens on average day
53%
57%
Physically active 60+ min, 5 out of 7 days
44%
54%
Muscle strengthening 3 out of 7 days
42%
40%
8 or more hours of sleep
33%
Obesity
More than 1 in 4 teens is ABOVE a healthy weight
Overweight
14% Among teens
considered
obese per their BMI
21% vs. 8%
of males of females
Obese think their weight is

12% about right
2007 2017
Teen nutrition
“I eat 5 or more servings of fruits and vegetables on an average day”
30.6%
26.5%
2007 2017
Overall 26.5%
8th 29.6% Inadequate 1 in 8

10th 24.6% daily teens report eating
12th 25.5% consumption NO fruit
of
Female 24.3% fruits and
Male 29.0%
vegetables 1 in 5
is fairly teens report eating
Other 26.0%
Hispanic 23.0%
universal NO vegetables
White 27.2%
Teen hunger
“In the past 30 days, I sometimes, most of the time or always
went hungry because there was not enough food in my home”
1.0% Overall 12.7%
Most of time/Always
2.1%
Sometimes 9.5%
8th 12.2%
Rarely 17.8%
10th 12.3%
12th 13.5%
Female 12.1%
Never 69.5%
Male 13.3%
Other 23.6%
Hispanic 17.4%
White 9.6%
1 in 5
minority teens goes hungry
SEXUAL HEALTH
Sexting 4%
In the past year of teens
say a revealing photo
was posted
WITHOUT their
permission
21%
17%
10%
7%
4%
Engaged in any I sent a sexually I shared a sexually I sent or posted a I shared a naked or
"sexting" activity suggestive suggestive naked or semi- semi-naked photo
message message that was naked photo or or video that was
sent by someone video of myself sent by someone
else else
2011 2013 2015 2017

Perceptions about sexual activity
Females are more likely than males to say…
73% 76%
62% 63%
I agree that there are I agree that there are Adults in my family have My parents feel it would be
physical, emotional and physical, emotional and talked to me about what wrong for me to have sex
other consequences when other consequences when they expect when it comes
someone my age has sex someone my age has oral to sex
sex
2011 2013 2015 2017

Sexual behavior
A positive trend continues among almost all sexual health behaviors
Only 40%
of teens
used a CONDOM
the last time
25%
23%
21%
I've had oral sex I've had sexual intercourse I've been tested for a STD in
past year (among those who
reported recent sex)
2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
FAMILY & COMMUNITY
Family & community involvement
Most teens are involved - and have parents who are too
9 in 10 Only 6%
teens say: of teens
did not participate
 My parents want me to call if I’m in a community
late activity
 My parents know where I am & #1

who I’m with a team sport
 The rules in my family are clear #2

volunteering
 My parents would know if I didn’t
come home on time
DIGGING DEEPER
Risk & protective factors
Teens who thought about attempting
suicide in the past 12 months were more Of teens who
likely to report they had… THOUGHT ABOUT
taking their own life,
nearly 40%
Made a plan 11.5x
ATTEMPTED it
Attempted 16x
suicide
Experienced 20x
depression
Risk & protective factors
NEGATIVELY
ASSOCIATED
“I vomited or took laxatives
to control weight” 3x
“I was physically harmed

on purpose in my home”
3x
“People in my family have

serious arguments”
1.75x
1.4x “I am about the right weight”

POSITIVELY
ASSOCIATED
1.5x “I participated in a team/non-team sport”
2x “I am a boy”
“If I had a personal problem, I could

2x ask my mom or dad for help”
In a classroom of 30 students…
1 has been
hit, slapped, or hurt
by a boy or girl
they went out with
this year
1
is vomiting or
taking laxatives
to control their
weight
1 or 2
had sex
when they
did not want to
1 or 2
found themselves
homeless
sometime this year
1 or 2
suffered
physical
abuse at home
this year
2
did not
come to school
because they
felt unsafe
2
have been
threatened
by someone they
were dating or
going out with
2 or 3
have tried to
take their own
life this year
3
have sent
or posted a
naked or
semi-naked
photo or video of
themselves
4 are
going hungry
because there is
not enough food
at home
4
made a plan
about how to
attempt suicide
5 have been
bullied or
harassed
on school property
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What is in the YAS report? Why is the YAS important?

Total 4376 100% 100%

11 school systems participated

8th 10th 12th Race/Ethnicity

8 school systems participated

Issue Area Total N Categories

I have ridden in a vehicle driven by

I have driven a vehicle after

N 2017 2015 2013 2011 2009 F M 8th

I have ridden in a vehicle driven by

Example in Figure 2 I have ridden in a vehicle driven by

15.6% or 358 13.1% or 273

95% Conf idence Level

Results Table Symbols 28 . . . . Alcohol Use

I drove a vehicle after drinking

I drove a vehicle after smoking

I texted or e-mailed while driving in

I used internet or apps while driving

I did not go to school on one more

Electronically through e-mail,

I have been bullied or

I joined an organized gang for the

17.9% 18.4% 15.1% 19.2% 14.7% 12.2% 22.1% 17.4% 30.1%

47.5% 50.9% 52.7% 35.2% 52.4% 48.5% 44.8% 56.3% 50%

I have had sexual intercourse when I 20.7%

Traff icking 500 Teens have been traf f icked for sex or work.

I have been forced to work or do

During the past 12 months, I have

Were depressed 28.9% were depressed

13.9% Made a plan to attempt 13.6% made a plan to attempt

8.6% Attempted suicide 8.0% attempted suicide

2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

6.7% 7.4% 5.7% 4.8% 7% 7.4% 6.1% 6.1% 9.6%

16% 19.5% 11.7% 12.1% 17% 17.2% 14.9% 19.7% 18%

During the past 12 months, I saw

45.7% 43% 48.8% 45.7% 47.3% 44.1% 44% 54.4% 44.9%

65.9% 72.7% 57.9% 65.7% 65.8% 66.1% 66.8% 64.4% 63.9%

19.8% 19% 20.7% 16% 18.6% 24.2% 21.1% 17.4% 17.7%

I would want someone to find help if

When I am not at home, one of my

My parents ask me what I think

46.4% 50.3% 42% 50% 46.5% 42.9% 50.3% 39.6% 32.9%

I did not participate in any of these

I smoked a whole cigarette for the

I smoked a whole cigarette for the

I tried to quit smoking in the past 12

I believe there is no or slight risk to

My parents feel it would not be

My friends feel it would not be

I stole cigarettes from a store

I took cigarettes from my

I have been given cigarettes by

I have been given cigarettes by

I have been given cigarettes by

I used chewing tobacco, snuff, or dip

I have smoked cigarettes or cigars or

Electronic Vapor Product Use

I have used an electronic vapor

I believe there is no or slight risk to

2017 Ottawa County Youth Assessment Sur vey 27

I have had five or more drinks of

I believe there is no or slight risk to

I believe there is no or slight risk to

My friends feel it would not be

The wording of this question Q113The