2011 Oregon Healthy Teen Survey

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According to last year's Oregon Healthy Teen survey, 21% of Brookings-Harbor high school Juniors were harassed at school or on the way to or from school in the 30 days prior to taking the survey. Over 24% of this harassment was about physical characteristics, 18% unwanted sexual comments, 12% about their group of friends, 9% about sexual orientation, and 6% about ethnic origin.

In 2010, 21% of 6th graders, 23% of 8th graders and 15% of 11th graders in District 17C schools do not feel safe at school,* and 12% of 6th graders, 10% of 8th graders and 7% of 11th graders in District 17C schools did not go to school for at least one day in the last 30 days because they felt unsafe at school or on their way to or from school.

2011 Oregon Healthy Teens - District 17C

Eight
11th

Azelea*
Oregon
BHHS
Oregon

64 Consider

14.7%
14.6%
11.6%

65 Attempted

7.1
3.3
6.3

66 Injury

1.4
0.9
4.3

68 Not go

6.5
2.1
3.0

69 Threaten

7.2
5.2
3.4

70 Sold drugs

14.2
28.9
19.0

71 Fight

19.0
2.1
7.4

72 Harassed

37.3
20.8
26.2

Race

6.4
2.1
5.3

Sexual

10.7
6.3
8,8

LGBTQ

7.4
3.1
4.6

Physicalness

16.6
8.3
9.0

Friends

10.0
4.2
5.5

Other

19.5
10.4
11.9

80 Had sex

15.0
54.7
44.8

89 Forced

NA
6.3
5.2

92 Girl hit

NA
4.2
5.2

93 Adult hit

NA
30.5
26.3

152 Very

86.8
97.9
91.2

* No data available

Tables:

64 During the past 12 months, did you ever seriously consider attempting suicide?
65. During the past 12 months, how many times did you actually attempt suicide?
66. If you attempted suicide during the past 12 months, did any attempt result in an injury, poisoning, or overdose that had to be treated by a doctor or nurse
68. During the past 30 days, on how many days did you not go to school because you felt you would be unsafe at school or on your way to or from school?
69 During the past 12 months, how many times has someone threatened you with a weapon such as a gun, knife or club on school property?
70 During the past 12 months, has anyone offered,sold or given you an illegal drug on school property?
71 During the past 12 months, how many times were you in a physical fight on school property?
72 During the past 30 days, have you ever been harassed at school (or on the way to or from school) in relation to any of the following issues? Select one or more responses

  • Harassment about your race or ethnic origin
  • Unwanted sexual comments or attention
  • Harassment because someone thought you were gay, lesbian or bisexual
  • Harassment about your weight, clothes, acne, or other physical characteristics
  • Harassment about your group of friends
  • Other reasons

80 Have you ever had sexual intercourse?
89 Have you ever been physically forced to have sexual intercourse when you did not want to?
92 During the past 12 months, did your boyfriend or girlfriend ever hit, slap, or physically hurt you on purpose?
93 During your life, has any adult ever intentionally hit or physically hurt you?
152 How honest were you in filling out this survey?

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