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| Survey shows decline in risky behavior by teenagers |
| By The Macomb Daily |
| Published: 04/05/2004 |
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The Michigan Youth Risk Behavior Survey suggests the number of teens who engage in bad behavior like smoking, drinking, carrying weapons and fighting have declined slightly over last decade. As part of a national effort to monitor students' health and behavior coordinated by the Centers for Disease Control, based in Atlanta, the state survey was conducted last spring under the direction of the Michigan Department of Education. Among the survey's findings: 60 percent said they have tried cigarettes at least once, down from 75 percent since 1975, the first year the survey was conducted; 76 percent of those surveyed said they've consumed alcohol at least once, down from 82 percent six years earlier; 27 percent said they took their first drink of alcohol before age 13, a decline from 35 percent from 1997. However, local surveys reflect the same attitudes among teens about smoking. Teens still perceive smoking as "cool," despite overwhelming evidence of its health dangers. The survey was administered to 3,452 students last spring from 50 randomly selected schools from public high schools across the state. Boys and girls were equally represented, and the survey has a "confidence level" of 5 percent. The data is then compiled and studied by state educators. Detailed results from the Michigan Youth Risk Behavior Survey are available online at www.michigan.gov/documents/2003_MI_YRBS_Chart_84900_7.pdf. |
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