TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - An assessment of the effect of data collection setting on the prevalence of health risk behaviors among adolescents
JO  - Journal of Adolescent Health
A1  - Kann, Laura
A1  - Brener, Nancy D.
A1  - Warren, Charles W.
A1  - Collins, Janet L.
A1  - Giovino, Gary A.
SP  - 327
EP  - 335
VL  - 31
IS  - 4
N2  - PURPOSE: To examine the effect of data collection setting on the prevalence of priority health risk behaviors among adolescents. METHODS: Analyses were conducted using data from two national probability surveys of adolescents, the 1993 national school-based Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) and the 1992 household-based National Health Interview Survey (NHIS/YRBS). Forty-two items were worded identically on both surveys. RESULTS: Thirty-nine of the 42 identically worded items (93%) showed that the YRBS produced estimates indicating higher risk than the NHIS. Twenty-four of these comparisons yielded statistically significant differences. The prevalence estimates affected most were those for behaviors that are either illegal or socially stigmatized. CONCLUSIONS: School-based surveys produce higher prevalence estimates for adolescent health risk behaviors than do household-based surveys. Each has advantages and disadvantages, and both can play a role in assessing these behaviors.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1054-139X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -