Findings
HS-25, Cortland County Eighth Grade ZAP Survey Results
January 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004
The following table summarizes five rounds of surveys conducted over the past nine years in local schools. Zero Adolescent Pregnancy or ZAP, sponsored this research by an outside evaluator. ZAP, Cortland 's award winning teen pregnancy prevention program, is a collaboration of the Cortland County Health Department, the YWCA and the City Youth Bureau.
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Question Asked: |
Percent Responding “YES” to Questions |
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1996 |
1998 |
2000 |
2002 |
2004 |
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Have you ever used these tobacco products: Cigarettes? |
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28 |
27 |
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Have you ever had alcohol to drink? (Not counting a sip or taste for religious uses.) |
70 |
67 |
53 |
45 |
42 |
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Have you ever gotten drunk? |
28 |
30 |
18 |
22 |
22 |
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Have you ever used marijuana? (pot, grass, hash, etc.) |
30 |
24 |
20 |
21 |
15 |
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Do you currently have a boyfriend or girlfriend? |
35 |
31 |
31 |
34 |
34 |
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Have you ever had consenting sex with anyone? (When you CHOOSE to have sex, not if anyone forced you to.) |
24 |
14 |
10 |
12 |
16 |
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Total Number of Students Surveyed: |
261 |
224 |
271 |
241 |
281 |
Note: "Consenting sex" was carefully defined for respondents