Findings
HS-26, 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/Answer: |
Percent Responding “YES” |
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1996 |
1998 |
2000 |
2002 |
2004 |
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People refer to sexual intercourse in many ways -"making love," "having sex," or "going all the way." As far as you know, how many of your friends have done this? |
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None |
34% |
43% |
50% |
52% |
43% |
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A Few or More |
66 |
57 |
50 |
48 |
57 |
If your friends found out that you were having sex, how do you think they would feel? |
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They would disapprove: |
50 |
55 |
55 |
58 |
62 |
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They wouldn't care/would approve: |
50 |
45 |
45 |
42 |
38 |
If your mother found out that you were having sex, how do you think she would feel? |
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Very Upset |
75 |
78 |
80 |
76 |
74 |
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Pretty Upset, not upset |
25 |
22 |
20 |
24 |
26 |
Number surveyed in comparable schools over the five surveys |
261 |
224 |
271 |
241 |
281 |
Actual Survey Questions
People refer to sexual intercourse in many ways -"making love," "having sex," or "going all the way." As far as you know, how many of your friends have done this? None; just a few; several; most of them; all of them
If your friends found out that you were having sex, how do you think they would feel? They would disapprove and stop being my friends. They would disapprove and still be my friends. They wouldn't care. They would approve.
If your mother found out that you were having sex, how do you think she would feel?
Very upset; Pretty upset; a little upset; Not at all upset; She wouldn’t care.