Findings
HS-27, 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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January 2000 |
January 2002 |
January 2004 |
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Sexual Behaviors in the Past Year: |
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Of those having sex – yes, I did use something to prevent HIV or pregnancy |
81% |
82% |
78% |
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Forced you to have sex when you didn’t want to |
4 |
4 |
6 |
Physical violence in the last year |
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Pushed / shoved |
63 |
64 |
64 |
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Punched / hit |
53 |
48 |
40 |
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Beat up |
31 |
30 |
26 |
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Pain from a fight |
25 |
24 |
27 |
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Threatened with a gun or knife |
4 |
5 |
8 |
Total Number Respondents |
271 |
241 |
281 |
Survey Questions
- Did you use or do anything to prevent HIV or pregnancy the last time you had consenting sex?
- Has anyone, ever in your life, forced you to have sex when you didn’t want to?
- During the last year, did you push or shove?
- During the last year, did you punch or hit someone with something that could hurt?
- During the last year, did you beat up someone?
- During the last year, have you felt physical pain that still hurt the next day because of a fight with someone?
- During the last year, did you threaten someone with a knife or gun?