YTS Data Release Notes
General Release Notes
2019 YTS
In 2017 e-cigarettes and hookah smoking were added to the survey as stand-alone questions. They had previously been included in a list with multiple options for students to indicate new tobacco products that they had ever tried or had used on one or more of the past 30 days. New indicators were created for these starting in 2017 because the change in question format made the data not comparable. The new indicators were added to IBIS in 2019, once two years of data were available.
The definition of "Tobacco - ever used, any and current use, any" have changed slightly over time. Prior to 2017 it included cigarettes; cigars, cigarillos or little cigars; chewing tobacco, snuff or dip; tobacco in a pipe; and bidis or kreteks. From 2017 forward e-cigarettes and hookahs replaced pipe tobacco, bidis and kreteks. We have included these changes in their respective indicators as they show the relative use of the most popular forms of tobacco among youth from 2000-2019.
There was a slight change in response options for race/ethnicity in the 2019 survey: "I do not describe myself as only one group" was not included in the race/ethnicity question. This resulted in an increase in the relative percentage of students who identified as Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and a decrease in those who identified as other.
While it the policy of HHDW to archive indicators based on questions which have not been asked in 6+ years, we have preserved all the YTS indicators with this data load as it is our understanding that 2019 was the last year this survey will be administered.
New Demographics category
We introduced a new demographics category in this release. This section allows users to view detailed information about the YTS population.New dimensions are now available
- Hispanic or Latino - students who are Hispanic or Latino, yes/no, high school and middle school, all years
- Sexual orientation - straight, gay or lesbian, bisexual and not sure, for high school and middle school, 2017-2019
- Sexual orientation by sex (M/F) - straight males, straight females, gay or bisexual males, lesbian or bisexual females, not sure males, and not sure females, for high school and middle school, 2017-2019
- Transgender - yes/no, for high school and middle school, 2017-2019
- Sexual or gender minority - students who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, not sure or transgender, yes/no for high school and middle school, 2017-2019
New YTS indicators in 2019
There are several new indicators available:- Sex
- Grade level
- Census Race
- DOH Race Ethnicity
- Program Race Ethnicity
- Hispanic or Latino
- Speak other than English at home
- Type of residence
- Sexual orientation
- Sexual orientation by sex (M/F)
- Transgender
- Sexual or gender minority
- E-cigarettes - ever used
- E-cigarettes - current vaping
- E-cigarettes - used because can use where tobacco is not allowed
- E-cigarettes - used because famous people use
- E-cigarettes - used because they cost less
- E-cigarettes - used because they are easy to get
- E-cigarettes - used because of flavors
- E-cigarettes - used because friends or family use
- E-cigarettes - used because less harmful
- E-cigarettes - used because of some other reason
- E-cigarettes - used because quitting other tobacco
- E-cigarettes - curious about, nvr vap
- E-cigarettes - first tried before age 13
- E-cigarettes - first tried within past year
- E-cig users among 4 closest friends, nvr vap
- Hookah - first tried within past year
- Hookah - ever smoked
- Hookah - current smoking
- Intention - may vape in next year, nvr vap
- Intention - will try an e-cigarette soon, nvr vap
- Access - easy to get tobacco
- Access - refused cigarette sale, curr smk
- Media - see/hear anti-vaping commercials
- Media - see/hear anti-vaping commercials, cur vap
- Media - see/hear anti-vaping commercials, nvr vap
- Media - see/hear anti-vaping commercials daily
- Media - see anti-tobacco ads at Aloha Stadium
- Media - see anti-tobacco ads on a bus
- Media - see anti-tobacco ads at movies
- Media - see anti-tobacco ads in parking lots
- Media - see anti-tobacco ads in local print
- Media - hear anti-tobacco ads on radio
- Media - see anti-tobacco ads on TV
- Media - see anti-tobacco ads at malls
- Advertisements - tobacco ads on radio
- Perception - think SHS is harmful (2017-2019)
- Perception - think e-cig SHS is harmful
- Perception - think SHS is harmful, nvr smk (2013-2015)
All Years
For more information on the number of students surveyed each year and links to the survey instruments, please click here.Race/Ethnicity Data
Students are asked two questions to ascertain their race/ethnicity:- Are you Hispanic or Latino? This question is used to create the Hispanic or Latino indicator and dimension.
- Which one of these groups best describes you? (CHOOSE ONLY ONE ANSWER). This question is used to create the Race/ Ethnicity classifications.
In HHDW, the most granular level is the program race/ethnicity (PRG) which rolls up into the DOH standard race/ethnicity (DOH), which rolls up into Census race reporting categories (Census). The table below illustrates how the data is aggregated. Note that in 2019, "I do not describe myself as only one group" was omitted as a response option.
| Race/Ethnicity Classifications | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Source Race/Ethnicity | Program Race/Ethnicity (PRG) | DOH Race/Ethnicity (DOH) | Census Race (Census) |
| Black or African American | Black | Black | Black or African American |
| Chinese | Chinese | Chinese | Asian |
| Filipino | Filipino | Filipino | Asian |
| Hawaiian/ Part Hawaiian | Hawaiian/ Part Hawaiian | Native Hawaiian | Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
| Hispanic or Latino | Other | Other | Other |
| Japanese | Japanese | Japanese | Asian |
| Other Pacific Islander | Pacific Islander Unspecified | Other Pacific Islander | Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
| White | White | White | White |
| Some other group | Other | Other | Other |
| I do not describe myself as only one group | Other | Other | Other |
Cell Suppression
According to CDC guidelines, a minimum of 50 students must answer a question in order for it to be reported. Where the number of students is below 50, ** will appear in the data table and no data will be displayed for that cell in the chart. We suggest that you aggregate years or reduce the number of filters to achieve a reportable result.Documentation
Documentation is available here to describe how we collect and map race/ethnicity, geography, and poverty level.HHDW Race/Ethnicity Documentation
HHDW Geography Documentation