22-11.
Increase the proportion of adolescents who view television 2 or fewer hours on a school day.
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22-11. | |
Increase the proportion of adolescents who view television 2 or fewer hours on a school day. |
Target: 75 percent.
Baseline: 57 percent of students in grades 9 through 12 viewed television 2 or fewer hours per school day in 1999.
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), CDC, NCCDPHP.
|
Students in Grades 9 through 12, 1999 |
Television
2 or Fewer Hours |
|
Percent |
|
|
TOTAL |
57 |
|
Race and ethnicity |
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
DSU |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
DSU |
|
Asian |
DSU |
|
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
DSU |
|
Black or African American |
28 |
|
White |
66 |
|
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
48 |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
DNA |
|
Black or African American |
26 |
|
White |
66 |
|
Gender |
|
|
Female |
59 |
|
Male |
56 |
|
Parents’ education level |
|
|
Less than high school |
DNC |
|
High school graduate |
DNC |
|
At least some college |
DNC |
|
Select populations |
|
|
Grade levels |
|
|
9th grade |
49 |
|
10th grade |
54 |
|
11th grade |
62 |
|
12th grade |
67 |
DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.