Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS): Software for Analysis of YRBS Data

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
• Description:
  Youth Risk Behavior Surveys (YRBS) employ a complex sampling design. Therefore, to analyze YRBS data correctly, statistical software packages that account for this sampling design must be used. This document describes six selected statistical software packages appropriate for analyzing YRBS data: SUDAAN, SAS, Stata, SPSS, Epi Info, and R. For each statistical software package, information on analytic capabilities, data requirements, variance estimation, and survey degrees of freedom is provided along with sample design statements and a sample program.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Health Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Chronic Disease Health Risk Behaviors School Health Services Students
• Keywords:
  2025 CDC Chronic Disease Prevention Resource Guide Adolescent And School Health (Chronic Health Topic) Surveillance Systems And Data Resources Such As Methodology, Data Guides, Etc.
• DOI:
  https://www.doi.org/10.15620/cdc/251664
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Handbook
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  32 pdf pages
• Collection(s):
  Chronic Diseases and Conditions
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:30a55aec99a39c077fa0bbe357919e97320f791ef8c30947133f86ff401d3e0a1f8d31ec2fffb8427c3ed3a508d73db757564557a01a0b9e95df501c21de41f0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/251664/cdc_251664_DS1.pdf
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