Methodology of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System--2013.

This report describes these changes and updates earlier descriptions of the system, including questionnaire content; operational procedures; sampling, weighting, and response rates; data-collection protocols; data-processing procedures; reports and publications; and data quality. This report also includes results of methods studies that systematically examined how different survey procedures affect prevalence estimates. YRBSS continues to evolve to meet the needs of CDC and other data users through the ongoing revision of the questionnaire, the addition of new populations, and the development of innovative methods for data collection. PMID: 23446553 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Source: MMWR Recomm Rep - March 1, 2013 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Brener ND, Kann L, Shanklin S, Kinchen S, Eaton DK, Hawkins J, Flint KH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Tags: MMWR Recomm Rep Source Type: research