69 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS)

69.1 Organization

Office of Smoking and Health (OSH), CDC

Anonymous, respondent-level
The NYTS was designed to provide national data on long-term, intermediate, and short- term indicators key to the design, implementation, and evaluation of comprehensive tobacco prevention and control programs.
Items measured as part of the NYTS survey include tobacco-related beliefs, attitudes, behaviors, exposure to pro- and anti-tobacco influences and correlates of tobacco use such as demographics, minors’ access to tobacco, and exposure to secondhand smoke.

1999-2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009 and Annual since 2011

Respondent-level survey data

Sample of all middle and high school students in the 50 states and DC
Stratified, three-stage cluster sample design. Sampling was probabilistic and without replacement.
Primary sampling units were county or a group of small counties or part of a large county. Secondary units were schools and 3rd sampling unit was students within each selected school.
Students completed an anonymous, self-administered paper questionnaire
In 2020 school and student participation rates were 49.9% and 87.4%, respectively. Survey administration was stopped early due to widespread school closrues as a result of COVID-19.

Data documentation available at same website as data download

Free for download

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