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LaTisha L. Marshall, MPH, Office on Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, MSK-50, Atlanta, GA 30341, 770-488-5902, lmarshall@cdc.gov

Objective: The Youth Tobacco Survey (YTS) was developed to provide states with the data necessary to support the design, implementation, and evaluation of a comprehensive tobacco-control program. The steps used to process the YTS data will be presented.

Methods: The Youth Tobacco Survey is a self administered school based survey and provides descriptive data on youth in grades 6-12. After data are collected by the state, CDC will conduct various quality checks on the data. First, the raw data set is cross checked with the log-in file. Second, the edits are applied to the data for inconsistencies. Third, the data are weighted to adjust for non-response and reflect the likelihood of selecting a student. As a result, the final products produced are the following: clean data set, frequency and preferred tables, and codebook.

Results: Since the inception of the YTS in 1998, we have processed data for over 890,000 students in grades 6-12. To date, 46 states including the District of Columbia have participated in the YTS at least once.

Conclusions: The techniques used to process the data for the YTS are detailed and intricate in order to ensure the quality of the data given to the states. Several states use the data to support their comprehensive tobacco-control program and will also be equipped with the knowledge of the steps involved in producing their data.

Learning Objectives:

• • Describe the processing techniques used to clean, weight and analyze the Youth Tobacco Survey.
• • Apply techniques to similar surveys.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

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