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High School Student Survey
112,003 students
63 questions

Questions (1-10) (11-23) (24-43) (44-53) (54-63)
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11. Do YOU read any weekly news magazines such as Time, Newsweek or U.S. News & World Report?   18. During an average week, how many total hours do you spend participating in extra-curricular/after-school activities? (Your best guess is fine.)
20% Yes   24% 1–5
77 No   17 6–10
4 Don't know   15 11–15
        9 16–20
12. How much news and information do you get about what is going on at your high school?   4 21–25
  4 More than 25
21% A lot   27 None
45 Some          
26 Not much          
6 None at all          
2 Don’t know          
               
13. How much do you trust journalists to tell the truth? Do you believe they tell the truth...   19. Have you ever taken classes in high school that dealt with the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
4%       58% Yes    
58       42 No    
23              
9              
6              
               
14–17. Do you currently or have you recently participated in each of the following extra-curricular/after-school programs or activities?   20. Have you ever taken classes in high school that discuss the role of media in society?
        52% Yes    
14. Performance Arts (including Music, Band, Dance, Theatre, Acting)   48% No    
38% Yes            
62 No            
        21. Have you ever taken classes in high school that dealt primarily with journalism skills?
15. Sports  
57% Yes     21% Yes    
43 No     79 No    
               
16. Debate or speech clubs/competitions   22. Have you ever taken a class in high school where the teacher required as a class assignment that you read a newspaper or watch television news?
11% Yes    
90 No    
        75 Yes    
17. Student Council or other forms of student government   25 No    
15% Yes            
85 No            
        23. How frequently do you discuss issues in the news with friends and/or family members?
        18% All of the time
        44 Some of the time
        28 Little of the time
        8 Not at all
        2 Don’t know

Questions (1-10) (11-23) (24-43) (44-53) (54-63)

 

 

 

 
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