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T-3: In the past 30 days, how many cigarettes have you smoked?
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Table T-7: How do your parents feel about kids your age smoking cigarettes? 4
Table T-8: How dangerous do you think it is for kids your age to use tobacco?
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Table A-4: During the past 30 days, on how many days have you had five or more
drinks of alcohol at one time?
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Never/None 1 day 2 days 3 to 5 days 6 to 9 days more days
Alcohol
All 70.8% 10.1% 5.9% 6.5% 2.4% 4.2%
Grade 8 78.0% 8.0% 2.0% 4.0% 4.0% 4.0%
Grade 10 73.3% 11.1% 5.6% 7.8% 2.2% 0.0%
Grade 12 61.1% 11.1% 10.0% 7.8% 1.1% 8.9%
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Table A-7: Since school began in the fall, on how many days (if any) have you...
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Table A-8: School year use of alcohol by absences and conduct problems: 9
Table A-9: During the past twelve months, how many times have you...
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Table A-11: During the past twelve months, how many times have you...
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Table A-12: Thinking of parties you attended this school year, how often was 11
alcohol used?
Table A-13: How often, if ever, do you get alcoholic beverages from..
Most of
Do Not Drink Never Seldom the Time Always
At home
All 37.4% 36.4% 20.9% 4.9% 0.4%
Grade 8 49.0% 36.7% 12.2% 2.0% 0.0%
Grade 10 34.1% 31.8% 26.1% 6.8% 1.1%
Grade 12 29.5% 40.9% 23.9% 5.7% 0.0%
From friends
All 29.2% 12.8% 22.9% 23.8% 11.4%
Grade 8 43.8% 14.6% 20.8% 8.3% 12.5%
Grade 10 26.4% 14.9% 23.0% 24.1% 11.5%
Grade 12 18.0% 9.0% 24.7% 38.2% 10.1%
From a store
All 31.1% 50.1% 10.7% 4.2% 3.9%
Grade 8 40.0% 44.4% 13.3% 2.2% 0.0%
Grade 10 33.7% 52.8% 9.0% 2.2% 2.2%
Grade 12 20.5% 52.3% 10.2% 8.0% 9.1%
At parties
All 29.0% 14.6% 17.4% 20.2% 18.8%
Grade 8 41.3% 21.7% 10.9% 10.9% 15.2%
Grade 10 28.7% 10.3% 19.5% 21.8% 19.5%
Grade 12 18.0% 12.4% 21.3% 27.0% 21.3%
Other source
All 32.8% 25.4% 17.6% 11.7% 12.5%
Grade 8 43.5% 26.1% 15.2% 8.7% 6.5%
Grade 10 34.9% 29.1% 17.4% 10.5% 8.1%
Grade 12 21.1% 21.1% 20.0% 15.6% 22.2%
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Table A-14: How do your parents feel about kids your age drinking beer? 12
Table A-15: How dangerous do you think it is for kids your age to use alcohol?
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Table D-6: Since school began in the fall, on how many days (if any) have you.. 20
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Table D-7: School year use of marijuana by absences and conduct problems: 21
Table D-8: During the past twelve months, how many times have you..
Table D-9: About how many of your close friends use marijuana?
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Table D-10: During the past twelve months, how many times have you.. 22
Table D-11: Thinking of parties you attended this school year, how often were
marijuana and/or other drugs used?
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Half Most of
CATEGORY Never Seldom the Time the Time Always Don't know
Joints? All 79.7% 9.8% 1.9% 5.4% 2.1% 1.1%
Grade 8 79.2% 6.3% 0.0% 8.3% 4.2% 2.1%
Grade 10 87.1% 8.2% 2.4% 2.4% 0.0% 0.0%
Grade 12 73.0% 14.6% 3.4% 5.6% 2.2% 1.1%
Blunts? All 77.6% 9.2% 3.3% 5.4% 3.8% 0.7%
Grade 8 78.3% 4.3% 4.3% 8.7% 2.2% 2.2%
Grade 10 84.9% 8.1% 3.5% 1.2% 2.3% 0.0%
Grade 12 69.7% 14.6% 2.2% 6.7% 6.7% 0.0%
Bongs or water pipes? All 85.9% 8.9% 1.8% 1.9% 0.8% 0.7%
Grade 8 85.1% 10.6% 2.1% 0.0% 0.0% 2.1%
Grade 10 92.0% 6.9% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Grade 12 80.5% 9.2% 2.3% 5.7% 2.3% 0.0%
Pipes? All 85.9% 9.2% 1.2% 2.7% 0.4% 0.7%
Grade 8 85.1% 12.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.1%
Grade 10 90.8% 6.9% 0.0% 2.3% 0.0% 0.0%
Grade 12 81.6% 8.0% 3.4% 5.7% 1.1% 0.0%
Some other way? All 90.4% 4.1% 0.8% 1.8% 0.4% 2.5%
Grade 8 89.8% 4.1% 0.0% 2.0% 0.0% 4.1%
Grade 10 94.0% 4.8% 0.0% 0.0% 1.2% 0.0%
Grade 12 87.5% 3.4% 2.3% 3.4% 0.0% 3.4%
Table D-13: How do your parents feel about kids your age using marijuana?
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Table I-5: Since school began in the fall, on how many days (if any) have you
attended class while high from inhalant use?
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Table I-6: School year use of inhalants by absences and conduct problems: 29
Table I-7: About how many of your close friends use inhalants?
Table I-8: How dangerous do you think it is for kids your age to use inhalants?
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CATEGORY Yes
A school health class All 33.4%
Grade 8 25.7%
Grade 10 53.2%
Grade 12 23.1%
An assembly program All 52.3%
Grade 8 58.3%
Grade 10 49.2%
Grade 12 50.0%
Guidance counselor All 16.0%
Grade 8 22.2%
Grade 10 17.7%
Grade 12 9.3%
Science class All 33.1%
Grade 8 41.7%
Grade 10 41.9%
Grade 12 18.4%
Social studies class All 6.4%
Grade 8 11.1%
Grade 10 1.6%
Grade 12 6.4%
Student group session All 7.8%
Grade 8 13.9%
Grade 10 4.9%
Grade 12 5.2%
An invited school guest All 35.2%
Grade 8 45.5%
Grade 10 29.0%
Grade 12 32.5%
Another source at school All 28.1%
Grade 8 31.4%
Grade 10 25.0%
Grade 12 28.2%
Any school source All 50.8%
Grade 8 47.3%
Grade 10 50.5%
Grade 12 54.9%
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CATEGORY Yes
A counselor or program in All 21.4%
Grade 8 31.8%
Grade 10 20.2%
Grade 12 13.5%
Another adult in school ( All 26.8%
Grade 8 33.3%
Grade 10 24.1%
Grade 12 23.6%
A counselor or program ou All 36.7%
Grade 8 34.1%
Grade 10 40.2%
Grade 12 35.6%
Your parents All 59.2%
Grade 8 61.4%
Grade 10 61.3%
Grade 12 55.6%
A medical doctor All 34.6%
Grade 8 40.0%
Grade 10 31.3%
Grade 12 33.0%
Your friends All 81.8%
Grade 8 68.9%
Grade 10 84.3%
Grade 12 91.0%
Another adult (a relative All 69.2%
Grade 8 59.1%
Grade 10 73.2%
Grade 12 74.2%
Table X-3: Since school began in the fall, have you sought help, other than
from family or friends, for problems in any way connected with your use of
alcohol, marijuana, or other drugs?
CATEGORY Yes
Seek Help All 10.3%
Grade 8 11.9%
Grade 10 10.0%
Grade 12 9.2%
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Table X-6: Since school began in the fall, have you gotten any information
on drugs or alcohol from the following sources?
CATEGORY Yes
A website or online chat All 19.1%
Grade 8 14.6%
Grade 10 24.4%
Grade 12 17.2%
Books, magazines, poster All 44.3%
Grade 8 34.9%
Grade 10 50.6%
Grade 12 46.1%
TV, radio, or other audi All 47.0%
Grade 8 41.9%
Grade 10 57.1%
Grade 12 41.6%
Your parents All 44.5%
Grade 8 45.5%
Grade 10 48.2%
Grade 12 40.0%
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Male students
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White students
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Black students
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Mexican/American students
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Students would seek help from adults for substance abuse problems
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Students wouldn''t seek help from adults for substance abuse problems
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GRADE
q2 Frequency Percent Frequency Missing = 1.7362637363 Frequency Missing = 2.9684848485
Grade 8 82 34.44
Grade 10 79 33.33
LENGTH OF TIME IN PARTICIPATE IN
Grade 12 76 32.22 SCHOOL ATHLETICS
THIS DISTRICT
q7 Frequency Percent q12a Frequency Percent
<1 year 11 4.55 No 76 35.24
LIVE WITH BOTH
2-3 years 35 15.03 Yes 140 64.76
PARENTS
q3 Frequency Percent >4 years 188 80.43
No 114 48.33 Frequency Missing = 20.410569431
Yes 122 51.67
Frequency Missing = 2.9684848485
PARTICIPATE IN
Frequency Missing = 1.4842424242 SCHOOL
DO YOU HAVE A JOB
BAND/ORCHESTRA
q8 Frequency Percent
q12b Frequency Percent
AGE No 143 60.81
No 161 86.55
q4 Frequency Percent Yes 92 39.19
Yes 25 13.45
13 25 10.65
14 53 22.55
Frequency Missing = 1.4842424242
15 31 12.97 Frequency Missing = 51.283443223
16 49 20.51
17 24 10.29 DO YOU GET AN
18 54 22.67 ALLOWANCE PARTICIPATE IN
SCHOOL CHOIR
19 or older 1 0.35 q9 Frequency Percent
q12c Frequency Percent
No 157 67.71
No 159 87.91
Yes 75 32.29
ETHNICITY Yes 22 12.09
q5 Frequency Percent
African/American 23 9.94 Frequency Missing = 4.4527272727
Frequency Missing = 55.933999334
Asian/American 4 1.70
Mexican/American 65 27.78
EITHER PARENT COLLEGE
Native/American 1 0.63 PARTICIPATE IN
GRADUATE
Other 4 1.84 DRAMA/SPEECH/ART
q10 Frequency Percent CLUBS
White 137 58.11
Don't Know 29 12.43 q12d Frequency Percent
No 87 37.36 No 143 79.99
Frequency Missing = 1.4842424242 Yes 117 50.22 Yes 36 20.01
HOW OFTEN NORMALLY USE Frequency Missing = 16.437682318 Frequency Missing = 17.471022311
BEER
q23c Frequency Percent
Several times/wk 11 4.80 HOW OFTEN NORMALLY USE HOW OFTEN NORMALLY USE
Several times/mo 31 13.77 INHALANTS HALLUCINOGENS
About once/month 37 16.28 q23g Frequency Percent q23l Frequency Percent
About once/year 28 12.29 Several times/wk 1 0.39 Several times/mo 1 0.40
< once/year 15 6.70 Several times/mo 2 1.04 About once/year 2 1.08
Never used 104 46.17 About once/month 5 2.08 < once/year 1 0.39
About once/year 1 0.37 Never used 211 98.13
< once/year 4 1.78
Frequency Missing = 11.761871462 Never used 212 94.34
Frequency Missing = 21.758541459