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Houston

Spring 1998

Table T-1: How recently, if ever, have you used...

Ever School Not Past Never

Used Year Year Used

Any tobacco product All 15.8% 10.1% 5.7% 84.2%

Grade 4 9.5% 6.1% 3.3% 90.5%

Grade 5 15.9% 9.4% 6.4% 84.1%

Grade 6 22.6% 15.1% 7.5% 77.4%

Cigarettes All 14.8% 9.6% 5.2% 85.2%

Grade 4 8.5% 5.7% 2.8% 91.5%

Grade 5 14.9% 8.9% 6.0% 85.1%

Grade 6 21.5% 14.6% 6.9% 78.5%

Smokeless tobacco All 2.2% 1.1% 1.1% 97.8%

Grade 4 1.3% 0.6% 0.6% 98.7%

Grade 5 1.9% 1.1% 0.8% 98.1%

Grade 6 3.4% 1.4% 2.0% 96.6%

Table T-2: Average number of times selected tobacco products were used by those

who reported use of ...

Any tobacco product

School Lifetime

Year

All 3.1 3.2

Grade 4 2.4 2.4

Grade 5 3.0 2.7

Grade 6 3.4 3.9

Cigarettes

School Lifetime


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Year

All 3.0 3.1

Grade 4 2.3 2.4

Grade 5 2.9 2.6

Grade 6 3.3 3.8

Smokeless tobacco

School Lifetime

Year

All 2.5 2.0

Grade 4 * 2.0

Grade 5 2.8 2.2

Grade 6 2.3 1.9


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Houston

Spring 1998

Table T-3: Average age of first use of tobacco:

Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6

Tobacco 8.5 9.2 10.1

Table T-4: Average age of first use of tobacco by family situation:

Two Parent Family

Never 7 or Under 8 9 10 11 12 or Over

All 85.6% 2.2% 1.6% 3.3% 3.4% 2.3% 1.6%

Grade 4 90.1% 1.9% 2.7% 3.0% 2.3% * % * %

Grade 5 87.0% 2.1% 1.1% 3.8% 3.2% 2.4% 0.3%

Grade 6 79.2% 2.5% 0.9% 3.1% 4.8% 4.7% 4.8%

Other Family Situation


All 80.7% 3.0% 2.4% 3.7% 5.4% 2.7% 2.2%

Grade 4 90.6% 3.6% 1.4% 1.8% 2.2% 0.4% * %

Grade 5 78.4% 2.7% 2.7% 6.4% 6.4% 3.4% * %

Grade 6 72.6% 2.6% 2.9% 2.6% 7.6% 4.4% 7.1%

Table T-5: About how many of your close friends use ...

Any tobacco product?

Never

Heard of None Some Most


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All 2.2% 66.5% 27.3% 3.9%

Grade 4 2.6% 77.3% 18.0% 2.1%

Grade 5 2.0% 67.4% 27.2% 3.5%

Grade 6 2.0% 54.1% 37.5% 6.4%

Cigarettes?

Never


All 3.4% 66.1% 26.9% 3.5%

Grade 4 4.6% 76.5% 17.3% 1.6%

Grade 5 3.2% 67.1% 26.6% 3.1%

Grade 6 2.4% 54.1% 37.5% 6.0%

Smokeless tobacco?

Never


All 7.1% 86.4% 5.6% 0.9%Grade 4 11.1% 84.3% 3.7% 0.8%

Grade 5 5.4% 88.3% 5.6% 0.8%

Grade 6 4.5% 86.6% 7.7% 1.1%


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Spring 1998

Table T-6: Have you ever been offered ...


Never

Heard of Yes No

All 2.2% 26.1% 71.7%

Grade 4 2.7% 17.6% 79.6%

Grade 5 2.3% 26.0% 71.7%

Grade 6 1.4% 35.2% 63.3%

Cigarettes?

Never

Heard of Yes No

All 3.5% 24.8% 71.7%

Grade 4 5.3% 16.2% 78.5%

Grade 5 3.3% 25.2% 71.6%

Grade 6 1.9% 33.7% 64.5%

Smokeless tobacco?

Never

Heard of Yes No

All 6.6% 5.5% 87.9%

Grade 4 9.7% 4.2% 86.1%

Grade 5 5.1% 5.0% 89.9%

Grade 6 4.8% 7.5% 87.8%

Table T-7: How dangerous do you think it is for kids your age to use ...



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Never Very Not at All Do Not

Heard of Dangerous Dangerous Dangerous Know

All 1.9% 70.0% 20.4% 1.9% 5.8%

Grade 4 2.8% 72.9% 16.8% 1.7% 5.9%

Grade 5 1.3% 76.0% 16.7% 1.4% 4.6%

Grade 6 1.5% 60.3% 28.4% 2.6% 7.1%

Cigarettes?



All 2.9% 54.0% 31.8% 2.7% 8.5%

Grade 4 4.2% 60.6% 25.5% 1.9% 7.8%

Grade 5 2.7% 57.6% 30.6% 1.6% 7.5%

Grade 6 1.8% 43.1% 40.0% 4.9% 10.3%

Smokeless tobacco?

Never Very Not at All Do NotHeard of Dangerous Dangerous Dangerous Know

All 5.3% 62.9% 20.6% 2.2% 9.0%

Grade 4 9.3% 64.6% 16.3% 1.7% 8.1%

Grade 5 3.3% 69.2% 17.8% 1.9% 7.8%

Grade 6 3.4% 54.3% 28.2% 3.0% 11.0%


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Spring 1998

Table A-1: How recently, if ever, have you used...


Used Year Year Used

Any alcohol product All 33.1% 23.6% 9.5% 66.9%

Grade 4 26.0% 19.0% 7.0% 74.0%

Grade 5 32.7% 22.5% 10.1% 67.3%

Grade 6 41.5% 30.0% 11.5% 58.5%

Beer All 21.2% 12.9% 8.3% 78.8%

Grade 4 16.1% 10.5% 5.6% 83.9%

Grade 5 21.1% 12.1% 9.0% 78.9%

Grade 6 26.9% 16.2% 10.6% 73.1%

Wine coolers All 20.0% 13.8% 6.1% 80.0%

Grade 4 13.3% 9.5% 3.8% 86.7%

Grade 5 19.4% 13.2% 6.2% 80.6%

Grade 6 27.8% 19.1% 8.7% 72.2%

Wine All 15.6% 10.1% 5.4% 84.4%

Grade 4 9.9% 6.7% 3.2% 90.1%

Grade 5 15.2% 9.5% 5.8% 84.8%

Grade 6 22.1% 14.6% 7.5% 77.9%

Liquor All 6.5% 3.9% 2.6% 93.5%

Grade 4 4.1% 2.2% 1.8% 95.9%

Grade 5 5.0% 3.1% 1.9% 95.0%

Grade 6 10.9% 6.7% 4.2% 89.1%

Table A-2: Average number of times selected alcohol products were used by those

who reported use of ...

Any alcohol product

School Lifetime


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Year

All 4.7 5.3

Grade 4 3.7 4.0

Grade 5 4.4 4.9

Grade 6 5.4 6.3

Beer

School Lifetime

Year

All 2.7 2.9

Grade 4 2.6 2.5

Grade 5 2.5 2.9

Grade 6 2.9 3.1

Liquor

School Lifetime

Year

All 2.5 2.5

Grade 4 2.4 2.0

Grade 5 2.8 2.1

Grade 6 2.3 2.8


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Wine

School Lifetime

Year

All 2.6 2.7

Grade 4 2.2 2.1

Grade 5 2.5 2.6

Grade 6 2.9 2.9

Wine coolers

School Lifetime

Year

All 2.9 3.1

Grade 4 2.4 2.9

Grade 5 2.8 2.9

Grade 6 3.1 3.3

Table A-3: In the past year, how many times have you had two or more drinks at one time

of ...

Beer?

Never 1 Time 2 Times 3+ Times Ever

All 81.2% 10.6% 4.6% 3.5% 18.8%

Grade 4 84.6% 8.9% 3.8% 2.7% 15.4%

Grade 5 82.8% 10.3% 3.9% 3.0% 17.2%

Grade 6 75.8% 12.8% 6.3% 5.1% 24.2%

Wine Coolers?



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All 81.4% 8.8% 5.2% 4.6% 18.6%

Grade 4 86.2% 6.2% 3.7% 3.9% 13.8%

Grade 5 82.0% 9.0% 4.9% 4.1% 18.0%

Grade 6 75.7% 11.3% 7.0% 6.0% 24.3%

Wine?


All 85.7% 8.5% 3.2% 2.6% 14.3%

Grade 4 89.0% 6.8% 2.5% 1.7% 11.0%

Grade 5 87.4% 8.2% 2.9% 1.6% 12.6%

Grade 6 80.4% 10.6% 4.5% 4.5% 19.6%

Liquor?


All 92.7% 3.7% 2.0% 1.5% 7.3%

Grade 4 94.5% 2.8% 1.6% 1.0% 5.5%

Grade 5 94.0% 3.6% 1.1% 1.2% 6.0%Grade 6 89.3% 4.9% 3.4% 2.4% 10.7%


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Houston

Spring 1998

Table A-4: Average age of first use of alcohol:


Alcohol 8.2 8.8 9.5

Beer 8.0 8.8 9.4

Wine Coolers 8.6 9.2 10.0

Wine 8.6 9.3 10.2

Liquor 8.9 9.6 10.3

Table A-5: Average age of first use of alcohol by family situation:

Two Parent Family


All 71.4% 7.5% 5.1% 5.3% 4.8% 4.0% 2.0%

Grade 4 76.9% 8.7% 5.9% 4.9% 3.2% 0.4% * %

Grade 5 71.8% 7.3% 5.2% 4.9% 6.6% 3.4% 0.9%

Grade 6 65.0% 6.3% 4.0% 6.2% 4.5% 8.5% 5.4%



All 61.1% 10.2% 7.5% 6.6% 7.1% 5.0% 2.4%

Grade 4 71.7% 8.1% 10.3% 6.3% 2.9% 0.4% 0.4%

Grade 5 59.5% 11.1% 7.1% 7.4% 9.8% 4.4% 0.7%

Grade 6 52.1% 11.5% 5.0% 6.2% 8.3% 10.4% 6.5%

Table A-6: Lifetime prevalence of use of alcohol by reported conduct problems this

school year:


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No Absences or Cut Sent to

Conduct Problems School Principal Both

Alcohol 25.2% 70.0% 45.4% 74.8%

Table A-7: When you drink alcohol, do you get it from ...

Home?

Don't

Drink Yes No

All 66.3% 14.0% 19.7%

Grade 4 72.0% 11.2% 16.7%

Grade 5 65.9% 12.9% 21.2%

Grade 6 60.4% 18.4% 21.2%

Friends?

Don't

Drink Yes No

All 65.1% 8.3% 26.6%

Grade 4 71.0% 4.7% 24.3%

Grade 5 64.0% 7.0% 29.0%

Grade 6 59.8% 13.7% 26.5%


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Spring 1998

Somewhere else?

Don't

Drink Yes No

All 63.6% 13.5% 23.0%

Grade 4 69.5% 8.1% 22.4%

Grade 5 62.6% 14.4% 22.9%

Grade 6 58.2% 18.2% 23.6%

Table A-8: About how many of your close friends use ...

Any alcohol product?

Never


All 1.8% 58.0% 30.5% 9.7%

Grade 4 2.3% 64.7% 27.7% 5.2%

Grade 5 1.4% 59.7% 30.3% 8.6%

Grade 6 1.7% 49.0% 33.7% 15.7%

Beer?

Never


All 2.2% 65.8% 26.5% 5.5%

Grade 4 2.4% 72.5% 22.4% 2.7%

Grade 5 2.2% 66.5% 26.1% 5.2%

Grade 6 1.9% 58.0% 31.1% 8.9%

Wine coolers?

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All 9.8% 65.3% 19.1% 5.8%

Grade 4 12.9% 70.2% 14.3% 2.6%

Grade 5 9.3% 66.8% 19.0% 4.9%

Grade 6 7.2% 58.4% 24.1% 10.3%

Wine?

NeverHeard of None Some Most

All 2.9% 77.7% 15.5% 3.9%

Grade 4 3.9% 83.4% 11.1% 1.6%

Grade 5 2.1% 79.1% 15.2% 3.6%

Grade 6 2.6% 70.5% 20.4% 6.5%

Liquor?

Never


All 9.1% 78.9% 10.0% 2.0%

Grade 4 14.4% 79.4% 5.5% 0.7%

Grade 5 7.6% 82.3% 8.5% 1.5%

Grade 6 5.1% 74.7% 16.3% 3.9%


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Spring 1998

Table A-9: Have you ever been offered ...


Never

Heard of Yes No

All 1.6% 35.2% 63.2%

Grade 4 1.8% 27.5% 70.7%

Grade 5 1.6% 34.7% 63.7%

Grade 6 1.3% 44.2% 54.5%

Beer?

Never

Heard of Yes No

All 1.9% 27.8% 70.3%

Grade 4 2.3% 20.8% 76.8%

Grade 5 1.5% 27.3% 71.1%

Grade 6 1.9% 35.6% 62.5%

Wine coolers?

Never

Heard of Yes No

All 9.3% 18.5% 72.2%

Grade 4 11.7% 12.0% 76.3%

Grade 5 8.4% 17.5% 74.1%

Grade 6 7.8% 26.6% 65.6%

Wine?

Never

Heard of Yes No

All 2.4% 15.1% 82.4%


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Grade 4 2.7% 10.6% 86.7%

Grade 5 2.3% 13.9% 83.8%

Grade 6 2.4% 21.2% 76.4%

Liquor?

Never

Heard of Yes No

All 8.4% 8.1% 83.5%

Grade 4 12.6% 3.7% 83.7%

Grade 5 7.4% 7.8% 84.8%

Grade 6 5.2% 12.9% 81.9%

Table A-10: How do your parents feel about kids your age drinking beer?

Don't Don't Think Don't

Like It Care It's OK Know

All 76.9% 3.1% 1.3% 18.6%

Grade 4 77.5% 2.3% 1.1% 19.2%

Grade 5 78.6% 3.5% 1.3% 16.7%

Grade 6 74.6% 3.7% 1.6% 20.2%


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Spring 1998

Table A-11: How dangerous do you think it is for kids your age to use ...




All 1.3% 66.9% 22.4% 3.3% 6.2%

Grade 4 1.5% 69.7% 19.9% 3.5% 5.5%

Grade 5 0.8% 72.4% 19.5% 1.7% 5.6%

Grade 6 1.5% 57.7% 28.4% 4.8% 7.7%

Beer?



All 1.3% 42.9% 37.7% 7.4% 10.6%

Grade 4 1.8% 46.5% 34.2% 6.7% 10.8%

Grade 5 0.9% 47.3% 38.6% 4.7% 8.4%

Grade 6 1.3% 34.2% 40.6% 11.0% 12.9%

Wine coolers?



All 8.0% 37.3% 29.6% 11.5% 13.6%

Grade 4 10.7% 43.8% 24.6% 7.9% 12.9%

Grade 5 7.4% 39.2% 31.6% 8.9% 12.9%

Grade 6 6.0% 28.5% 32.6% 18.0% 14.9%

Wine?



All 2.0% 46.0% 32.0% 8.2% 11.8%


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Grade 4 2.7% 52.2% 27.8% 6.7% 10.6%

Grade 5 1.4% 49.3% 31.9% 6.5% 10.8%

Grade 6 1.8% 35.9% 36.5% 11.6% 14.3%

Liquor?



All 6.4% 60.8% 21.6% 2.2% 9.0%

Grade 4 9.2% 63.8% 17.9% 1.8% 7.2%

Grade 5 6.0% 65.5% 19.0% 1.5% 8.0%

Grade 6 3.7% 52.2% 28.5% 3.4% 12.2%


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Houston

Spring 1998

Table D-1: How recently, if ever, have you used...


Used Year Year Used

Marijuana All 3.2% 2.1% 1.1% 96.8%

Grade 4 0.8% 0.5% 0.3% 99.2%

Grade 5 2.3% 1.3% 1.0% 97.7%

Grade 6 6.7% 4.7% 2.0% 93.3%

Table D-2: Average number of times marijuana was used by those reporting usage:

School Lifetime

Year

All 4.4 4.1

Grade 4 * *

Grade 5 4.9 4.2

Grade 6 4.3 4.3

Table D-3: Average age of first use of marijuana:


Marijuana * 9.8 10.6

Table D-4: Average age of first use of marijuana by family situation:

Two Parent Family



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All 97.5% 0.5% 0.2% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.7%

Grade 4 99.1% 0.2% * % 0.2% 0.4% * % * %

Grade 5 98.6% 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% * %

Grade 6 94.5% 0.9% 0.4% 0.6% 0.6% 0.9% 2.1%



All 95.3% 0.1% 0.2% 0.6% 1.0% 0.8% 2.0%

Grade 4 99.6% 0.4% * % * % * % * % * %

Grade 5 96.6% * % * % 0.8% 1.6% 0.3% 0.8%

Grade 6 89.5% * % 0.6% 0.9% 1.5% 2.2% 5.2%


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Table D-5: Lifetime prevalence of use of marijuana by reported conduct problems this

school year:



Marijuana 1.0% 23.0% 7.5% 28.5%

Table D-6: About how many of your close friends use marijuana?

Never


All 8.3% 79.2% 9.1% 3.3%

Grade 4 15.6% 79.3% 4.7% 0.4%

Grade 5 5.2% 85.3% 7.3% 2.2%

Grade 6 4.2% 72.6% 15.6% 7.5%

Table D-7: Have you ever been offered marijuana?

Never

Heard of Yes No

All 7.7% 10.3% 82.0%

Grade 4 14.1% 4.9% 80.9%

Grade 5 4.6% 8.6% 86.8%

Grade 6 4.2% 17.7% 78.2%

Table D-8: How do your parents feel about kids your age smoking marijuana?

Don't Don't Think Don't

Like It Care It's OK Know


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All 82.3% 2.5% 0.6% 14.6%

Grade 4 81.6% 2.0% 0.7% 15.7%

Grade 5 84.2% 2.3% 0.7% 12.8%

Grade 6 81.1% 3.4% 0.3% 15.2%

Table D-9: How dangerous do you think it is for kids your age to use marijuana?



All 5.8% 77.5% 8.8% 1.5% 6.4%

Grade 4 10.9% 74.5% 7.2% 1.0% 6.4%

Grade 5 3.9% 82.7% 6.8% 1.2% 5.4%

Grade 6 2.6% 74.8% 12.6% 2.3% 7.6%


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Spring 1998

Table I-1: How recently, if ever, have you used...


Used Year Year Used

Inhalants All 10.7% 8.4% 2.3% 89.3%

Grade 4 9.9% 8.0% 1.8% 90.1%

Grade 5 10.0% 7.5% 2.4% 90.0%

Grade 6 12.4% 9.7% 2.6% 87.6%

Table I-2: Have you ever sniffed any of the following inhalants to get high?

Correction Fluid/Whiteout

Not Used Used

All 95.2% 4.8%

Grade 4 96.4% 3.6%

Grade 5 96.1% 3.9%

Grade 6 92.8% 7.2%

Gasoline

Not Used Used

All 98.1% 1.9%

Grade 4 98.2% 1.8%

Grade 5 97.9% 2.1%

Grade 6 98.1% 1.9%

Glue

Not Used Used

All 96.0% 4.0%

Grade 4 95.5% 4.5%


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Grade 5 96.2% 3.8%

Grade 6 96.2% 3.8%

Paint Thinner

Not Used Used

All 98.0% 2.0%

Grade 4 98.5% 1.5%

Grade 5 97.9% 2.1%

Grade 6 97.7% 2.3%

Spray Paint

Not Used Used

All 97.4% 2.6%

Grade 4 98.2% 1.8%

Grade 5 97.2% 2.8%

Grade 6 96.7% 3.3%

Other Inhalants

Not Used Used

All 95.5% 4.5%

Grade 4 95.4% 4.6%

Grade 5 96.4% 3.6%

Grade 6 94.6% 5.4%


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Spring 1998

Table I-3: Average number of times inhalants were used by those reporting usage:

School Lifetime

Year

All 3.5 3.6

Grade 4 3.1 2.8

Grade 5 3.6 3.2

Grade 6 3.5 4.2

Table I-4: Number of different kinds of inhalants used:

0 1 2-3 4+

All 90.1% 5.2% 3.8% 0.9%

Grade 4 90.8% 5.2% 3.3% 0.8%

Grade 5 90.9% 4.8% 3.4% 0.9%

Grade 6 88.4% 5.5% 4.9% 1.2%

Table I-5: Average age of first use of inhalants:


Inhalants 8.0 9.5 9.8

Table I-6: Average age of first use of inhalants by family situation:

Two Parent Family


All 94.3% 1.3% 1.1% 1.1% 1.1% 0.9% 0.3%


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Grade 4 95.3% 1.8% 1.1% 0.9% 0.9% * % * %

Grade 5 94.4% 0.6% 1.4% 0.8% 1.8% 0.6% 0.3%

Grade 6 93.1% 1.3% 0.6% 1.5% 0.7% 2.2% 0.6%



All 94.1% 1.1% 0.9% 0.5% 0.9% 1.9% 0.6%

Grade 4 96.2% 1.9% 1.5% 0.4% * % * % * %

Grade 5 95.1% 0.3% 0.3% 0.5% 2.3% 1.6% * %

Grade 6 90.8% 1.2% 0.9% 0.6% 0.3% 4.3% 1.8%

Table I-7: Lifetime prevalence of use of inhalants by reported conduct problems this

school year:



Inhalants 3.9% 18.1% 7.9% 20.3%


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Spring 1998

Table I-8: About how many of your close friends use inhalants?

Never


All 8.2% 79.4% 9.8% 2.6%

Grade 4 11.9% 81.3% 5.1% 1.7%

Grade 5 6.7% 81.2% 10.0% 2.2%

Grade 6 6.0% 75.3% 14.6% 4.0%

Table I-9: Have you ever been offered inhalants?

Never

Heard of Yes No

All 7.1% 7.1% 85.8%

Grade 4 9.7% 4.0% 86.2%

Grade 5 6.3% 6.8% 87.0%

Grade 6 5.2% 10.8% 84.1%

Table I-10: How dangerous do you think it is for kids your age to use inhalants?



All 5.9% 61.8% 18.8% 3.2% 10.4%

Grade 4 9.1% 61.8% 16.1% 3.2% 9.9%

Grade 5 5.6% 65.5% 17.6% 2.3% 8.9%

Grade 6 3.0% 57.7% 22.9% 4.0% 12.4%


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Table X-1: Since school began in the fall, have you gotten information on drugs

or alcohol from ...

An Assembly Program?

No Yes

All 33.4% 66.6%

Grade 4 33.3% 66.7%

Grade 5 24.3% 75.7%

Grade 6 43.6% 56.4%

Guidance Counselor?

No Yes

All 56.1% 43.9%

Grade 4 59.6% 40.4%

Grade 5 48.4% 51.6%

Grade 6 60.9% 39.1%

Visitor to Class?

No Yes

All 32.8% 67.2%Grade 4 38.7% 61.3%

Grade 5 16.4% 83.6%

Grade 6 44.6% 55.4%

Someone Else at School?

No Yes

All 50.6% 49.4%

Grade 4 51.8% 48.2%

Grade 5 47.2% 52.8%

Grade 6 53.1% 46.9%


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Your Teacher?

No Yes

All 31.0% 69.0%

Grade 4 30.5% 69.5%

Grade 5 27.3% 72.7%

Grade 6 35.5% 64.5%

Any School Source?

No Yes

All 11.7% 88.3%

Grade 4 12.9% 87.1%

Grade 5 5.6% 94.4%

Grade 6 16.9% 83.1%


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Table B1: Prevalence and recency of use of selected substances by grade

--> All Students


Used Year Year Used

Tobacco All 15.8% 10.1% 5.7% 84.2%

Grade 4 9.5% 6.1% 3.3% 90.5%

Grade 5 15.9% 9.4% 6.4% 84.1%

Grade 6 22.6% 15.1% 7.5% 77.4%

Alcohol All 33.1% 23.6% 9.5% 66.9%

Grade 4 26.0% 19.0% 7.0% 74.0%

Grade 5 32.7% 22.5% 10.1% 67.3%

Grade 6 41.5% 30.0% 11.5% 58.5%

Inhalants All 10.7% 8.4% 2.3% 89.3%Grade 4 9.9% 8.0% 1.8% 90.1%

Grade 5 10.0% 7.5% 2.4% 90.0%

Grade 6 12.4% 9.7% 2.6% 87.6%

Marijuana All 3.2% 2.1% 1.1% 96.8%

Grade 4 0.8% 0.5% 0.3% 99.2%

Grade 5 2.3% 1.3% 1.0% 97.7%

Grade 6 6.7% 4.7% 2.0% 93.3%

Table B2: Prevalence and recency of use of selected substances by grade--> Male Students


Used Year Year Used

Tobacco All 18.0% 11.3% 6.7% 82.0%

Grade 4 12.6% 7.1% 5.5% 87.4%

Grade 5 18.5% 11.8% 6.6% 81.5%

Grade 6 23.0% 14.9% 8.1% 77.0%

Alcohol All 37.3% 26.2% 11.1% 62.7%

Grade 4 32.5% 22.6% 9.9% 67.5%


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Grade 5 37.9% 26.4% 11.5% 62.1%

Grade 6 41.5% 29.7% 11.9% 58.5%

Inhalants All 11.6% 8.7% 2.9% 88.4%

Grade 4 11.5% 8.9% 2.5% 88.5%

Grade 5 10.8% 7.2% 3.6% 89.2%

Grade 6 12.7% 10.0% 2.7% 87.3%

Marijuana All 4.5% 3.0% 1.5% 95.5%

Grade 4 1.7% 1.1% 0.6% 98.3%

Grade 5 3.4% 2.1% 1.3% 96.6%

Grade 6 8.5% 5.8% 2.7% 91.5%


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--> Female Students


Used Year Year Used

Tobacco All 13.5% 9.0% 4.5% 86.5%

Grade 4 6.5% 5.3% 1.2% 93.5%

Grade 5 13.2% 7.1% 6.0% 86.8%

Grade 6 21.9% 15.2% 6.7% 78.1%

Alcohol All 29.1% 21.1% 8.0% 70.9%

Grade 4 20.0% 15.4% 4.6% 80.0%

Grade 5 27.6% 18.8% 8.8% 72.4%

Grade 6 41.3% 30.2% 11.0% 58.7%


Grade 5 9.2% 7.9% 1.3% 90.8%

Grade 6 12.1% 9.5% 2.6% 87.9%

Marijuana All 2.0% 1.3% 0.6% 98.0%

Grade 4 0.0% * % * % 100.0%

Grade 5 1.3% 0.5% 0.7% 98.7%

Grade 6 5.0% 3.7% 1.3% 95.0%

Table B4: Prevalence and recency of use of selected substances by grade--> White Students


Used Year Year Used

Tobacco All 10.1% 5.0% 5.1% 89.9%

Grade 4 6.3% 2.1% 4.2% 93.7%

Grade 5 10.9% 2.7% 8.2% 89.1%

Grade 6 15.7% 12.0% 3.7% 84.3%

Alcohol All 21.6% 16.7% 4.9% 78.4%

Grade 4 16.9% 12.7% 4.2% 83.1%


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Grade 5 24.5% 20.0% 4.5% 75.5%

Grade 6 26.9% 20.4% 6.5% 73.1%

Inhalants All 11.1% 10.2% 0.8% 88.9%

Grade 4 9.3% 8.6% 0.7% 90.7%

Grade 5 10.0% 9.1% 0.9% 90.0%

Grade 6 15.1% 14.2% 0.9% 84.9%

Marijuana All 1.5% 0.8% 0.7% 98.5%

Grade 4 0.0% * % * % 100.0%

Grade 5 2.8% 0.9% 1.8% 97.2%

Grade 6 2.9% 1.9% 1.0% 97.1%


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--> African/American Students


Used Year Year Used

Tobacco All 13.5% 7.4% 6.1% 86.5%

Grade 4 7.3% 4.5% 2.7% 92.7%

Grade 5 13.5% 7.1% 6.3% 86.5%

Grade 6 20.6% 10.9% 9.7% 79.4%

Alcohol All 38.6% 27.5% 11.2% 61.4%

Grade 4 31.8% 22.4% 9.4% 68.2%

Grade 5 37.4% 25.5% 11.8% 62.6%

Grade 6 48.4% 36.1% 12.3% 51.6%


Grade 5 4.2% 2.8% 1.4% 95.8%

Grade 6 9.0% 6.9% 2.0% 91.0%

Marijuana All 2.0% 1.6% 0.5% 98.0%

Grade 4 0.9% 0.9% * % 99.1%

Grade 5 0.8% 0.6% 0.3% 99.2%

Grade 6 4.9% 3.7% 1.2% 95.1%

Table B6: Prevalence and recency of use of selected substances by grade--> Mexican/American Students


Used Year Year Used

Tobacco All 19.8% 14.5% 5.4% 80.2%

Grade 4 13.4% 10.4% 3.0% 86.6%

Grade 5 18.2% 12.6% 5.6% 81.8%

Grade 6 27.1% 19.8% 7.3% 72.9%

Alcohol All 34.6% 25.0% 9.6% 65.4%

Grade 4 25.9% 19.0% 6.8% 74.1%


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Grade 5 31.5% 22.1% 9.4% 68.5%

Grade 6 45.0% 33.0% 12.0% 55.0%

Inhalants All 12.9% 10.1% 2.8% 87.1%

Grade 4 9.6% 7.9% 1.7% 90.4%

Grade 5 13.6% 10.4% 3.2% 86.4%

Grade 6 15.0% 11.8% 3.2% 85.0%

Marijuana All 5.3% 3.4% 1.9% 94.7%

Grade 4 1.4% 0.7% 0.7% 98.6%Grade 5 3.9% 2.4% 1.5% 96.1%

Grade 6 10.1% 6.9% 3.2% 89.9%


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--> Students Reporting A and B Grades


Used Year Year Used

Tobacco All 12.9% 8.0% 5.0% 87.1%

Grade 4 8.8% 5.7% 3.1% 91.2%

Grade 5 13.2% 6.6% 6.6% 86.8%

Grade 6 17.9% 12.3% 5.6% 82.1%

Alcohol All 30.9% 21.9% 9.0% 69.1%

Grade 4 25.2% 17.8% 7.4% 74.8%

Grade 5 31.1% 21.4% 9.7% 68.9%

Grade 6 37.7% 27.5% 10.2% 62.3%

Inhalants All 9.5% 7.6% 1.9% 90.5%

Grade 4 8.9% 7.6% 1.3% 91.1%

Grade 5 9.5% 6.9% 2.6% 90.5%

Grade 6 10.4% 8.5% 1.9% 89.6%

Marijuana All 2.0% 1.3% 0.7% 98.0%

Grade 4 0.2% 0.2% * % 99.8%

Grade 5 1.6% 0.8% 0.8% 98.4%

Grade 6 4.7% 3.3% 1.4% 95.3%

Table B8: Prevalence and recency of use of selected substances by grade--> Students Reporting C, D, and F Grades


Used Year Year Used

Tobacco All 23.4% 15.8% 7.6% 76.6%

Grade 4 11.8% 7.9% 3.9% 88.2%

Grade 5 22.5% 16.0% 6.5% 77.5%

Grade 6 33.2% 21.6% 11.6% 66.8%

Alcohol All 39.3% 28.5% 10.8% 60.7%

Grade 4 27.9% 22.1% 5.8% 72.1%


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Grade 5 36.8% 25.5% 11.3% 63.2%

Grade 6 51.0% 37.0% 14.0% 49.0%

Inhalants All 13.8% 10.4% 3.4% 86.2%

Grade 4 12.8% 9.5% 3.4% 87.2%

Grade 5 11.2% 9.1% 2.2% 88.8%

Grade 6 17.5% 12.7% 4.8% 82.5%

Marijuana All 6.1% 4.0% 2.2% 93.9%

Grade 4 3.4% 2.0% 1.4% 96.6%Grade 5 3.4% 1.9% 1.5% 96.6%

Grade 6 11.5% 7.9% 3.6% 88.5%


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--> Students Living With 2 Parents


Used Year Year Used

Tobacco All 14.2% 9.3% 4.9% 85.8%

Grade 4 9.8% 6.5% 3.3% 90.2%

Grade 5 12.9% 7.4% 5.6% 87.1%

Grade 6 20.4% 14.6% 5.9% 79.6%

Alcohol All 29.2% 21.4% 7.8% 70.8%

Grade 4 24.0% 18.1% 6.0% 76.0%

Grade 5 27.9% 19.7% 8.3% 72.1%

Grade 6 36.4% 27.1% 9.3% 63.6%

Inhalants All 11.1% 8.8% 2.3% 88.9%

Grade 4 11.0% 8.3% 2.7% 89.0%

Grade 5 9.7% 7.3% 2.4% 90.3%

Grade 6 12.6% 11.0% 1.6% 87.4%

Marijuana All 2.4% 1.6% 0.8% 97.6%

Grade 4 1.0% 0.6% 0.4% 99.0%

Grade 5 1.8% 1.1% 0.8% 98.2%

Grade 6 4.5% 3.3% 1.3% 95.5%

Table B10: Prevalence and recency of use of selected substances by grade--> Students Not Living With 2 Parents


Used Year Year Used

Tobacco All 18.3% 11.3% 7.0% 81.7%

Grade 4 8.8% 5.7% 3.2% 91.2%

Grade 5 19.9% 12.1% 7.8% 80.1%

Grade 6 26.4% 16.4% 10.1% 73.6%

Alcohol All 39.6% 27.3% 12.4% 60.4%

Grade 4 29.1% 20.0% 9.1% 70.9%


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Grade 5 40.3% 26.9% 13.4% 59.7%

Grade 6 50.0% 35.3% 14.7% 50.0%

Inhalants All 10.0% 7.8% 2.3% 90.0%

Grade 4 7.9% 7.5% 0.4% 92.1%

Grade 5 10.1% 7.6% 2.5% 89.9%

Grade 6 12.2% 8.2% 4.1% 87.8%

Marijuana All 4.6% 3.0% 1.5% 95.4%

Grade 4 0.4% 0.4% * % 99.6%Grade 5 3.2% 1.7% 1.5% 96.8%

Grade 6 10.4% 7.2% 3.2% 89.6%


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--> Students Living in Town More Than 3 Years


Used Year Year Used

Tobacco All 16.2% 10.6% 5.5% 83.8%

Grade 4 9.4% 6.4% 3.0% 90.6%

Grade 5 16.4% 10.0% 6.4% 83.6%

Grade 6 23.0% 15.8% 7.2% 77.0%

Alcohol All 34.2% 24.7% 9.5% 65.8%

Grade 4 26.3% 19.1% 7.2% 73.7%

Grade 5 33.7% 24.0% 9.7% 66.3%

Grade 6 42.9% 31.3% 11.6% 57.1%

Inhalants All 10.8% 8.5% 2.3% 89.2%

Grade 4 9.9% 8.1% 1.8% 90.1%

Grade 5 10.1% 7.7% 2.4% 89.9%

Grade 6 12.5% 9.9% 2.6% 87.5%

Marijuana All 3.5% 2.3% 1.2% 96.5%

Grade 4 1.0% 0.7% 0.3% 99.0%

Grade 5 2.4% 1.4% 1.0% 97.6%

Grade 6 7.2% 4.9% 2.2% 92.8%

Table B12: Prevalence and recency of use of selected substances by grade--> Students Living in Town 3 Years or Less


Used Year Year Used

Tobacco All 16.5% 8.9% 7.6% 83.5%

Grade 4 13.7% 6.8% 6.8% 86.3%

Grade 5 14.3% 8.2% 6.1% 85.7%

Grade 6 20.8% 11.3% 9.4% 79.2%

Alcohol All 27.6% 18.6% 9.1% 72.4%

Grade 4 24.0% 18.7% 5.3% 76.0%


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Grade 5 24.0% 13.5% 10.4% 76.0%

Grade 6 34.0% 22.6% 11.3% 66.0%

Inhalants All 12.6% 9.3% 3.3% 87.4%

Grade 4 14.9% 10.8% 4.1% 85.1%

Grade 5 9.3% 6.2% 3.1% 90.7%

Grade 6 13.5% 10.6% 2.9% 86.5%

Marijuana All 2.0% 1.4% 0.7% 98.0%

Grade 4 0.0% * % * % 100.0%Grade 5 1.0% * % 1.0% 99.0%

Grade 6 4.8% 3.8% 1.0% 95.2%


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GENDER

Q1 Frequency Percent

Female 1439.89 51.2

Male 1372.048 48.8

Frequency Missing = 7.06249759

GRADE LEVEL


Grade 4 970.6584 34.4

Grade 5 964.2801 34.2

Grade 6 884.0615 31.4

DO YOU LIVE WITH BOTH PARENTS?


No 1048.478 37.7

Yes 1733.802 62.3


AGE


8 or younger 8.589897 0.3

9 281.722 10.1

10 813.7484 29.1


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11 866.9041 31.0

12 668.6395 23.9

13 or older 161.2407 5.8


ETHNICITY


African/American 833.2803 30.1

Asian/American 87.13184 3.1

Mexican/American 1202.823 43.4

Native/American 66.96503 2.4

Other 205.8296 7.4

White 375.3499 13.5


The frequencies have been weighted so that the

analysis reflects the distribution of students by grade

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WHAT GRADES DO YOU USUALLY GET


Mostly A's 791.2198 28.7

Mostly B's 1236.516 44.8

Mostly C's 559.2286 20.3Mostly D's 123.6691 4.5

Mostly F's 49.58109 1.8


LIVED IN THIS TOWN FOR

MORE THAN 3 YEARS


Don't Know 178.5873 6.4

No 281.0414 10.1

Yes 2331.194 83.5


EITHER PARENT GRADUATEFROM COLLEGE


Don't Know 1111.79 39.8

No 589.9885 21.1

Yes 1091.955 39.1



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QUALIFY FOR A FREE/REDUCED

PRICE LUNCH?


Don't Know 488.6003 17.7

No 680.8802 24.6

Yes 1594.874 57.7


PARENTS ATTEND PTA MEETINGS?


Don't Know 104.3959 3.8

No 1369.77 49.3

Yes 1303.807 46.9






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EVER INHALED GASOLINE

TO GET HIGH?

Q11A Frequency Percent

Not Used 2668.224 98.1

Used 52.66079 1.9


EVER INHALED PAINT THINNER

TO GET HIGH?

Q11B Frequency Percent

Not Used 2586.856 98.0

Used 51.83122 2.0


EVER INHALED GLUE TO GET HIGH?

Q11C Frequency Percent

Not Used 2527.422 96.0

Used 106.1155 4.0


EVER INHALED WHITEOUT

TO GET HIGH?

Q11D Frequency Percent


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Not Used 2476.358 95.2

Used 125.9714 4.8


EVER INHALED SPRAYPAINT TO GET HIGH?

Q11E Frequency Percent

Not Used 2523.511 97.4

Used 67.15959 2.6






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EVER USED OTHER INHALANTS

TO GET HIGH?

Q11F Frequency Percent

Not Used 2466.591 95.5

Used 116.717 4.5


CIGARETTE USE DURING LIFETIME


Never heard of 116.8441 4.3

Never used 2232.36 81.5

1-2 times 288.8147 10.5

3-10 times 72.589 2.7

11+ times 27.61384 1.0


SNUFF/CHEWING TOBACCO

USE IN LIFETIME



Never used 2334.541 86.7

1-2 times 51.56772 1.9

3-10 times 4.006551 0.1

11+ times 0.878215 0.0



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BEER USE DURING LIFETIME



Never used 2053.178 77.4

1-2 times 427.7042 16.1

3-10 times 80.4443 3.011+ times 36.97278 1.4


WINE COOLER USE DURING LIFETIME



Never used 1786.132 68.1

1-2 times 383.7935 14.6

3-10 times 89.53975 3.4

11+ times 39.09116 1.5





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WINE USE DURING LIFETIME



Never used 2131.259 82.1

1-2 times 318.3903 12.33-10 times 63.35949 2.4

11+ times 13.82472 0.5


LIQUOR USE DURING LIFETIME



Never used 2163.948 81.7

1-2 times 141.721 5.3

3-10 times 19.14382 0.7

11+ times 6.785973 0.3


INHALANT USE DURING LIFETIME

Q12H Frequency Percent


Never used 2220.784 84.6

1-2 times 94.59073 3.6

3-10 times 32.20905 1.2

11+ times 12.69373 0.5



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MARIJUANA USE DURING LIFETIME

Q12I Frequency Percent


Never used 2264.265 86.3

1-2 times 49.12649 1.93-10 times 24.35375 0.9

11+ times 9.216483 0.4


CIGARETTE USE IN PAST SCHOOL YEAR



Never used 2381.574 86.4

1-2 times 201.8537 7.3

3-10 times 52.43522 1.9

11+ times 13.22303 0.5





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SNUFF/CHEWING TOBACCO

USE IN PAST YEAR



Never used 2428.433 89.61-2 times 23.26909 0.9

3-10 times 5.762981 0.2


BEER USE IN PAST SCHOOL YEAR



Never used 2275.844 85.0

1-2 times 285.1571 10.7

3-10 times 51.17017 1.9

11+ times 18.80563 0.7


WINE COOLER USE IN PAST SCHOOL YEAR



Never used 1964.836 74.2

1-2 times 296.1917 11.2

3-10 times 60.43529 2.3

11+ times 23.06495 0.9



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WINE USE IN PAST SCHOOL YEAR



Never used 2298.882 87.0

1-2 times 230.0314 8.73-10 times 33.89309 1.3

11+ times 13.71672 0.5


LIQUOR USE IN PAST SCHOOL YEAR



Never used 2266.19 84.8

1-2 times 90.67191 3.4

3-10 times 13.22303 0.5

11+ times 3.934162 0.1





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INHALANT USE IN PAST SCHOOL YEAR



Never used 2296.102 85.8

1-2 times 84.23253 3.13-10 times 28.95968 1.1

11+ times 9.84192 0.4


MARIJUANA USE IN PAST SCHOOL YEAR



Never used 2338.294 87.9

1-2 times 33.52159 1.3

3-10 times 14.11428 0.5

11+ times 10.44361 0.4


AGE WHEN FIRST USED CIGARETTES



Never used 2193.403 81.1

7 or younger 63.58506 2.4

8 years old 49.70098 1.8

9 years old 83.39948 3.1

10 years old 109.1144 4.0

11 years old 69.67667 2.6

12 or older 49.28662 1.8


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AGE WHEN FIRST USED

SNUFF/CHEW TOBACCO



Never used 2394.624 90.1

7 or younger 9.661531 0.4

8 years old 1.227128 0.0

9 years old 11.32183 0.4

10 years old 19.68384 0.7

11 years old 6.43706 0.2

12 or older 5.703622 0.2





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AGE WHEN FIRST USED BEER



Never used 2007.774 76.8

7 or younger 170.688 6.58 years old 105.7298 4.0

9 years old 91.59414 3.5

10 years old 88.04565 3.4

11 years old 76.09115 2.9

12 or older 34.73801 1.3


AGE WHEN FIRST USED WINE COOLERS



Never used 1807.621 70.1

7 or younger 76.45918 3.0

8 years old 74.13552 2.9

9 years old 94.76997 3.7

10 years old 118.0046 4.6

11 years old 94.5965 3.7

12 or older 40.71815 1.6


AGE WHEN FIRST USED WINE



Never used 2143.497 83.6

7 or younger 51.50605 2.0


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8 years old 43.99736 1.7

9 years old 77.36114 3.0

10 years old 81.4282 3.2

11 years old 82.78098 3.2

12 or older 36.25469 1.4


AGE WHEN FIRST USED LIQUOR



Never used 2205.287 84.3

7 or younger 12.54895 0.5

8 years old 15.70104 0.6

9 years old 27.44416 1.0

10 years old 33.60353 1.311 years old 35.07389 1.3

12 or older 20.84089 0.8





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AGE WHEN FIRST USED INHALANTS



Never used 2220.667 85.5

7 or younger 30.80038 1.28 years old 25.52993 1.0

9 years old 21.78918 0.8

10 years old 27.22583 1.0

11 years old 33.49785 1.3

12 or older 10.31186 0.4


AGE WHEN FIRST USED MARIJUANA



Never used 2264.132 87.5

7 or younger 8.963705 0.3

8 years old 4.68063 0.2

9 years old 11.32183 0.4

10 years old 17.08481 0.7

11 years old 14.04189 0.5

12 or older 29.25155 1.1


CLOSE FRIENDS USE CIGARETTES



None 1791.92 66.1

Some 729.2338 26.9


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Most 95.98984 3.5


CLOSE FRIENDS USE SNUFF/CHEWING

TOBACCO



None 2285.041 86.4

Some 148.71 5.6

Most 23.89453 0.9





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CLOSE FRIENDS USE BEER



None 1724.034 65.8

Some 692.8286 26.5Most 144.8861 5.5


CLOSE FRIENDS USE WINE COOLERS


Never heard of 253.6876 9.8None 1682.504 65.3

Some 491.6903 19.1

Most 150.6028 5.8


CLOSE FRIENDS USE WINE



None 2000.588 77.7

Some 399.8197 15.5

Most 100.1768 3.9


CLOSE FRIENDS USE LIQUOR


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None 2067.389 78.9

Some 262.0279 10.0

Most 52.50761 2.0


CLOSE FRIENDS USE INHALANTS



None 2052.35 79.4

Some 254.4812 9.8

Most 67.3174 2.6





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CLOSE FRIENDS USE MARIJUANA



None 2046.776 79.2

Some 235.7159 9.1Most 85.74196 3.3


EVER BEEN OFFERED CIGARETTES


Never heard of 95.98292 3.5No 1951.726 71.7

Yes 675.8112 24.8


EVER BEEN OFFERED SNUFF/CHEWING

TOBACCO



No 2348.733 87.9

Yes 146.448 5.5


EVER BEEN OFFERED BEER


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No 1874.028 70.3

Yes 740.2615 27.8


EVER BEEN OFFERED WINE COOLERS



No 1866.27 72.2

Yes 479.267 18.5





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EVER BEEN OFFERED WINE



No 2139.092 82.4

Yes 391.9288 15.1


EVER BEEN OFFERED LIQUOR



No 2209.35 83.5Yes 213.5149 8.1


EVER BEEN OFFERED INHALANTS



No 2250.713 85.8

Yes 186.4185 7.1


EVER BEEN OFFERED MARIJUANA


N h d f 203 7209 7 7


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No 2171.207 82.0

Yes 271.5825 10.3


IS ALCOHOL OBTAINED FROM HOME


Do Not Drink 1756.521 66.3

No 521.5818 19.7

Yes 371.978 14.0





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IS ALCOHOL OBTAINED FROM FRIENDS


Do Not Drink 1612.074 65.1

No 659.6739 26.6

Yes 206.3326 8.3


IS ALCOHOL OBTAINED SOMEWHERE ELSE


Do Not Drink 1607.682 63.6

No 580.5456 23.0Yes 340.4797 13.5


DANGEROUS FOR KIDS TO USE CIGARETTES



Very dangerous 1458.702 54.0

Dangerous 858.71 31.8

Not at all 73.93601 2.7

Don't know 229.2351 8.5


DANGEROUS TO USE SNUFF/CHEWING

TOBACCO


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Dangerous 542.1424 20.6

Not at all 57.00554 2.2

Don't know 235.7445 9.0


DANGEROUS FOR KIDS TO USE BEER




Dangerous 969.6643 37.7Not at all 189.4626 7.4

Don't know 273.6312 10.6





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DANGEROUS FOR KIDS

TO USE WINE COOLERS



Very dangerous 933.6259 37.3Dangerous 739.3265 29.6

Not at all 287.089 11.5

Don't know 339.2243 13.6


DANGEROUS FOR KIDS TO USE WINE




Dangerous 794.6729 32.0

Not at all 203.5627 8.2

Don't know 294.217 11.8


DANGEROUS FOR KIDS TO USE LIQUOR




Dangerous 553.5581 21.6

Not at all 56.6934 2.2

Don't know 231.6311 9.0



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DANGEROUS FOR KIDS TO USE INHALANTS



Very dangerous 1554.471 61.8Dangerous 473.0165 18.8

Not at all 79.51629 3.2

Don't know 260.4686 10.4


DANGEROUS FOR KIDS TO USE MARIJUANA




Dangerous 220.0102 8.8

Not at all 37.18995 1.5

Don't know 160.4271 6.4




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DRUG/ALCOHOL INFO FROM TEACHER


No 805.0929 31.0

Yes 1795.925 69.0


DRUG/ALC INFO FROM

VISITOR TO CLASS


No 828.1469 32.8

Yes 1696.244 67.2


DRUG/ALC INFO FROM

ASSEMBLY PROGRAM


No 833.2192 33.4

Yes 1657.784 66.6


DRUG/ALC INFO FROM


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DRUG/ALC INFO FROM

GUIDE COUNSELOR


No 1367.965 56.1

Yes 1068.357 43.9


DRUG/ALC INF FROM SOMEONE

ELSE AT SCHOOL


No 1254.338 50.6

Yes 1222.88 49.4





Houston

Spring 1998


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BEER, TWO OR MORE AT ONE TIME


Never 2162.216 81.2

1 time 283.2559 10.6

2 times 123.6002 4.63+ times 94.5444 3.5


WINE COOLERS, TWO OR

MORE AT ONE TIME


Never 2072.152 81.4

1 time 224.0144 8.8

2 times 131.9741 5.2

3+ times 117.6201 4.6


WINE, TWO OR MORE AT ONE TIME


Never 2157.804 85.7

1 time 213.4866 8.5

2 times 81.57414 3.2

3+ times 64.89992 2.6


LIQUOR, TWO OR MORE


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Q ,

AT ONE TIME


Never 2283.508 92.7

1 time 92.07711 3.7

2 times 49.77568 2.0

3+ times 38.14055 1.5


MISSED SCHOOL WITHOUT

PARENT'S CONSENT


No 2562.703 94.8Yes 139.9325 5.2





Houston

Spring 1998


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SENT TO PRINCIPAL/DEAN

SINCE SEPTEMBER


No 1828.458 68.1

Yes 857.9577 31.9


PARENTS FEEL ABOUT KIDS DRINKING BEER


Don't like it 2064.083 76.9

Don't care 83.84684 3.1Think it's O.K. 34.54227 1.3

Don't know 500.0952 18.6


PARENTS FEEL ABOUT KIDS

USING MARIJUANA


Don't like it 2208.472 82.3

Don't care 68.0022 2.5

Think it's O.K. 15.13496 0.6

Don't know 391.2347 14.6



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Documents

1998 _ harris county _ houston isd _ 1998 texas school survey of drug and alcohol use _ elementary report