2008 _ harris county _ houston isd _ 2008 texas school survey of drug and alcohol use _ elementary report

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Houston

Spring 2008

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

Ever

Used

School

Year

Not Past

Year

Never

Used

Any tobacco product

All 4.9% 2.5% 2.4% 95.1%

Grade 4 3.9% 2.4% 1.6% 96.1%

Grade 5 3.1% 2.0% 1.0% 96.9%

Grade 6 8.2% 3.3% 4.9% 91.8%

Cigarettes

All 4.5% 2.2% 2.3% 95.5%

Grade 4 3.3% 2.0% 1.3% 96.7%

Grade 5 2.6% 1.8% 0.8% 97.4%

Grade 6 8.1% 3.0% 5.1% 91.9%

Smokeless tobacco

All 1.1% 0.7% 0.4% 98.9%

Grade 4 1.3% 0.9% 0.4% 98.7%

Grade 5 1.0% 0.5% 0.5% 99.0%Grade 6 0.8% 0.7% 0.2% 99.2%

Table T-2: Average number of times selected tobacco products were used by thosewho reported use of ..

School

Year Lifetime

All 2.9 2.8

Grade 4 2.5 2.8

Grade 5 2.6 2.6Grade 6 3.4 2.8

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Spring 2008

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

Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6

Cigarettes

8.4 8.8 10.1

Smokeless Tobacco

8.2 * 11.3

Any Tobacco

8.3 8.7 10.1

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

Never Under 8 8 9 10 11 Over 11

Two Parent Family

All 95.3% 1.1% 0.9% 0.6% 0.8% 0.7% 0.7%

Grade 4 95.9% 1.6% 0.9% 1.1% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0%

Grade 5 97.3% 0.4% 1.1% 0.2% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0%

Grade 6 92.1% 1.1% 0.6% 0.3% 0.8% 2.5% 2.5%

Other Family Situation

All 93.5% 1.7% 0.7% 1.3% 1.0% 0.9% 0.9%

Grade 4 94.8% 1.6% 0.4% 2.0% 0.8% 0.4% 0.0%

Grade 5 95.2% 1.7% 0.0% 1.4% 1.0% 0.7% 0.0%

Grade 6 90.3% 1.7% 1.7% 0.4% 1.3% 1.7% 2.9%

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

NeverHeard Of None Some Most

Any tobacco product?

All 3.6% 79.7% 14.8% 1.9%

Grade 4 4.9% 83.0% 10.4% 1.7%

Grade 5 2.2% 83.3% 13.2% 1.3%

Grade 6 3.6% 71.5% 22.2% 2.7%

Cigarettes?

All 5.1% 79.5% 13.9% 1.5%

Grade 4 6.7% 82.4% 9.7% 1.2%

Grade 5 3.9% 82.9% 12.1% 1.0%

Grade 6 4.6% 72.0% 20.9% 2.4%

Smokeless tobacco?

All 8.3% 86.1% 5.0% 0.7%

Grade 4 12.7% 83.5% 3.1% 0.6%

Grade 5 5.3% 90.0% 4.2% 0.5%

Grade 6 6.6% 84.6% 8.0% 0.9%



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Houston

Spring 2008

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

Never

Heard Of Yes No


All 4.7% 14.3% 81.0%

Grade 4 7.1% 12.4% 80.5%

Grade 5 3.4% 12.5% 84.1%

Grade 6 3.4% 18.7% 77.9%

Cigarettes?

All 6.2% 13.0% 80.9%

Grade 4 9.1% 10.9% 80.0%

Grade 5 4.4% 11.5% 84.2%

Grade 6 4.7% 17.2% 78.1%

Smokeless tobacco?

All 9.1% 3.8% 87.1%

Grade 4 14.9% 3.3% 81.7%

Grade 5 6.0% 3.3% 90.6%

Grade 6 5.9% 4.7% 89.4%

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

Never

Heard Of

Very

Dangerous Dangerous

Not at All

Dangerous Do Not Know


All 2.4% 76.0% 15.1% 0.9% 5.6%

Grade 4 3.0% 78.4% 12.7% 0.7% 5.2%

Grade 5 1.7% 79.6% 13.4% 0.8% 4.5%

Grade 6 2.4% 68.9% 20.0% 1.4% 7.3%

Cigarettes?

All 4.2% 62.7% 24.4% 1.1% 7.6%

Grade 4 5.7% 67.6% 18.1% 1.0% 7.5%

Grade 5 2.9% 64.2% 26.0% 1.0% 5.9%

Grade 6 4.0% 54.7% 30.2% 1.4% 9.7%

Smokeless tobacco?

All 6.5% 67.9% 16.7% 1.0% 7.8%

Grade 4 10.1% 66.7% 14.7% 0.4% 8.1%

Grade 5 4.9% 73.5% 15.6% 0.8% 5.3%

Grade 6 4.2% 62.9% 20.5% 1.9% 10.5%



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Houston

Spring 2008

Table T-8: How do your parents feel about kids your age smoking cigarettes?

Don't Like Don't Care Think It's OK Don't know

All 85.8% 1.2% 0.6% 12.4%

Grade 4 87.1% 0.9% 0.4% 11.6%

Grade 5 87.2% 1.0% 0.7% 11.1%

Grade 6 82.6% 1.9% 0.7% 14.9%



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Houston

Spring 2008

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

Ever

Used

School

Year

Not Past

Year

Never

Used

Any alcohol product

All 24.8% 16.3% 8.5% 75.2%

Grade 4 22.2% 14.6% 7.6% 77.8%

Grade 5 21.8% 15.1% 6.7% 78.2%

Grade 6 31.4% 19.7% 11.7% 68.6%

Beer

All 14.8% 8.4% 6.4% 85.2%

Grade 4 13.5% 7.6% 5.9% 86.5%

Grade 5 14.0% 9.1% 4.9% 86.0%

Grade 6 17.3% 8.5% 8.7% 82.7%

Wine coolers

All 12.4% 7.9% 4.4% 87.6%

Grade 4 9.8% 6.4% 3.5% 90.2%

Grade 5 9.6% 6.2% 3.4% 90.4%

Grade 6 18.6% 11.8% 6.8% 81.4%Wine

All 11.1% 7.0% 4.1% 88.9%

Grade 4 8.0% 5.6% 2.3% 92.0%

Grade 5 10.7% 7.0% 3.7% 89.3%

Grade 6 15.1% 8.5% 6.6% 84.9%

Liquor

All 5.7% 3.4% 2.3% 94.3%

Grade 4 3.9% 2.0% 1.9% 96.1%

Grade 5 4.7% 3.5% 1.2% 95.3%

Grade 6 9.1% 5.0% 4.0% 90.9%



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Houston

Spring 2008

Table A-2: Average number of times selected alcohol products were used by thosewho reported use of ..

School

Year Lifetime

Beer

All 2.5 2.3

Grade 4 2.5 2.3

Grade 5 2.6 2.3

Grade 6 2.5 2.3

Liquor

All 2.9 2.6

Grade 4 2.2 2.1

Grade 5 2.6 2.5

Grade 6 3.4 3.0

Wine

All 2.7 2.5

Grade 4 2.6 2.7

Grade 5 2.0 2.1Grade 6 3.3 2.7



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Houston

Spring 2008

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

Never 1 Time 2 Times 3+ Times Ever

Beer?

All 86.7% 7.2% 3.6% 2.6% 13.3%

Grade 4 86.8% 7.7% 2.5% 3.0% 13.2%

Grade 5 86.8% 6.4% 4.4% 2.4% 13.2%

Grade 6 86.3% 7.5% 3.9% 2.2% 13.7%

Wine Coolers?

All 90.7% 4.9% 2.6% 1.8% 9.3%

Grade 4 91.1% 5.1% 2.7% 1.1% 8.9%

Grade 5 92.8% 3.9% 1.5% 1.9% 7.2%

Grade 6 87.9% 5.8% 3.7% 2.6% 12.1%

Wine?

All 89.6% 6.2% 2.3% 1.9% 10.4%

Grade 4 89.9% 6.3% 2.0% 1.8% 10.1%

Grade 5 90.1% 6.4% 2.3% 1.2% 9.9%

Grade 6 88.7% 5.9% 2.8% 2.7% 11.3%

Liquor?

All 94.0% 3.3% 1.3% 1.3% 6.0%

Grade 4 94.4% 3.3% 1.2% 1.1% 5.6%

Grade 5 95.0% 3.2% 0.9% 0.8% 5.0%

Grade 6 92.4% 3.3% 1.9% 2.3% 7.6%



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Houston

Spring 2008

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


Beer

8.0 9.2 9.4

Wine Coolers

8.5 9.3 10.2

Wine

8.7 9.6 10.3

Liquor

9.3 9.8 10.7

Any Alcohol

8.3 9.2 9.8

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


Two Parent Family

All 79.7% 5.6% 2.9% 3.7% 3.7% 2.7% 1.8%

Grade 4 83.1% 7.6% 3.0% 3.7% 2.1% 0.2% 0.2%

Grade 5 80.8% 4.4% 2.5% 3.8% 4.6% 3.2% 0.6%

Grade 6 74.1% 4.3% 3.1% 3.7% 4.5% 5.1% 5.1%


All 71.2% 6.9% 3.8% 4.3% 5.5% 5.0% 3.3%

Grade 4 72.8% 9.2% 4.8% 7.6% 3.6% 1.2% 0.8%

Grade 5 77.2% 5.5% 2.1% 2.8% 6.2% 5.2% 1.0%

Grade 6 63.2% 5.9% 4.6% 2.5% 6.7% 8.8% 8.4%

Table A-6 : Lifetime prevalence of use of alcohol by reported conduct problemsthis school year:

No Absences

or Conduct

Problems Cut School

Sent to

Principal Both

17.5% 55.2% 35.7% 56.5%



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Houston

Spring 2008

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

Don't Drink Yes No

Home?

All 78.5% 7.9% 13.6%

Grade 4 79.8% 6.8% 13.4%

Grade 5 79.6% 8.7% 11.7%

Grade 6 75.7% 8.3% 16.0%

Friends?

All 78.7% 3.1% 18.2%

Grade 4 78.8% 1.7% 19.5%

Grade 5 81.1% 2.4% 16.4%

Grade 6 75.8% 5.6% 18.6%

Somewhere else?

All 76.0% 8.7% 15.3%

Grade 4 76.6% 7.4% 16.0%

Grade 5 77.5% 7.2% 15.3%

Grade 6 73.7% 11.9% 14.4%



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Houston

Spring 2008

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

Never

Heard Of None Some Most

Any alcohol product?

All 2.4% 70.3% 21.0% 6.2%

Grade 4 3.2% 73.6% 18.4% 4.8%

Grade 5 2.0% 73.8% 19.8% 4.4%

Grade 6 2.0% 62.4% 25.6% 10.1%

Beer?

All 2.9% 77.1% 16.4% 3.6%

Grade 4 3.6% 80.3% 13.5% 2.6%

Grade 5 2.1% 79.1% 15.8% 3.0%

Grade 6 3.0% 70.8% 20.7% 5.5%

Wine coolers?

All 11.9% 74.5% 10.6% 3.0%

Grade 4 15.0% 75.2% 7.7% 2.1%

Grade 5 10.6% 79.1% 8.8% 1.5%

Grade 6 9.6% 68.5% 16.1% 5.8%Wine?

All 4.3% 82.6% 11.1% 2.0%

Grade 4 5.4% 83.8% 8.8% 2.0%

Grade 5 3.1% 86.0% 9.6% 1.3%

Grade 6 4.3% 77.3% 15.6% 2.9%

Liquor?

All 8.3% 82.2% 7.4% 2.1%

Grade 4 14.1% 81.4% 3.2% 1.4%

Grade 5 5.9% 84.9% 7.1% 2.1%

Grade 6 4.2% 80.1% 12.7% 3.0%



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Houston

Spring 2008

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

Never

Heard Of Yes No


All 3.3% 27.0% 69.8%

Grade 4 4.7% 27.2% 68.1%

Grade 5 2.9% 24.4% 72.8%

Grade 6 2.0% 29.7% 68.3%

Beer?

All 3.5% 20.6% 75.8%

Grade 4 5.3% 19.7% 75.0%

Grade 5 2.7% 19.7% 77.6%

Grade 6 2.5% 22.8% 74.7%

Wine coolers?

All 12.3% 11.2% 76.5%

Grade 4 15.4% 9.8% 74.8%

Grade 5 12.2% 8.5% 79.3%

Grade 6 8.9% 16.0% 75.2%Wine?

All 5.2% 12.1% 82.7%

Grade 4 7.6% 9.6% 82.8%

Grade 5 4.1% 10.9% 85.0%

Grade 6 3.7% 16.3% 79.9%

Liquor?

All 9.1% 7.3% 83.6%

Grade 4 14.9% 4.4% 80.7%

Grade 5 6.6% 6.9% 86.5%

Grade 6 5.1% 11.2% 83.7%



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Houston

Spring 2008

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


All 80.2% 2.9% 1.7% 15.2%

Grade 4 82.2% 3.1% 1.0% 13.7%

Grade 5 80.8% 2.5% 2.2% 14.5%

Grade 6 77.2% 3.1% 2.0% 17.7%

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

Never

Heard Of

Very

Dangerous Dangerous

Not at All



All 1.9% 70.5% 18.3% 3.4% 5.9%

Grade 4 2.2% 74.2% 14.9% 2.9% 5.8%

Grade 5 1.7% 72.7% 19.5% 2.1% 4.0%

Grade 6 1.9% 63.5% 21.0% 5.6% 8.0%Beer?

All 2.0% 49.1% 32.0% 6.7% 10.1%

Grade 4 2.5% 53.9% 26.9% 4.8% 11.9%

Grade 5 1.6% 49.9% 35.2% 5.7% 7.5%

Grade 6 1.9% 42.5% 34.6% 10.2% 10.9%

Wine coolers?

All 10.6% 48.4% 22.4% 6.4% 12.2%

Grade 4 13.0% 53.5% 17.6% 4.7% 11.3%

Grade 5 9.4% 51.7% 23.8% 5.3% 9.8%

Grade 6 9.2% 38.3% 26.6% 9.7% 16.2%

Wine?

All 3.1% 50.7% 27.6% 7.2% 11.4%Grade 4 3.8% 56.2% 24.0% 5.0% 11.0%

Grade 5 2.4% 52.6% 29.5% 5.6% 9.9%

Grade 6 3.2% 41.8% 29.8% 11.7% 13.5%

Liquor?

All 6.1% 62.6% 20.1% 2.4% 8.8%

Grade 4 9.0% 63.1% 17.3% 0.9% 9.7%

Grade 5 4.4% 67.0% 20.2% 2.1% 6.3%

Grade 6 4.5% 57.0% 23.3% 4.5% 10.7%



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Houston

Spring 2008

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

Ever

Used

School

Year

Not Past

Year

Never

Used

All 2.6% 1.9% 0.7% 97.4%

Grade 4 1.1% 1.0% 0.1% 98.9%

Grade 5 1.9% 1.2% 0.8% 98.1%

Grade 6 5.2% 3.8% 1.3% 94.8%

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

School

Year Lifetime

All 4.3 5.1

Grade 4 5.6 5.7

Grade 5 3.2 3.0

Grade 6 4.2 5.8



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Houston

Spring 2008

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


7.9 9.1 11.0

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


Two Parent Family

All 98.1% 0.5% 0.1% 0.1% 0.3% 0.2% 0.8%

Grade 4 98.8% 0.5% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%

Grade 5 99.1% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%

Grade 6 95.9% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6% 0.6% 2.6%


All 96.2% 0.4% 0.0% 0.8% 0.8% 0.9% 1.0%

Grade 4 98.7% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%

Grade 5 96.8% 0.4% 0.0% 1.1% 0.7% 1.1% 0.0%

Grade 6 92.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3% 1.3% 1.7% 3.0%



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Houston

Spring 2008

Table D-5 : Lifetime prevalence of use of marijuana by reported conductproblems this school year:

No Absences

or Conduct

Problems Cut School

Sent to

Principal Both

0.3% 18.3% 6.8% 20.8%

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

Never


All 13.3% 77.0% 6.9% 2.8%

Grade 4 20.0% 75.2% 3.3% 1.5%

Grade 5 10.4% 82.1% 5.5% 2.0%

Grade 6 8.7% 73.2% 12.9% 5.2%

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

Never

Heard Of Yes No

All 13.7% 7.5% 78.8%

Grade 4 21.9% 4.7% 73.4%

Grade 5 10.0% 5.7% 84.2%

Grade 6 8.1% 13.0% 78.9%

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


All 84.7% 1.4% 0.3% 13.5%

Grade 4 83.4% 1.0% 0.3% 15.3%

Grade 5 87.3% 1.1% 0.4% 11.3%

Grade 6 83.5% 2.4% 0.3% 13.8%

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

Never

Heard Of

Very

Dangerous Dangerous

Not at All


All 10.5% 71.2% 9.6% 1.8% 7.0%

Grade 4 15.1% 64.9% 11.7% 1.2% 7.0%

Grade 5 8.6% 77.6% 6.7% 1.9% 5.2%

Grade 6 7.0% 71.3% 10.3% 2.3% 9.1%



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Houston

Spring 2008

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

Ever

Used

School

Year

Not Past

Year

Never

Used

All 8.1% 5.8% 2.4% 91.9%

Grade 4 8.5% 6.4% 2.2% 91.5%

Grade 5 6.2% 4.6% 1.5% 93.8%

Grade 6 9.8% 6.3% 3.5% 90.2%

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

Not Used Used

Correction Fluid/Whiteout

All 97.4% 2.6%

Grade 4 97.7% 2.3%

Grade 5 98.3% 1.7%

Grade 6 96.0% 4.0%Gasoline

All 97.5% 2.5%

Grade 4 97.2% 2.8%

Grade 5 98.4% 1.6%

Grade 6 96.9% 3.1%

Glue

All 98.0% 2.0%

Grade 4 96.8% 3.2%

Grade 5 98.5% 1.5%

Grade 6 98.6% 1.4%

Paint Thinner

All 97.7% 2.3%Grade 4 97.4% 2.6%

Grade 5 98.9% 1.1%

Grade 6 96.7% 3.3%

Spray Paint

All 97.7% 2.3%

Grade 4 97.3% 2.7%

Grade 5 98.3% 1.7%

Grade 6 97.6% 2.4%

Other Inhalants

All 96.4% 3.6%

Grade 4 95.5% 4.5%

Grade 5 97.5% 2.5%

Grade 6 96.3% 3.7%



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Houston

Spring 2008

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

School

Year Lifetime

All 3.1 3.3

Grade 4 3.9 4.5

Grade 5 2.3 3.0

Grade 6 3.1 2.8

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

None One Two to Three Four Plus

All 92.5% 3.8% 2.9% 0.7%

Grade 4 92.2% 3.1% 3.8% 1.0%

Grade 5 94.2% 3.5% 2.0% 0.3%

Grade 6 91.1% 5.2% 2.8% 1.0%



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Houston

Spring 2008

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


8.4 9.3 10.0

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


Two Parent Family

All 96.2% 1.0% 0.5% 0.6% 0.8% 0.4% 0.4%

Grade 4 97.1% 0.7% 0.5% 0.7% 0.7% 0.0% 0.2%

Grade 5 95.3% 1.3% 0.6% 0.9% 0.9% 0.6% 0.4%

Grade 6 96.2% 1.2% 0.3% 0.3% 0.9% 0.6% 0.6%


All 95.8% 0.7% 0.5% 0.4% 0.5% 1.1% 1.0%

Grade 4 97.4% 1.3% 0.9% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Grade 5 97.1% 0.0% 0.7% 0.0% 0.7% 1.1% 0.4%

Grade 6 92.7% 0.9% 0.0% 0.9% 0.9% 2.2% 2.6%



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Houston

Spring 2008

Table I-7: Lifetime prevalence of use of inhalants by reported conductproblems this school year:

No Absences

or Conduct

Problems Cut School

Sent to

Principal Both

2.4% 17.4% 6.5% 16.5%

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

Never


All 9.2% 81.5% 7.2% 2.0%

Grade 4 12.8% 79.5% 6.0% 1.7%

Grade 5 8.5% 84.2% 5.5% 1.7%

Grade 6 5.8% 80.8% 10.6% 2.8%



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Houston

Spring 2008

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

Never

Heard Of Yes No

All 10.0% 6.3% 83.6%

Grade 4 14.7% 5.0% 80.3%

Grade 5 8.4% 4.9% 86.8%

Grade 6 6.4% 9.6% 84.0%

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

Never

Heard Of

Very

Dangerous Dangerous

Not at All


All 7.1% 62.6% 17.7% 2.5% 10.1%

Grade 4 10.2% 62.3% 15.0% 1.8% 10.7%

Grade 5 6.4% 68.3% 16.1% 1.9% 7.2%

Grade 6 4.2% 56.5% 22.6% 4.0% 12.6%



21/40

Houston

Spring 2008

Table X-1: Since school began in the fall, have you gotten information on drugsor alcohol from ..

CATEGORY Yes

An Assembly Program? All 51.1%

Grade 4 44.2%

Grade 5 56.9%

Grade 6 52.5%

Guidance Counselor? All 22.9%

Grade 4 19.9%

Grade 5 25.4%

Grade 6 23.5%

Visitor to Class? All 38.5%

Grade 4 23.8%

Grade 5 50.1%

Grade 6 42.5%

Someone Else at School? All 36.5%

Grade 4 31.3%

Grade 5 35.8%

Grade 6 43.7%

Your Teacher? All 47.8%

Grade 4 44.6%

Grade 5 50.7%

Grade 6 48.3%

Any School Source? All 75.6%

Grade 4 70.8%

Grade 5 78.5%

Grade 6 78.1%



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Houston

Spring 2008

Table B1: Prevalence and recency of use of selected substances by gradeAll Students

Ever

Used

School

Year

Not Past

Year

Never

Used

Tobacco

All 4.9% 2.5% 2.4% 95.1%

Grade 4 3.9% 2.4% 1.6% 96.1%

Grade 5 3.1% 2.0% 1.0% 96.9%

Grade 6 8.2% 3.3% 4.9% 91.8%

Alcohol

All 24.8% 16.3% 8.5% 75.2%

Grade 4 22.2% 14.6% 7.6% 77.8%

Grade 5 21.8% 15.1% 6.7% 78.2%

Grade 6 31.4% 19.7% 11.7% 68.6%

Inhalants

All 8.1% 5.8% 2.4% 91.9%

Grade 4 8.5% 6.4% 2.2% 91.5%

Grade 5 6.2% 4.6% 1.5% 93.8%Grade 6 9.8% 6.3% 3.5% 90.2%

Marijuana

All 2.6% 1.9% 0.7% 97.4%

Grade 4 1.1% 1.0% 0.1% 98.9%

Grade 5 1.9% 1.2% 0.8% 98.1%

Grade 6 5.2% 3.8% 1.3% 94.8%



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Houston

Spring 2008

Table B2: Prevalence and recency of use of selected substances by gradeMale Students

Ever

Used

School

Year

Not Past

Year

Never

Used

Tobacco

All 6.8% 3.3% 3.6% 93.2%

Grade 4 6.1% 3.5% 2.6% 93.9%

Grade 5 4.0% 2.5% 1.4% 96.0%

Grade 6 10.4% 3.7% 6.7% 89.6%

Alcohol

All 28.6% 17.4% 11.2% 71.4%

Grade 4 25.9% 16.9% 9.0% 74.1%

Grade 5 26.7% 17.3% 9.4% 73.3%

Grade 6 33.3% 18.0% 15.3% 66.7%

Inhalants

All 9.3% 6.3% 2.9% 90.7%

Grade 4 10.8% 7.8% 3.0% 89.2%

Grade 5 6.6% 5.2% 1.4% 93.4%Grade 6 10.2% 5.9% 4.3% 89.8%

Marijuana

All 3.4% 2.5% 0.9% 96.6%

Grade 4 1.5% 1.2% 0.3% 98.5%

Grade 5 2.5% 1.4% 1.1% 97.5%

Grade 6 6.2% 5.0% 1.2% 93.8%



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Table B3: Prevalence and recency of use of selected substances by gradeFemale Students

Ever

Used

School

Year

Not Past

Year

Never

Used

Tobacco

All 3.1% 1.9% 1.2% 96.9%

Grade 4 1.9% 1.4% 0.6% 98.1%

Grade 5 2.3% 1.6% 0.7% 97.7%

Grade 6 5.7% 2.9% 2.9% 94.3%

Alcohol

All 21.3% 15.3% 6.0% 78.7%

Grade 4 18.8% 12.4% 6.4% 81.2%

Grade 5 17.8% 13.3% 4.4% 82.2%

Grade 6 29.3% 21.8% 7.5% 70.7%

Inhalants

All 7.0% 5.2% 1.8% 93.0%

Grade 4 6.4% 5.0% 1.4% 93.6%

Grade 5 5.9% 4.2% 1.6% 94.1%Grade 6 9.3% 6.8% 2.5% 90.7%

Marijuana

All 1.9% 1.3% 0.6% 98.1%

Grade 4 0.8% 0.8% 0.0% 99.2%

Grade 5 1.4% 0.9% 0.5% 98.6%

Grade 6 4.0% 2.5% 1.4% 96.0%



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Table B4: Prevalence and recency of use of selected substances by gradeWhite Students

Ever

Used

School

Year

Not Past

Year

Never

Used

Tobacco

All 0.7% 0.7% 0.0% 99.3%

Grade 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%

Grade 5 2.0% 2.0% 0.0% 98.0%

Grade 6 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%

Alcohol

All 20.0% 10.6% 9.3% 80.0%

Grade 4 16.7% 8.3% 8.3% 83.3%

Grade 5 20.4% 12.2% 8.2% 79.6%

Grade 6 21.8% 10.9% 10.9% 78.2%

Inhalants

All 5.5% 4.1% 1.4% 94.5%

Grade 4 2.9% 2.9% 0.0% 97.1%

Grade 5 10.0% 8.0% 2.0% 90.0%Grade 6 3.6% 1.8% 1.8% 96.4%

Marijuana

All 0.6% 0.6% 0.0% 99.4%

Grade 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%

Grade 5 2.0% 2.0% 0.0% 98.0%

Grade 6 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%



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Table B5: Prevalence and recency of use of selected substances by gradeAfrican/American Students

Ever

Used

School

Year

Not Past

Year

Never

Used

Tobacco

All 3.8% 1.4% 2.4% 96.2%

Grade 4 3.0% 1.5% 1.5% 97.0%

Grade 5 2.0% 1.5% 0.5% 98.0%

Grade 6 6.9% 1.3% 5.7% 93.1%

Alcohol

All 29.9% 18.8% 11.1% 70.1%

Grade 4 32.0% 18.5% 13.5% 68.0%

Grade 5 25.6% 16.9% 8.7% 74.4%

Grade 6 31.9% 21.3% 10.6% 68.1%

Inhalants

All 6.5% 5.0% 1.5% 93.5%

Grade 4 8.2% 5.6% 2.6% 91.8%

Grade 5 4.1% 3.6% 0.5% 95.9%Grade 6 7.1% 5.8% 1.3% 92.9%

Marijuana

All 1.4% 0.9% 0.5% 98.6%

Grade 4 1.5% 1.0% 0.5% 98.5%

Grade 5 1.5% 0.5% 1.0% 98.5%

Grade 6 1.3% 1.3% 0.0% 98.7%



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Table B6: Prevalence and recency of use of selected substances by gradeMexican/American Students

Ever

Used

School

Year

Not Past

Year

Never

Used

Tobacco

All 5.9% 3.2% 2.6% 94.1%

Grade 4 4.4% 2.6% 1.7% 95.6%

Grade 5 3.3% 2.3% 0.9% 96.7%

Grade 6 11.0% 5.2% 5.9% 89.0%

Alcohol

All 23.0% 15.9% 7.1% 77.0%

Grade 4 17.5% 14.3% 3.2% 82.5%

Grade 5 20.2% 14.1% 6.1% 79.8%

Grade 6 33.2% 20.1% 13.1% 66.8%

Inhalants

All 8.4% 5.8% 2.6% 91.6%

Grade 4 8.3% 6.2% 2.1% 91.7%

Grade 5 7.1% 5.0% 2.1% 92.9%Grade 6 10.1% 6.3% 3.8% 89.9%

Marijuana

All 3.5% 2.7% 0.8% 96.5%

Grade 4 1.2% 1.2% 0.0% 98.8%

Grade 5 2.3% 1.6% 0.7% 97.7%

Grade 6 7.7% 6.0% 1.8% 92.3%



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Table B7: Prevalence and recency of use of selected substances by gradeStudents Reporting A Grades

Ever

Used

School

Year

Not Past

Year

Never

Used

Tobacco

All 3.8% 1.5% 2.3% 96.2%

Grade 4 4.1% 2.4% 1.8% 95.9%

Grade 5 4.0% 1.5% 2.5% 96.0%

Grade 6 2.9% 0.0% 2.9% 97.1%

Alcohol

All 21.3% 11.1% 10.2% 78.7%

Grade 4 19.9% 9.4% 10.5% 80.1%

Grade 5 20.7% 11.8% 8.9% 79.3%

Grade 6 24.8% 12.9% 11.9% 75.2%

Inhalants

All 6.2% 4.7% 1.5% 93.8%

Grade 4 6.5% 4.8% 1.8% 93.5%

Grade 5 5.0% 4.0% 1.0% 95.0%Grade 6 7.8% 5.9% 2.0% 92.2%

Marijuana

All 0.6% 0.5% 0.2% 99.4%

Grade 4 1.2% 1.2% 0.0% 98.8%

Grade 5 0.5% 0.0% 0.5% 99.5%

Grade 6 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%



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Table B8: Prevalence and recency of use of selected substances by gradeStudents Reporting grades lower than A

Ever

Used

School

Year

Not Past

Year

Never

Used

Tobacco

All 5.2% 2.9% 2.3% 94.8%

Grade 4 4.0% 2.4% 1.5% 96.0%

Grade 5 2.8% 2.3% 0.5% 97.2%

Grade 6 9.1% 4.1% 5.1% 90.9%

Alcohol

All 26.2% 18.1% 8.1% 73.8%

Grade 4 23.3% 16.5% 6.8% 76.7%

Grade 5 22.5% 16.5% 6.0% 77.5%

Grade 6 33.1% 21.4% 11.7% 66.9%

Inhalants

All 8.6% 6.1% 2.5% 91.4%

Grade 4 9.3% 7.0% 2.3% 90.7%

Grade 5 6.5% 4.8% 1.8% 93.5%Grade 6 10.0% 6.5% 3.5% 90.0%

Marijuana

All 3.2% 2.4% 0.9% 96.8%

Grade 4 1.2% 1.0% 0.2% 98.8%

Grade 5 2.5% 1.6% 0.9% 97.5%

Grade 6 6.3% 4.7% 1.6% 93.7%



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Table B9: Prevalence and recency of use of selected substances by gradeStudents Living With 2 Parents

Ever

Used

School

Year

Not Past

Year

Never

Used

Tobacco

All 3.9% 2.2% 1.7% 96.1%

Grade 4 3.6% 2.2% 1.3% 96.4%

Grade 5 2.1% 1.5% 0.6% 97.9%

Grade 6 6.4% 3.1% 3.3% 93.6%

Alcohol

All 21.6% 15.0% 6.7% 78.4%

Grade 4 18.3% 13.5% 4.7% 81.7%

Grade 5 20.0% 14.6% 5.4% 80.0%

Grade 6 27.9% 17.3% 10.6% 72.1%

Inhalants

All 8.0% 5.8% 2.2% 92.0%

Grade 4 8.5% 6.7% 1.8% 91.5%

Grade 5 6.9% 5.2% 1.7% 93.1%Grade 6 8.7% 5.3% 3.4% 91.3%

Marijuana

All 1.8% 1.2% 0.5% 98.2%

Grade 4 0.9% 0.9% 0.0% 99.1%

Grade 5 0.8% 0.2% 0.6% 99.2%

Grade 6 4.0% 2.8% 1.1% 96.0%



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Table B10: Prevalence and recency of use of selected substances by gradeStudents Not Living With 2 Parents

Ever

Used

School

Year

Not Past

Year

Never

Used

Tobacco

All 6.5% 2.9% 3.6% 93.5%

Grade 4 3.9% 2.0% 2.0% 96.1%

Grade 5 4.8% 3.1% 1.7% 95.2%

Grade 6 11.2% 3.7% 7.5% 88.8%

Alcohol

All 30.6% 19.0% 11.7% 69.4%

Grade 4 29.5% 16.9% 12.6% 70.5%

Grade 5 25.4% 16.5% 8.9% 74.6%

Grade 6 37.3% 23.8% 13.5% 62.7%

Inhalants

All 8.4% 5.7% 2.6% 91.6%

Grade 4 8.5% 5.6% 2.8% 91.5%

Grade 5 5.2% 3.8% 1.4% 94.8%Grade 6 11.6% 7.9% 3.7% 88.4%

Marijuana

All 3.9% 2.9% 1.0% 96.1%

Grade 4 1.2% 0.8% 0.4% 98.8%

Grade 5 3.8% 2.7% 1.0% 96.2%

Grade 6 7.0% 5.4% 1.7% 93.0%



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Table B11: Prevalence and recency of use of selected substances by gradeStudents Living in Town More Than 3 Years

Ever

Used

School

Year

Not Past

Year

Never

Used

Tobacco

All 5.1% 2.8% 2.3% 94.9%

Grade 4 4.7% 2.8% 1.8% 95.3%

Grade 5 2.8% 2.0% 0.7% 97.2%

Grade 6 8.4% 3.7% 4.7% 91.6%

Alcohol

All 25.8% 16.8% 9.0% 74.2%

Grade 4 23.8% 15.3% 8.5% 76.2%

Grade 5 22.2% 15.7% 6.5% 77.8%

Grade 6 32.6% 20.1% 12.5% 67.4%

Inhalants

All 8.0% 5.8% 2.2% 92.0%

Grade 4 8.6% 6.6% 2.0% 91.4%

Grade 5 6.0% 4.4% 1.6% 94.0%Grade 6 9.6% 6.5% 3.1% 90.4%

Marijuana

All 2.7% 2.0% 0.7% 97.3%

Grade 4 1.3% 1.2% 0.2% 98.7%

Grade 5 1.7% 1.2% 0.6% 98.3%

Grade 6 5.5% 4.1% 1.4% 94.5%



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Table B12: Prevalence and recency of use of selected substances by gradeStudents Living in Town 3 Years or Less

Ever

Used

School

Year

Not Past

Year

Never

Used

Tobacco

All 6.0% 0.6% 5.4% 94.0%

Grade 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%

Grade 5 7.8% 2.0% 5.9% 92.2%

Grade 6 9.3% 0.0% 9.3% 90.7%

Alcohol

All 19.8% 10.3% 9.5% 80.2%

Grade 4 15.0% 10.0% 5.0% 85.0%

Grade 5 24.0% 12.0% 12.0% 76.0%

Grade 6 20.0% 9.1% 10.9% 80.0%

Inhalants

All 7.0% 4.8% 2.1% 93.0%

Grade 4 5.3% 5.3% 0.0% 94.7%

Grade 5 10.0% 8.0% 2.0% 90.0%Grade 6 5.7% 1.9% 3.8% 94.3%

Marijuana

All 2.1% 0.0% 2.1% 97.9%

Grade 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%

Grade 5 4.0% 0.0% 4.0% 96.0%

Grade 6 1.9% 0.0% 1.9% 98.1%



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The FREQ Procedure

GENDER

Q1 Frequency Percent

Female 1070 50.73

Male 1040 49.27

Frequency Missing = 2.0705001727

GRADE LEVEL


Grade 4 761 36.04

Grade 5 714 33.82

Grade 6 637 30.15

DO YOU LIVE WITH

BOTH PARENTS?


No 797 38.17

Yes 1291 61.83


AGE


8 or younger 2 0.10

9 158 7.56

10 592 28.25

11 729 34.81

12 435 20.77

13 or older 178 8.50


ETHNICITY


African/American 560 27.11

Asian/American 41 2.00

Mexican/American 1061 51.39

Native/American 30 1.47

Other 230 11.15

White 142 6.88


WHAT GRADES DO YOU

USUALLY GET


Mostly A's 474 22.78

Mostly B's 1031 49.54

Mostly C's 420 20.18

Mostly D's 109 5.25

Mostly F's 47 2.25


LIVED IN THIS TOWN FOR

MORE THAN 3 YEARS


Don't Know 141 6.73

No 150 7.16

Yes 1808 86.11


EITHER PARENT

GRADUATE FROM

COLLEGE


Don't Know 792 37.92

No 576 27.59

Yes 720 34.49


QUALIFY FOR A

FREE/REDUCED PRICE

LUNCH?


Don't Know 426 20.49

No 421 20.28

Yes 1230 59.22


PARENTS ATTEND

PTA MEETINGS?


No 1060 51.32

Yes 1006 48.68


EVER INHALED

GASOLINE TO GET

HIGH?

Q11a Frequency Percent

Not Used 1969 97.53

Used 50 2.47


EVER INHALED PAINT

THINNER TO GET HIGH?

Q11b Frequency Percent

Not Used 1942 97.73

Used 45 2.27


EVER INHALED GLUE TO

GET HIGH?

Q11c Frequency Percent

Not Used 1951 97.96

Used 41 2.04


EVER INHALED

WHITEOUT TO GET

HIGH?

Q11d Frequency Percent

Not Used 1941 97.41

Used 52 2.59


EVER INHALED SPRAYPAINT TO GET HIGH?

Q11e Frequency Percent

Not Used 1978 97.75

Used 46 2.25


The frequencies have been weighted so that the

analysis reflects the distribution of students by grade

level in the district

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EVER USED OTHER

INHALANTS TO GET

HIGH?

Q11f Frequency Percent

Not Used 1956 96.45

Used 72 3.55


CIGARETTE USE DURING

LIFETIME

Q12A Frequency Percent

Never heard of 160 7.77

Never used 1811 87.84

1-2 times 72 3.50

3-10 times 13 0.63

11+ times 5 0.25


SNUFF/CHEWING TOBACCO

USE IN LIFETIME

Q12B Frequency Percent



1-2 times 16 0.78

3-10 times 3 0.15

11+ times 1 0.05


BEER USE DURING LIFETIME

Q12C Frequency Percent



1-2 times 242 12.18

3-10 times 28 1.42

11+ times 9 0.45


WINE COOLER USE DURING

LIFETIME

Q12D Frequency Percent



1-2 times 175 8.70

3-10 times 33 1.65

11+ times 29 1.42


WINE USE DURING LIFETIME

Q12E Frequency Percent



1-2 times 181 9.31

3-10 times 16 0.82

11+ times 14 0.74


LIQUOR USE DURING

LIFETIME

Q12F Frequency Percent



1-2 times 89 4.45

3-10 times 11 0.55

11+ times 7 0.36


SHIMERON USE DURING

LIFETIME

Q12G Frequency Percent




INHALANT USE DURIN

LIFETIM

Q12H Frequency Perce

Never heard of 256 12.

Never used 1675 83.

1-2 times 56 2.

3-10 times 16 0.

11+ times 6 0.


MARIJUANA USE DURIN

LIFETIM

Q12I Frequency Perce


Never used 1581 78.

1-2 times 25 1.

3-10 times 12 0.

11+ times 12 0.


CIGARETTE USE IN PAS

SCHOOL YEA

Q13A Frequency Perce


Never used 1877 90.

1-2 times 35 1.

3-10 times 9 0.

11+ times 2 0.


SNUFF/CHEWING TOBACC

USE IN PAST YEA

Q13B Frequency Perce


Never used 1743 85.

1-2 times 12 0.

3-10 times 1 0.

11+ times 1 0.





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BEER USE IN PAST SCHOOL

YEAR




1-2 times 144 7.22

3-10 times 22 1.12

11+ times 7 0.35


WINE COOLER USE IN PAST

SCHOOL YEAR




1-2 times 115 5.71

3-10 times 23 1.15

11+ times 26 1.27


WINE USE IN PAST SCHOOL

YEAR




1-2 times 120 6.07

3-10 times 12 0.60

11+ times 11 0.57


LIQUOR USE IN PAST SCHOOL

YEAR




1-2 times 57 2.84

3-10 times 8 0.39

11+ times 6 0.31


SHIMERON USE IN PAST

SCHOOL YEAR





INHALANT USE IN PAST

SCHOOL YEAR

Q13H Frequency Percent



1-2 times 50 2.47

3-10 times 4 0.21

11+ times 8 0.41


MARIJUANA USE IN PAST

SCHOOL YEAR

Q13I Frequency Percent



1-2 times 23 1.14

3-10 times 10 0.49

11+ times 6 0.31


AGE WHEN FIRST USED

CIGARETTES

Q14A Frequency Percent

7 or younger 22 1.09

8 years old 17 0.84

9 years old 16 0.79

10 years old 18 0.87


12 or older 14 0.71

Never heard/used 1948 94.95


AGE WHEN FIRST US

SNUFF/CHEW TOBAC

Q14B Frequency Perc

7 or younger 5 0

8 years old 4 0

9 years old 2 0

10 years old 4 0

11 years old 2 0

12 or older 4 0

Never heard/used 1998 98


AGE WHEN FIRST USED BE

Q14C Frequency Perc

7 or younger 83 4

8 years old 46 2

9 years old 47 2

10 years old 49 2

11 years old 34 1

12 or older 20 1



AGE WHEN FIRST USED WI

COOLE

Q14D Frequency Perc

7 or younger 35 1

8 years old 34 1

9 years old 36 1

10 years old 38 1

11 years old 39 1

12 or older 31 1



AGE WHEN FIRST USED WI

Q14E Frequency Perc

7 or younger 26 1

8 years old 22 1

9 years old 37 1

10 years old 49 2

11 years old 40 1

12 or older 27 1





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AGE WHEN FIRST USED LIQUOR

Q14F Frequency Percent7 or younger 11 0.54

8 years old 6 0.30

9 years old 15 0.76



12 or older 20 1.03



AGE WHEN FIRST USEDSHIMERON




AGE WHEN FIRST USED

INHALANTS


7 or younger 18 0.91

8 years old 10 0.509 years old 11 0.55



12 or older 12 0.61



AGE WHEN FIRST USED

MARIJUANA

Q14I Frequency Percent7 or younger 11 0.55

8 years old 1 0.05

9 years old 7 0.34


11 years old 9 0.45

12 or older 17 0.83



CLOSE FRIENDS USE

CIGARETTES

Q15A Frequency PercentNever heard of 104 5.12

None 1621 79.53

Some 283 13.86

Most 30 1.49


CLOSE FRIENDS USE


Q15B Frequency Percent

Never heard of 166 8.31None 1723 86.08

Some 99 4.96

Most 13 0.65


CLOSE FRIENDS USE BEER



None 1524 77.06

Some 325 16.42Most 71 3.60


CLOSE FRIENDS USE WINE

COOLERS



None 1477 74.54

Some 210 10.59

Most 59 2.98


CLOSE FRIENDS USE WIN

Q15E Frequency Perce


None 1608 82.

Some 216 11.

Most 40 2.


CLOSE FRIENDS USE LIQUO

Q15F Frequency Perce


None 1624 82.

Some 145 7.

Most 42 2.


CLOSE FRIENDS US

SHIMERO

Q15G Frequency Perce


None 1028 51.

Some 18 0.

Most 10 0.


CLOSE FRIENDS US

INHALANT

Q15H Frequency Perce


None 1618 81.

Some 143 7.

Most 40 2.


CLOSE FRIENDS US

MARIJUAN

Q15I Frequency Perce


None 1537 76.

Some 138 6.

Most 55 2.




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EVER BEEN OFFERED

CIGARETTES

Q16a Frequency PercentNever heard of 125 6.17

No 1639 80.86

Yes 263 12.96


EVER BEEN OFFERED




No 1722 87.11Yes 74 3.75


EVER BEEN OFFERED BEER



No 1495 75.81

Yes 407 20.64


EVER BEEN OFFERED WINE

COOLERS



No 1505 76.46

Yes 221 11.23


EVER BEEN OFFERED WINE



No 1610 82.71

Yes 235 12.09


EVER BEEN OFFERED

LIQUOR

Q16f Frequency Percent

Never heard of 179 9.09No 1646 83.61

Yes 144 7.30


EVER BEEN OFFERED

SHIMERON

Q16g Frequency Percent


No 1030 52.20

Yes 29 1.44


EVER BEEN OFFERED

INHALANTS

Q16h Frequency Percent


No 1646 83.64

Yes 125 6.35


EVER BEEN OFFERED

MARIJUANA

Q16i Frequency Percent


No 1566 78.79

Yes 150 7.54


IS ALCOHOL OBTAINED

FROM HOME


Do Not Drink 1571 78.52

No 272 13.58

Yes 158 7.90


IS ALCOHOL OBTAINE

FROM FRIEND

Q17b Frequency Percen

Do Not Drink 1534 78.7No 354 18.1

Yes 60 3.0


IS ALCOHOL OBTAINE

SOMEWHERE ELS

Q17c Frequency Percen

Do Not Drink 1496 76.0

No 301 15.2

Yes 171 8.6


DANGEROUS FOR KIDS TO U

CIGARETT

Q18A Frequency Perce

Very dangerous 1270 62

Dangerous 494 24

Not at all 23 1

Don't know 154 7

Never heard of 85 4


DANGEROUS TO U

SNUFF/CHEWING TOBACC

Q18B Frequency Perce

Very dangerous 1360 67

Dangerous 334 16

Not at all 20 1

Don't know 157 7

Never heard of 131 6





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DANGEROUS FOR KIDS TO USE

BEER


Very dangerous 976 49.13

Dangerous 637 32.04

Not at all 133 6.71

Don't know 200 10.09




WINE COOLERS



Dangerous 443 22.43

Not at all 126 6.40





WINE



Dangerous 542 27.60

Not at all 142 7.22





LIQUOR



Dangerous 397 20.09

Not at all 48 2.43

Don't know 174 8.82




SHIMERON



Dangerous 137 6.99

Not at all 9 0.45

Don't know 186 9.47




INHALANTS



Dangerous 350 17.67

Not at all 49 2.50





MARIJUANA

Q18I Frequency Percent


Dangerous 190 9.57

Not at all 35 1.75

Don't know 139 7.04



DRUG/ALCOHOL INFO

FROM TEACHER


No 1029 52.18

Yes 943 47.82


DRUG/ALC INFO

FROM VISITOR TO

CLASS


No 1190 61.46

Yes 746 38.54


DRUG/ALC INFO

FROM ASSEMBLY

PROGRAM


No 954 48.92

Yes 996 51.08


DRUG/ALC INFO

FROM GUIDE

COUNSELOR


No 1491 77.11

Yes 443 22.89


DRUG/ALC INF FROM

SOMEONE ELSE AT

SCHOOL


No 1240 63.46

Yes 714 36.54


BEER, TWO OR MORE

AT ONE TIME

Q20a Frequency PercentNever 1755 86.66

1 time 146 7.20

2 times 72 3.56

3+ times 52 2.58





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WINE COOLERS, TWO

OR MORE AT ONE TIME


Never 1794 90.72

1 time 97 4.90

2 times 51 2.58

3+ times 36 1.81


WINE, TWO OR MORE

AT ONE TIME


Never 1768 89.60

1 time 123 6.22

2 times 46 2.33

3+ times 37 1.85


LIQUOR, TWO OR MORE

AT ONE TIME


Never 1855 94.03

1 time 65 3.30

2 times 26 1.33

3+ times 26 1.34


MISSED SCHOOL

WITHOUT PARENT'S

CONSENT


No 1963 95.17

Yes 100 4.83


SENT TO

PRINCIPAL/DEAN

SINCE SEPTEMBER


No 1435 69.92


PARENTS FEEL ABOUT KIDS

SMOKING CIGARETTES


Don't like it 1761 85.78

Don't care 25 1.22

Think it's O.K. 12 0.58




DRINKING BEER



Don't care 59 2.89





USING MARIJUANA

q25 Frequency Percent


Don't care 29 1.43




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