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Spring 2007
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T-3: In the past 30 days, how many cigarettes have you smoked? 3
Table T-7: How do your parents feel about kids your age smoking cigarettes? 5
Table T-8: How dangerous do you think it is for kids your age to use tobacco? 6
Table A-3: When you drink the following alcoholic beverages, how many drinks do 9
Table A-4: During the past 30 days, on how many days have you had five or more 10
10 or
Never/None 1 day 2 days 3 to 5 days 6 to 9 days more days
Alcohol
All 79.4% 7.3% 4.4% 4.4% 2.1% 2.4%
Grade 7 90.9% 4.1% 2.1% 1.2% 0.5% 1.1%
Grade 8 88.1% 5.5% 2.7% 1.2% 0.8% 1.6%
Grade 9 81.1% 7.6% 3.6% 2.8% 2.2% 2.8%
Grade 10 73.9% 8.8% 5.8% 6.7% 2.9% 1.9%
Grade 11 70.2% 9.2% 6.3% 7.8% 3.0% 3.5%
Grade 12 62.9% 10.0% 8.2% 10.7% 4.0% 4.2%
Table A-7: Since school began in the fall, on how many days (if any) have you... 12
Table A-8: School year use of alcohol by absences and conduct problems: 13
Table A-9: During the past twelve months, how many times have you...
Table A-11: During the past twelve months, how many times have you... 15
Table A-12: Thinking of parties you attended this school year, how often was
alcohol used?
Table A-13: How often, if ever, do you get alcoholic beverages from.. 16
Most of
Do Not Drink Never Seldom the Time Always
At home
All 45.1% 33.7% 15.7% 3.8% 1.8%
Grade 7 52.1% 31.9% 13.0% 2.1% 0.8%
Grade 8 51.9% 28.3% 14.6% 4.1% 0.9%
Grade 9 42.8% 35.5% 16.8% 3.3% 1.6%
Grade 10 43.6% 31.4% 17.7% 5.2% 2.1%
Grade 11 38.2% 38.3% 16.0% 4.2% 3.2%
Grade 12 38.0% 38.5% 15.9% 4.3% 3.3%
From friends
All 39.0% 21.0% 15.2% 16.8% 8.0%
Grade 7 52.8% 27.9% 9.2% 7.8% 2.3%
Grade 8 46.8% 25.4% 14.7% 10.7% 2.4%
Grade 9 35.0% 24.2% 17.4% 16.0% 7.4%
Grade 10 33.5% 13.6% 16.7% 24.5% 11.7%
Grade 11 32.2% 15.6% 15.8% 24.7% 11.7%
Grade 12 28.9% 13.4% 18.2% 22.3% 17.2%
From a store
All 41.2% 42.1% 8.2% 5.4% 3.1%
Grade 7 53.2% 40.8% 3.6% 1.4% 1.0%
Grade 8 48.4% 43.9% 5.2% 2.1% 0.4%
Grade 9 39.5% 45.4% 7.0% 5.2% 2.8%
Grade 10 35.7% 42.1% 12.6% 5.7% 3.9%
Grade 11 33.5% 38.7% 12.0% 10.2% 5.6%
Grade 12 31.0% 38.7% 11.8% 11.0% 7.4%
At parties
All 36.4% 16.5% 13.7% 15.3% 18.1%
Grade 7 48.0% 22.9% 14.0% 9.7% 5.4%
Grade 8 42.7% 22.4% 15.4% 12.8% 6.7%
Grade 9 33.0% 16.7% 15.6% 16.9% 17.8%
Grade 10 30.8% 10.6% 13.1% 19.3% 26.1%
Grade 11 30.7% 11.0% 11.4% 17.3% 29.5%
Grade 12 29.1% 11.0% 10.7% 17.1% 32.1%
Other source
All 41.6% 26.2% 15.1% 8.5% 8.7%
Grade 7 52.3% 28.9% 11.4% 4.8% 2.5%
Grade 8 46.2% 27.4% 15.4% 7.0% 4.0%
Grade 9 38.5% 27.8% 16.0% 9.4% 8.4%
Grade 10 37.6% 24.1% 15.7% 9.9% 12.9%
Grade 11 36.6% 26.0% 16.0% 10.9% 10.5%
Grade 12 35.0% 19.7% 16.4% 10.2% 18.7%
Table A-14: How do your parents feel about kids your age drinking beer? 17
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.. 25
Table D-7: School year use of marijuana by absences and conduct problems: 26
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? 27
Table D-10: During the past twelve months, how many times have you..
Table D-11: Thinking of parties you attended this school year, how often were
marijuana and/or other drugs used?
Half Most of
CATEGORY Never Seldom the Time the Time Always Don't know
Joints? All 79.0% 6.3% 3.5% 5.7% 4.6% 1.0%
Grade 7 88.7% 4.0% 2.1% 2.9% 1.8% 0.5%
Grade 8 82.4% 4.7% 3.5% 4.6% 3.0% 1.8%
Grade 9 79.9% 7.0% 3.1% 4.0% 5.1% 0.9%
Grade 10 77.8% 7.0% 4.5% 5.0% 5.0% 0.6%
Grade 11 68.1% 8.8% 5.2% 10.3% 6.4% 1.2%
Grade 12 71.9% 7.0% 2.5% 10.1% 7.5% 1.0%
Blunts? All 82.1% 6.2% 4.1% 3.6% 3.1% 0.9%
Grade 7 90.7% 3.3% 2.2% 1.9% 1.0% 0.9%
Grade 8 85.9% 4.4% 4.2% 2.4% 1.7% 1.4%
Grade 9 83.0% 6.5% 3.9% 3.1% 3.0% 0.6%
Grade 10 80.3% 6.1% 6.2% 3.3% 3.4% 0.7%
Grade 11 73.1% 10.2% 4.1% 6.5% 4.9% 1.2%
Grade 12 74.3% 8.1% 5.1% 5.9% 5.9% 0.8%
Bongs or water pipes? All 86.7% 5.2% 2.7% 2.4% 2.3% 0.8%
Grade 7 95.8% 2.2% 0.8% 0.3% 0.5% 0.5%
Grade 8 91.9% 3.0% 1.8% 1.1% 1.3% 0.8%
Grade 9 88.0% 5.2% 2.4% 1.6% 2.4% 0.3%
Grade 10 84.1% 5.5% 4.0% 3.8% 1.7% 1.0%
Grade 11 77.4% 9.7% 4.3% 3.6% 3.7% 1.4%
Grade 12 77.1% 7.1% 4.1% 5.6% 5.1% 1.0%
Pipes? All 86.3% 5.2% 2.9% 2.8% 2.3% 0.7%
Grade 7 95.3% 2.5% 0.5% 0.5% 0.6% 0.5%
Grade 8 90.7% 3.5% 2.4% 1.8% 1.0% 0.7%
Grade 9 88.4% 4.9% 2.4% 1.8% 2.2% 0.3%
Grade 10 84.3% 5.7% 3.4% 3.9% 1.8% 0.8%
Grade 11 76.0% 8.3% 5.1% 5.5% 3.9% 1.2%
Grade 12 76.6% 7.6% 4.6% 4.8% 5.3% 1.0%
Some other way? All 88.1% 4.6% 1.5% 1.6% 2.2% 2.0%
Grade 7 94.0% 2.8% 1.1% 0.5% 0.9% 0.8%
Grade 8 89.5% 3.8% 1.2% 2.0% 1.2% 2.3%
Grade 9 90.8% 3.0% 1.2% 1.3% 2.4% 1.3%
Grade 10 86.2% 5.2% 2.8% 1.5% 2.5% 1.8%
Grade 11 80.9% 8.3% 1.9% 2.8% 2.9% 3.3%
Grade 12 82.4% 6.7% 1.3% 2.1% 4.1% 3.4%
Table D-13: How do your parents feel about kids your age using marijuana? 29
Table D-14: How dangerous do you think it is for kids your age to use... 30
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Table I-5: Since school began in the fall, on how many days (if any) have you 35
Table I-6: School year use of inhalants by absences and conduct problems:
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? 36
Table X-1: Since school began in the fall, have you gotten any information 37
CATEGORY Yes
A school health class All 54.4%
Grade 7 59.0%
Grade 8 40.3%
Grade 9 50.5%
Grade 10 61.2%
Grade 11 60.1%
Grade 12 62.9%
An assembly program All 61.1%
Grade 7 62.0%
Grade 8 68.3%
Grade 9 56.9%
Grade 10 57.1%
Grade 11 56.0%
Grade 12 67.0%
Guidance counselor All 45.3%
Grade 7 63.4%
Grade 8 62.8%
Grade 9 35.8%
Grade 10 35.4%
Grade 11 29.7%
Grade 12 39.5%
Science class All 39.7%
Grade 7 47.8%
Grade 8 33.7%
Grade 9 39.1%
Grade 10 43.2%
Grade 11 39.1%
Grade 12 34.7%
Social studies class All 19.8%
Grade 7 17.7%
Grade 8 18.0%
Grade 9 19.0%
Grade 10 20.5%
Grade 11 20.8%
Grade 12 25.0%
Student group session All 23.4%
Grade 7 16.5%
Grade 8 20.2%
Grade 9 22.3%
Grade 10 27.7%
Grade 11 24.7%
Grade 12 34.7%
Table X-1: Since school began in the fall, have you gotten any information 38
CATEGORY Yes
An invited school guest All 48.5%
Grade 7 43.0%
Grade 8 50.0%
Grade 9 45.2%
Grade 10 48.3%
Grade 11 47.9%
Grade 12 61.4%
Another source at school All 43.0%
Grade 7 35.9%
Grade 8 44.8%
Grade 9 41.7%
Grade 10 46.3%
Grade 11 41.8%
Grade 12 50.7%
Any school source All 67.8%
Grade 7 68.6%
Grade 8 71.1%
Grade 9 66.6%
Grade 10 66.2%
Grade 11 68.0%
Grade 12 65.4%
Table X-2: If you had a drug or alcohol problem and needed help, who would you go to? 39
CATEGORY Yes
A counselor or program in All 39.6%
Grade 7 56.1%
Grade 8 45.2%
Grade 9 36.9%
Grade 10 32.5%
Grade 11 29.0%
Grade 12 32.5%
Another adult in school ( All 37.5%
Grade 7 46.0%
Grade 8 38.5%
Grade 9 34.0%
Grade 10 34.6%
Grade 11 36.1%
Grade 12 35.3%
A counselor or program ou All 39.6%
Grade 7 44.4%
Grade 8 40.7%
Grade 9 39.2%
Grade 10 37.7%
Grade 11 36.8%
Grade 12 36.8%
Your parents All 62.1%
Grade 7 67.6%
Grade 8 63.4%
Grade 9 64.6%
Grade 10 57.6%
Grade 11 58.9%
Grade 12 55.8%
A medical doctor All 44.4%
Grade 7 51.4%
Grade 8 43.0%
Grade 9 45.8%
Grade 10 42.0%
Grade 11 37.1%
Grade 12 45.2%
Your friends All 70.6%
Grade 7 64.6%
Grade 8 67.0%
Grade 9 72.0%
Grade 10 75.3%
Grade 11 73.9%
Grade 12 73.2%
Table X-2: If you had a drug or alcohol problem and needed help, who would you go to? 40
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CATEGORY Yes
Another adult (a relative All 62.3%
Grade 7 66.5%
Grade 8 62.4%
Grade 9 61.5%
Grade 10 65.2%
Grade 11 59.4%
Grade 12 57.1%
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 10.7%
Grade 7 9.6%
Grade 8 11.9%
Grade 9 11.8%
Grade 10 9.9%
Grade 11 8.0%
Grade 12 12.9%
Table X-6: Since school began in the fall, have you gotten any information 43
CATEGORY Yes
A website or online chat All 27.4%
Grade 7 19.5%
Grade 8 22.5%
Grade 9 29.5%
Grade 10 31.8%
Grade 11 29.1%
Grade 12 35.9%
Books, magazines, poster All 51.6%
Grade 7 45.2%
Grade 8 50.8%
Grade 9 54.3%
Grade 10 55.2%
Grade 11 53.0%
Grade 12 51.4%
TV, radio, or other audi All 56.9%
Grade 7 51.8%
Grade 8 57.1%
Grade 9 58.9%
Grade 10 61.6%
Grade 11 56.5%
Grade 12 55.5%
Your parents All 58.5%
Grade 7 54.1%
Grade 8 64.1%
Grade 9 59.9%
Grade 10 58.8%
Grade 11 56.3%
Grade 12 55.4%
All students
All students
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Male students
Male students
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Female students
Female students
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Female students
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White students
White students
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Black students
Black students
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Mexican/American students
Mexican/American students
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Mexican/American students
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Students would seek help from adults for substance abuse problems
Students would seek help from adults for substance abuse problems
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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
Students wouldn''t 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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RECENT HEROIN USE COCAINE USE IN PAST MONTH Frequency Missing = 168.12025108
q18k Frequency Percent q19e Frequency Percent
Never Heard/Used 3976 98.44 Never Heard/Used 3765 93.46
In Your Lifetime 31 0.77 1-2 times 153 3.79 CLOSE FRIENDS USE WINE
Since School Began 7 0.17 3-10 times 54 1.35 COOLERS
In the Past Month 25 0.61 11+ times 56 1.40 q20d Frequency Percent
Never heard/None 1673 42.21
A few 911 22.98
Frequency Missing = 83.068990689 Frequency Missing = 93.853055479 Some 679 17.14
Most 502 12.66
All 199 5.01
TOBACCO USE IN PAST MONTH CRACK USE IN PAST MONTH
q19a Frequency Percent q19f Frequency Percent
Never Heard/Used 3514 87.41 Never Heard/Used 3957 98.21 Frequency Missing = 159.21654529
1-2 times 263 6.54 1-2 times 53 1.31
3-10 times 138 3.43 3-10 times 10 0.24
11+ times 106 2.63 11+ times 10 0.24 CLOSE FRIENDS USE WINE
q20e Frequency Percent
Never heard/None 2149 54.47
Frequency Missing = 101.46876208 Frequency Missing = 92.894834868 A few 897 22.73
Some 475 12.03
Most 294 7.46
ALCOHOL USE IN PAST MONTH CLOSE FRIENDS USE All 130 3.30
q19b Frequency Percent CIGARETTES
Never Heard/Used 2680 66.86 q20a Frequency Percent
1-2 times 765 19.09 Never heard/None 1686 42.37 Frequency Missing = 176.37561409
3-10 times 394 9.84 A few 1393 35.00
11+ times 169 4.21 Some 570 14.33
Most 259 6.50
All 71 1.80
Frequency Missing = 113.73031266
CLOSE FRIENDS USE MARIJUANA Frequency Missing = 268.89029415 Frequency Missing = 295.37995142
q20h Frequency Percent
Never heard/None 1869 46.56
A few 893 22.25 DIFFICULT TO GET WINE DIFFICULT TO GET
Some 585 14.59 COOLERS MARIJUANA
Most 471 11.73 q21d Frequency Percent q21h Frequency Percent
All 196 4.88 Never heard of 648 16.75 Never heard of 672 17.43
Impossible 521 13.47 Impossible 865 22.43
Very difficult 223 5.76 Very difficult 276 7.15
Frequency Missing = 108.65619511 Somewhat diff 461 11.93 Somewhat diff 345 8.95
Somewhat easy 748 19.35 Somewhat easy 569 14.76
Very easy 1266 32.74 Very easy 1129 29.28
DIFFICULT TO GET
CIGARETTES
q21a Frequency Percent Frequency Missing = 255.21523869 Frequency Missing = 267.63550918
Never heard of 534 13.68
Impossible 642 16.46
Very difficult 227 5.82 DIFFICULT TO GET WINE DIFFICULT TO GET COCAINE
Somewhat diff 385 9.87 q21e Frequency Percent q21i Frequency Percent
Somewhat easy 739 18.95 Never heard of 597 15.54 Never heard of 797 20.81
Very easy 1374 35.22 Impossible 618 16.08 Impossible 1051 27.44
Very difficult 305 7.95 Very difficult 356 9.29
Somewhat diff 484 12.61 Somewhat diff 440 11.48
Frequency Missing = 221.32182461 Somewhat easy 712 18.53 Somewhat easy 431 11.25
Very easy 1126 29.31 Very easy 756 19.74
AGE WHEN FIRST USED AGE WHEN FIRST USED AGE WHEN FIRST USED
WINE MARIJUANA HALLUCINOGENS
q22e Frequency Percent q22h Frequency Percent q22l Frequency Percent
9 or younger 170 10.54 9 or younger 46 4.72 9 or younger 3 2.76
10 years old 90 5.60 10 years old 32 3.28 10 years old 2 1.61
11 years old 140 8.67 11 years old 62 6.31 11 years old 4 3.62
12 years old 194 12.00 12 years old 124 12.72 12 years old 6 5.42
13 years old 287 17.77 13 years old 205 20.94 13 years old 15 14.15
14 years old 280 17.34 14 years old 190 19.47 14 years old 19 17.61
15 years old 235 14.56 15 years old 161 16.43 15 years old 28 25.57
16 years old 141 8.75 16 years old 109 11.14 16 years old 21 19.17
17 years old 57 3.55 17 years old 37 3.74 17 years old 10 9.03
18 or older 20 1.22 18 or older 12 1.25 18 or older 1 1.06
AGE WHEN FIRST USED AGE WHEN FIRST USED AGE WHEN FIRST USED
LIQUOR COCAINE UPPERS
q22f Frequency Percent q22i Frequency Percent q22m Frequency Percent
9 or younger 88 5.57 9 or younger 7 1.66 9 or younger 2 1.06
10 years old 69 4.40 10 years old 9 2.14 10 years old 2 1.22
11 years old 108 6.86 11 years old 11 2.55 11 years old 13 8.03
12 years old 158 10.04 12 years old 27 6.14 12 years old 16 9.48
13 years old 277 17.56 13 years old 50 11.49 13 years old 22 13.57
14 years old 280 17.74 14 years old 63 14.43 14 years old 32 19.69
15 years old 306 19.40 15 years old 100 23.15 15 years old 30 17.97
16 years old 173 10.99 16 years old 98 22.68 16 years old 33 20.28
17 years old 89 5.67 17 years old 50 11.44 17 years old 10 5.93
18 or older 28 1.75 18 or older 19 4.33 18 or older 5 2.79
Frequency Missing = 3939.6373688 Frequency Missing = 3929.3444412 HOW OFTEN NORMALLY USE
BEER
q23c Frequency Percent
AGE WHEN FIRST USED AGE WHEN FIRST USED Every day 11 0.29
ROHYPNOL HEROIN Several times/wk 145 3.71
q22o Frequency Percent q22r Frequency Percent Several times/mo 423 10.82
9 or younger 4 1.37 9 or younger 1 1.59 About once/month 441 11.28
10 years old 6 2.08 10 years old 1 2.44 About once/year 400 10.22
11 years old 11 3.71 11 years old 4 8.18 < once/year 382 9.77
12 years old 38 12.20 12 years old 8 14.01 Never used 2108 53.91
13 years old 51 16.66 13 years old 9 17.26
14 years old 70 22.82 14 years old 13 23.30
15 years old 71 23.08 15 years old 6 11.90 Frequency Missing = 211.26887243
16 years old 32 10.47 16 years old 6 11.04
17 years old 18 5.71 17 years old 5 8.50
HOW OFTEN NORMALLY USE
18 or older 6 1.91 18 or older 1 1.78 WINE COOLERS
q23d Frequency Percent
Every day 2 0.05
Frequency Missing = 3813.0958022 Frequency Missing = 4068.0074287
Several times/wk 101 2.60
Several times/mo 369 9.45
AGE WHEN FIRST USED HOW OFTEN NORMALLY USE About once/month 426 10.93
STEROIDS CIGARETTES About once/year 406 10.39
q22p Frequency Percent q23a Frequency Percent < once/year 340 8.72
9 or younger 3 5.37 Every day 47 1.19 Never used 2258 57.87
10 years old 1 2.38 Several times/wk 121 3.07
11 years old 2 3.10 Several times/mo 199 5.06
12 years old 3 4.70 About once/month 257 6.53 Frequency Missing = 219.69762338
13 years old 8 14.83 About once/year 220 5.60
14 years old 5 9.80 < once/year 380 9.68
HOW OFTEN NORMALLY USE
15 years old 6 10.65 Never used 2708 68.88 WINE
16 years old 14 25.59 q23e Frequency Percent
17 years old 11 19.43 Every day 3 0.07
18 or older 2 4.15 Frequency Missing = 190.60930397
Several times/wk 83 2.12
Several times/mo 239 6.13
About once/month 293 7.52
Frequency Missing = 4066.7351968
About once/year 458 11.78
< once/year 363 9.32
Never used 2455 63.06
SENT TO
DANGEROUS FOR KIDS TO DANGEROUS FOR KIDS TO PRINCIPAL/DEAN SINCE
USE COCAINE USE HEROIN SEPTEMBER
q30e Frequency Percent q30i Frequency Percent q31d Frequency Percent
Very 2914 80.38 Very 3240 84.09 None 3142 81.30
Somewhat 373 10.29 Somewhat 255 6.61 1-3 days 536 13.86
Not very 79 2.17 Not very 34 0.89 4-9 days 114 2.94
Not at all 53 1.45 Not at all 29 0.76 10+ days 73 1.90
Don't know 207 5.71 Don't know 295 7.65
SOMEONE CALLED
DANGEROUS FOR KIDS TO DAYS SKIPPED SINCE HOME SINCE
USE CRACK SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER
q30f Frequency Percent q31a Frequency Percent q31e Frequency Percent
Very 3050 82.04 None 2921 75.38 None 3203 83.58
Somewhat 338 9.09 1-3 days 614 15.84 1-3 days 501 13.07
Not very 61 1.64 4-9 days 170 4.40 4-9 days 78 2.05
Not at all 29 0.77 10+ days 170 4.38 10+ days 50 1.30
Don't know 240 6.46