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

School
Year

Not Past
Year

Never
Used

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

13.1%
9.6%
17.3%

8.5%
6.9%
10.4%

4.7%
2.7%
6.9%

86.9%
90.4%
82.7%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

12.9%
9.6%
16.7%

8.0%
6.6%
9.8%

4.8%
3.0%
6.9%

87.1%
90.4%
83.3%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

1.8%
2.0%
1.6%

1.5%
1.7%
1.3%

0.3%
0.3%
0.3%

98.2%
98.0%
98.4%

Any tobacco product

Cigarettes

Smokeless tobacco

Table T-2: Average number of times selected tobacco products were used by those
who reported use of ..
School
Year

Lifetime

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

3.3
3.0
3.5

3.6
3.4
3.8

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

3.2
2.7
3.5

3.4
2.9
3.8

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

1.5
1.5
*

3.3
*
*

Any tobacco product

Cigarettes

Smokeless tobacco

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Table T-3: Average age of first use of tobacco:
Grade 5
9.4

Grade 6
10.1

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

Never

Under 8

10

11

Over 11

89.7%
92.4%
86.5%

2.7%
3.0%
2.4%

0.2%
0.0%
0.5%

1.4%
1.7%
1.0%

1.8%
1.7%
1.9%

1.8%
0.4%
3.4%

2.4%
0.8%
4.3%

80.1%
84.7%
74.5%

3.5%
3.2%
3.8%

1.7%
0.8%
2.8%

2.2%
1.6%
2.8%

4.3%
3.2%
5.7%

3.0%
2.4%
3.8%

5.2%
4.0%
6.6%

Two Parent Family

All
Grade 5
Grade 6
Other Family Situation
All
Grade 5
Grade 6

Table T-5: About how many of your close friends use ...
Never
Heard Of

None

Some

Most

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

2.6%
2.8%
2.3%

71.3%
76.2%
65.5%

23.9%
19.3%
29.4%

2.2%
1.7%
2.9%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

3.2%
4.0%
2.3%

71.7%
76.0%
66.4%

23.2%
18.6%
28.6%

2.0%
1.4%
2.6%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

5.7%
6.6%
4.7%

85.0%
84.8%
85.2%

8.0%
7.4%
8.7%

1.2%
1.1%
1.3%

Any tobacco product?

Cigarettes?

Smokeless tobacco?

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Table T-6: Have you ever been offered ...
Never
Heard Of

Yes

No

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

3.9%
3.9%
3.9%

16.1%
12.1%
20.9%

80.0%
84.0%
75.2%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

4.9%
5.4%
4.2%

15.6%
11.7%
20.3%

79.5%
82.9%
75.5%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

7.3%
8.5%
6.0%

5.4%
5.0%
6.0%

87.2%
86.5%
88.0%

Any tobacco product?

Cigarettes?

Smokeless tobacco?

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
Grade 5
Grade 6

1.6%
1.7%
1.6%

67.8%
71.1%
63.9%

20.5%
16.6%
25.2%

3.3%
2.8%
3.8%

6.7%
7.9%
5.4%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

2.7%
3.4%
1.9%

51.2%
54.4%
47.4%

33.1%
29.9%
36.8%

4.2%
3.7%
4.8%

8.8%
8.5%
9.0%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

3.8%
4.0%
3.6%

61.9%
64.5%
58.9%

20.6%
19.1%
22.3%

3.7%
3.2%
4.2%

10.1%
9.2%
11.0%

Any tobacco product?

Cigarettes?

Smokeless tobacco?

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

School
Year

Not Past
Year

Never
Used

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

34.1%
26.4%
43.1%

21.5%
18.3%
25.2%

12.6%
8.1%
17.9%

65.9%
73.6%
56.9%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

22.1%
17.4%
27.5%

12.8%
11.2%
14.6%

9.3%
6.2%
13.0%

77.9%
82.6%
72.5%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

18.0%
13.0%
23.9%

11.9%
10.4%
13.7%

6.1%
2.5%
10.2%

82.0%
87.0%
76.1%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

18.2%
13.5%
23.7%

10.2%
8.4%
12.3%

8.0%
5.1%
11.4%

81.8%
86.5%
76.3%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

8.1%
6.7%
9.8%

5.5%
5.0%
6.0%

2.7%
1.7%
3.8%

91.9%
93.3%
90.2%

Any alcohol product

Beer

Wine coolers

Wine

Liquor

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Table A-2: Average number of times selected alcohol products were used by those
who reported use of ..
School
Year

Lifetime

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

5.6
5.5
5.6

5.7
6.0
5.6

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

3.2
3.1
3.3

2.9
3.2
2.8

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

3.1
3.1
3.1

3.4
3.6
3.4

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

2.8
2.6
2.9

2.9
3.1
2.7

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

2.9
2.8
3.0

3.2
3.6
3.0

Any alcohol product

Beer

Liquor

Wine

Wine coolers

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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

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

76.7%
78.7%
74.4%

13.8%
13.2%
14.6%

5.2%
4.1%
6.5%

4.3%
4.1%
4.5%

23.3%
21.3%
25.6%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

82.1%
84.3%
79.5%

8.5%
6.7%
10.6%

4.6%
4.4%
5.0%

4.8%
4.7%
5.0%

17.9%
15.7%
20.5%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

84.1%
87.9%
79.7%

9.1%
5.6%
13.1%

2.5%
2.4%
2.6%

4.3%
4.1%
4.6%

15.9%
12.1%
20.3%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

92.0%
92.6%
91.2%

3.6%
3.2%
3.9%

2.0%
2.1%
2.0%

2.5%
2.1%
2.9%

8.0%
7.4%
8.8%

Beer?

Wine Coolers?

Wine?

Liquor?

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Table A-4: Average age of first use of alcohol:
Grade 5
Alcohol
9.2
Beer
9.2
Wine Coolers
9.7
Wine
9.8
Liquor
9.8

Grade 6
9.7
9.7
10.3
10.5
10.4

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

Never

Under 8

10

11

Over 11

70.4%
76.3%
63.5%

6.3%
6.4%
6.3%

2.5%
1.7%
3.4%

4.7%
4.2%
5.3%

6.1%
5.1%
7.2%

5.2%
5.5%
4.8%

4.9%
0.8%
9.6%

61.2%
67.2%
53.8%

8.4%
8.2%
8.7%

3.5%
2.5%
4.8%

6.2%
5.7%
6.7%

7.5%
7.4%
7.7%

9.2%
6.6%
12.5%

4.0%
2.5%
5.8%

Two Parent Family

All
Grade 5
Grade 6
Other Family Situation
All
Grade 5
Grade 6

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

this school year:
No Absences
or Conduct
Problems
24.2%

Cut School
66.0%

Sent to
Principal
49.9%

Both
65.0%

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Table A-7: When you drink alcohol, do you get it from ..
Don't Drink

Yes

No

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

65.5%
70.5%
59.6%

10.6%
8.0%
13.9%

23.8%
21.6%
26.5%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

66.1%
70.6%
60.9%

6.7%
4.7%
9.0%

27.2%
24.7%
30.1%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

62.9%
67.9%
57.1%

14.8%
11.8%
18.2%

22.3%
20.2%
24.7%

Home?

Friends?

Somewhere else?

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Table A-8: About how many of your close friends use ..
Never
Heard Of

None

Some

Most

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

1.8%
2.0%
1.6%

60.1%
65.4%
53.8%

30.1%
25.4%
35.6%

8.0%
7.1%
9.0%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

1.9%
2.1%
1.7%

67.4%
72.7%
61.1%

25.6%
21.1%
30.9%

5.2%
4.2%
6.4%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

8.1%
8.8%
7.3%

70.0%
72.4%
67.2%

18.1%
15.5%
21.2%

3.7%
3.2%
4.3%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

3.6%
3.5%
3.7%

78.2%
82.6%
73.1%

15.5%
11.2%
20.6%

2.7%
2.7%
2.7%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

8.0%
10.6%
5.0%

76.6%
77.4%
75.7%

13.2%
10.6%
16.3%

2.2%
1.5%
3.0%

Any alcohol product?

Beer?

Wine coolers?

Wine?

Liquor?

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Table A-9: Have you ever been offered ..
Never
Heard Of

Yes

No

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

3.0%
3.7%
2.3%

27.8%
23.7%
32.6%

69.2%
72.6%
65.1%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

3.3%
4.1%
2.4%

22.8%
18.6%
27.9%

73.9%
77.3%
69.7%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

10.3%
12.3%
7.9%

11.5%
10.3%
12.9%

78.2%
77.4%
79.2%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

5.5%
6.7%
4.0%

12.3%
10.6%
14.4%

82.2%
82.7%
81.6%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

9.1%
10.8%
7.1%

8.5%
6.4%
11.1%

82.4%
82.8%
81.8%

Any alcohol product?

Beer?

Wine coolers?

Wine?

Liquor?

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Table A-10: How do your parents feel about kids your age drinking beer?
Don't Like
78.0%
78.2%
77.7%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

Don't Care
3.2%
3.4%
2.9%

Think It's OK
1.7%
2.0%
1.3%

Don't know
17.2%
16.4%
18.1%

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
Dangerous Do Not Know

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

1.7%
2.0%
1.3%

63.4%
66.3%
60.0%

23.9%
21.1%
27.0%

5.0%
5.1%
4.8%

6.2%
5.4%
7.0%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

1.7%
2.1%
1.3%

44.4%
48.1%
40.2%

33.6%
31.4%
36.3%

9.9%
9.1%
10.8%

10.3%
9.4%
11.4%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

6.5%
6.8%
6.1%

42.2%
47.0%
36.8%

26.3%
24.0%
29.0%

12.0%
9.8%
14.5%

13.0%
12.4%
13.5%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

2.8%
3.5%
2.0%

44.5%
49.1%
39.1%

29.8%
26.9%
33.2%

11.1%
7.9%
14.8%

11.8%
12.6%
10.9%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

5.2%
7.3%
2.6%

55.9%
57.3%
54.3%

24.3%
21.6%
27.5%

4.6%
3.8%
5.6%

9.9%
9.9%
9.9%

Any alcohol product?

Beer?

Wine coolers?

Wine?

Liquor?

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

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

Ever
Used
6.3%
4.7%
8.2%

School
Year
4.4%
3.9%
5.1%

Not Past
Year
1.9%
0.8%
3.2%

Never
Used
93.7%
95.3%
91.8%

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

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

School
Year
4.4
3.6
5.2

Lifetime
4.0
3.7
4.1

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Table D-3: Average age of first use of marijuana:
Grade 5
10.3

Grade 6
10.7

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

Never

Under 8

10

11

Over 11

95.7%
96.5%
94.6%

0.5%
0.9%
0.0%

0.0%
0.0%
0.0%

0.2%
0.0%
0.5%

0.5%
0.0%
1.0%

2.1%
1.7%
2.5%

1.1%
0.9%
1.5%

91.1%
93.2%
88.6%

0.9%
0.8%
1.0%

0.4%
0.0%
1.0%

0.9%
0.8%
1.0%

0.9%
0.8%
1.0%

3.1%
3.4%
2.9%

2.7%
0.8%
4.8%

Two Parent Family

All
Grade 5
Grade 6
Other Family Situation
All
Grade 5
Grade 6

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Table D-5 : Lifetime prevalence of use of marijuana by reported conduct
problems this school year:
No Absences
or Conduct
Problems
1.7%

Sent to
Principal
14.4%

Cut School
26.6%

Both
32.5%

Table D-6: About how many of your close friends use marijuana?
Never
Heard Of
All
4.9%
Grade 5
6.6%
Grade 6
3.0%

None
76.3%
79.5%
72.5%

Some
15.4%
11.5%
20.0%

Most
3.4%
2.3%
4.6%

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

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

Never
Heard Of
6.5%
7.2%
5.6%

Yes
11.2%
9.8%
12.8%

No
82.4%
83.0%
81.6%

Table D-8: How do your parents feel about kids your age smoking marijuana?
Don't Like
80.9%
79.7%
82.3%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

Don't Care
3.6%
3.7%
3.5%

Think It's OK
1.2%
1.7%
0.6%

Don't know
14.3%
14.9%
13.5%

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

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

Never
Heard Of
3.6%
4.3%
2.8%

Very
Dangerous
73.0%
70.9%
75.3%

Dangerous
11.6%
12.4%
10.8%

Not at All
Dangerous Do Not Know
4.8%
7.0%
4.3%
8.1%
5.4%
5.7%

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

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

Ever
Used
18.0%
11.2%
25.9%

School
Year
14.4%
8.9%
20.9%

Not Past
Year
3.5%
2.2%
5.1%

Never
Used
82.0%
88.8%
74.1%

Table I-2: Have you ever sniffed any of the following inhalants to get high?
Not Used

Used

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

91.6%
97.4%
84.8%

8.4%
2.6%
15.2%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

94.6%
97.7%
90.9%

5.4%
2.3%
9.1%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

94.5%
95.4%
93.5%

5.5%
4.6%
6.5%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

95.5%
98.6%
91.9%

4.5%
1.4%
8.1%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

93.2%
95.4%
90.6%

6.8%
4.6%
9.4%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

90.8%
93.7%
87.4%

9.2%
6.3%
12.6%

Correction Fluid/Whiteout

Gasoline

Glue

Paint Thinner

Spray Paint

Other Inhalants

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

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

School
Year
3.6
2.9
3.9

Lifetime
3.5
2.8
3.8

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

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

None
82.7%
89.6%
74.5%

One Two to Three

6.4%
8.0%
5.2%
3.8%
7.9%
12.9%

Four Plus
2.9%
1.4%
4.7%

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Table I-5: Average age of first use of inhalants:
Grade 5
9.5

Grade 6
10.5

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

Never

Under 8

10

11

Over 11

92.0%
98.2%
84.6%

1.2%
0.9%
1.5%

0.7%
0.4%
1.0%

0.5%
0.0%
1.0%

0.7%
0.0%
1.5%

3.0%
0.4%
6.0%

2.1%
0.0%
4.5%

88.7%
89.9%
87.3%

0.9%
1.7%
0.0%

0.9%
0.8%
1.0%

1.8%
1.7%
2.0%

2.7%
1.7%
3.9%

1.3%
0.8%
2.0%

3.6%
3.4%
3.9%

Two Parent Family

All
Grade 5
Grade 6
Other Family Situation
All
Grade 5
Grade 6

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Table I-7: Lifetime prevalence of use of inhalants by reported conduct
problems this school year:
No Absences
or Conduct
Problems
5.5%

Cut School
23.8%

Sent to
Principal
18.7%

Both
30.4%

Table I-8: About how many of your close friends use inhalants?
Never
Heard Of
All
6.4%
Grade 5
8.7%
Grade 6
3.7%

None
74.1%
77.9%
69.7%

Some
15.4%
10.5%
21.3%

Most
4.0%
2.9%
5.3%

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

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

Never
Heard Of
6.5%
8.7%
3.9%

Yes
13.8%
10.4%
17.8%

No
79.7%
80.9%
78.3%

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

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

Never
Heard Of
3.6%
5.0%
1.9%

Very
Dangerous
57.6%
58.8%
56.1%

Dangerous
22.3%
21.5%
23.2%

Not at All
Dangerous Do Not Know
7.0%
9.6%
4.1%
10.6%
10.3%
8.4%

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Table X-1: Since school began in the fall, have you gotten information on drugs
or alcohol from ..
CATEGORY
An Assembly Program?

Guidance Counselor?

Visitor to Class?

Someone Else at School?

Your Teacher?

Any School Source?

All
Grade 5
Grade 6
All
Grade 5
Grade 6
All
Grade 5
Grade 6
All
Grade 5
Grade 6
All
Grade 5
Grade 6
All
Grade 5
Grade 6

Yes
71.9%
71.3%
72.6%
60.2%
55.6%
65.5%
69.1%
64.3%
74.6%
51.7%
52.6%
50.7%
68.8%
68.6%
69.0%
88.4%
87.2%
89.9%

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Table B1: Prevalence and recency of use of selected substances by grade
All Students
Ever
Used

School
Year

Not Past
Year

Never
Used

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

13.1%
9.6%
17.3%

8.5%
6.9%
10.4%

4.7%
2.7%
6.9%

86.9%
90.4%
82.7%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

34.1%
26.4%
43.1%

21.5%
18.3%
25.2%

12.6%
8.1%
17.9%

65.9%
73.6%
56.9%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

18.0%
11.2%
25.9%

14.4%
8.9%
20.9%

3.5%
2.2%
5.1%

82.0%
88.8%
74.1%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

6.3%
4.7%
8.2%

4.4%
3.9%
5.1%

1.9%
0.8%
3.2%

93.7%
95.3%
91.8%

Tobacco

Alcohol

Inhalants

Marijuana

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Table B2: Prevalence and recency of use of selected substances by grade
Male Students
Ever
Used

School
Year

Not Past
Year

Never
Used

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

16.9%
14.0%
20.3%

11.1%
9.6%
13.1%

5.7%
4.5%
7.2%

83.1%
86.0%
79.7%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

43.0%
30.9%
57.5%

24.9%
20.0%
30.7%

18.1%
10.9%
26.8%

57.0%
69.1%
42.5%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

22.2%
15.5%
30.1%

17.3%
11.5%
24.2%

4.9%
4.0%
5.9%

77.8%
84.5%
69.9%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

10.1%
7.5%
13.2%

7.0%
6.3%
7.9%

3.0%
1.1%
5.3%

89.9%
92.5%
86.8%

Tobacco

Alcohol

Inhalants

Marijuana

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Table B3: Prevalence and recency of use of selected substances by grade
Female Students
Ever
Used

School
Year

Not Past
Year

Never
Used

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

9.6%
5.4%
14.6%

6.0%
4.3%
7.9%

3.7%
1.1%
6.7%

90.4%
94.6%
85.4%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

25.7%
22.2%
29.9%

18.3%
16.8%
20.1%

7.4%
5.4%
9.8%

74.3%
77.8%
70.1%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

14.0%
7.1%
22.2%

11.7%
6.5%
17.9%

2.3%
0.5%
4.3%

86.0%
92.9%
77.8%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

2.9%
2.2%
3.7%

2.0%
1.6%
2.5%

0.9%
0.5%
1.2%

97.1%
97.8%
96.3%

Tobacco

Alcohol

Inhalants

Marijuana

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Table B4: Prevalence and recency of use of selected substances by grade
White Students
Ever
Used

School
Year

Not Past
Year

Never
Used

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

30.3%
*
*

22.7%
*
*

7.6%
*
*

69.7%
*
*

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

38.5%
*
*

38.5%
*
*

0.0%
*
*

61.5%
*
*

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

38.2%
*
*

30.6%
*
*

7.6%
*
*

61.8%
*
*

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

24.9%
*
*

24.9%
*
*

0.0%
*
*

75.1%
*
*

Tobacco

Alcohol

Inhalants

Marijuana

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Table B5: Prevalence and recency of use of selected substances by grade
African/American Students
Ever
Used

School
Year

Not Past
Year

Never
Used

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

7.7%
6.3%
*

7.7%
6.3%
*

0.0%
0.0%
*

92.3%
93.8%
*

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

36.1%
40.0%
*

28.0%
26.7%
*

8.1%
13.3%
*

63.9%
60.0%
*

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

16.1%
20.0%
*

12.0%
13.3%
*

4.1%
6.7%
*

83.9%
80.0%
*

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

4.1%
6.7%
*

0.0%
0.0%
*

4.1%
6.7%
*

95.9%
93.3%
*

Tobacco

Alcohol

Inhalants

Marijuana

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

School
Year

Not Past
Year

Never
Used

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

12.9%
10.2%
16.4%

8.7%
7.4%
10.3%

4.2%
2.8%
6.1%

87.1%
89.8%
83.6%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

33.5%
26.3%
42.7%

20.9%
18.1%
24.4%

12.6%
8.1%
18.3%

66.5%
73.8%
57.3%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

16.8%
10.4%
25.0%

13.6%
8.2%
20.4%

3.3%
2.2%
4.6%

83.2%
89.6%
75.0%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

6.5%
4.7%
8.8%

4.7%
4.1%
5.4%

1.9%
0.6%
3.4%

93.5%
95.3%
91.2%

Tobacco

Alcohol

Inhalants

Marijuana

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Table B7: Prevalence and recency of use of selected substances by grade
Students Reporting A Grades
Ever
Used

School
Year

Not Past
Year

Never
Used

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

8.3%
6.9%
10.5%

4.9%
6.9%
1.8%

3.4%
0.0%
8.8%

91.7%
93.1%
89.5%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

27.1%
19.8%
38.6%

19.5%
15.1%
26.3%

7.6%
4.7%
12.3%

72.9%
80.2%
61.4%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

12.5%
9.3%
17.5%

10.4%
7.0%
15.8%

2.1%
2.3%
1.8%

87.5%
90.7%
82.5%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

3.5%
1.2%
7.0%

2.1%
0.0%
5.3%

1.4%
1.2%
1.8%

96.5%
98.8%
93.0%

Tobacco

Alcohol

Inhalants

Marijuana

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Table B8: Prevalence and recency of use of selected substances by grade
Students Reporting grades lower than A
Ever
Used

School
Year

Not Past
Year

Never
Used

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

14.7%
10.6%
19.3%

9.6%
6.9%
12.6%

5.1%
3.6%
6.7%

85.3%
89.4%
80.7%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

36.4%
28.8%
44.9%

22.2%
19.6%
25.2%

14.2%
9.2%
19.7%

63.6%
71.2%
55.1%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

19.4%
11.9%
27.7%

15.4%
9.7%
21.7%

4.0%
2.2%
5.9%

80.6%
88.1%
72.3%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

7.3%
5.9%
8.7%

5.2%
5.2%
5.2%

2.1%
0.7%
3.6%

92.7%
94.1%
91.3%

Tobacco

Alcohol

Inhalants

Marijuana

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Table B9: Prevalence and recency of use of selected substances by grade
Students Living With 2 Parents
Ever
Used

School
Year

Not Past
Year

Never
Used

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

10.2%
7.5%
13.4%

6.7%
6.3%
7.2%

3.5%
1.3%
6.2%

89.8%
92.5%
86.6%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

31.4%
24.4%
39.7%

19.6%
16.8%
23.0%

11.8%
7.6%
16.7%

68.6%
75.6%
60.3%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

16.4%
8.4%
25.8%

13.5%
6.3%
22.0%

2.9%
2.1%
3.8%

83.6%
91.6%
74.2%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

4.7%
3.8%
5.8%

2.7%
2.5%
2.9%

2.0%
1.3%
2.9%

95.3%
96.2%
94.2%

Tobacco

Alcohol

Inhalants

Marijuana

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

School
Year

Not Past
Year

Never
Used

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

18.9%
13.7%
25.0%

12.0%
8.1%
16.7%

6.9%
5.6%
8.3%

81.1%
86.3%
75.0%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

39.4%
30.3%
50.0%

25.1%
21.3%
29.6%

14.2%
9.0%
20.4%

60.6%
69.7%
50.0%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

21.1%
16.5%
26.4%

16.3%
14.0%
18.9%

4.8%
2.5%
7.5%

78.9%
83.5%
73.6%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

9.5%
6.6%
13.0%

7.8%
6.6%
9.3%

1.7%
0.0%
3.7%

90.5%
93.4%
87.0%

Tobacco

Alcohol

Inhalants

Marijuana

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Table B11: Prevalence and recency of use of selected substances by grade
Students Living in Town More Than 3 Years
Ever
Used

School
Year

Not Past
Year

Never
Used

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

13.3%
10.3%
16.8%

8.5%
7.2%
9.9%

4.8%
3.1%
6.9%

86.7%
89.7%
83.2%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

33.1%
26.4%
40.8%

21.4%
19.4%
23.7%

11.7%
6.9%
17.2%

66.9%
73.6%
59.2%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

16.9%
10.8%
23.8%

13.6%
8.7%
19.2%

3.3%
2.1%
4.6%

83.1%
89.2%
76.2%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

5.6%
4.2%
7.3%

3.7%
3.1%
4.2%

2.0%
1.0%
3.1%

94.4%
95.8%
92.7%

Tobacco

Alcohol

Inhalants

Marijuana

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

School
Year

Not Past
Year

Never
Used

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

15.0%
6.5%
22.9%

10.5%
6.5%
14.3%

4.5%
0.0%
8.6%

85.0%
93.5%
77.1%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

40.5%
19.4%
60.0%

24.1%
16.1%
31.4%

16.4%
3.2%
28.6%

59.5%
80.6%
40.0%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

27.0%
12.9%
40.0%

22.5%
9.7%
34.3%

4.5%
3.2%
5.7%

73.0%
87.1%
60.0%

All
Grade 5
Grade 6

9.0%
6.5%
11.4%

7.6%
6.5%
8.6%

1.5%
0.0%
2.9%

91.0%
93.5%
88.6%

Tobacco

Alcohol

Inhalants

Marijuana

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The FREQ Procedure
Q1
Frequency Percent
Female
350 51.31
Male
332 48.69

Q7
Frequency Percent
Don't Know
61
9.02
No
66
9.68
Yes
553 81.30

Q11c
Frequency Percent
Not Used
621 94.54
Used
36
5.46

Frequency Missing = 26.041293947

Frequency Missing = 0.9800367011

Frequency Missing = 3.0148220658
Q2 Frequency Percent
Grade 5
371 54.37
Grade 6
312 45.63

Q3 Frequency Percent
No
232 34.07
Yes
449 65.93

Frequency Missing = 1.9974293834

Q4 Frequency Percent
9
1
0.15
10
70 10.32
11
284 41.83
12
281 41.29
13 or older
44
6.40

Frequency Missing = 3.0148220658

Q5
Frequency Percent
African/American
26
3.92
Mexican/American
585 88.04
Native/American
3
0.45
Other
37
5.49
White
14
2.10

Frequency Missing = 18.051576413

Q6
Frequency Percent
Mostly A's
144 21.45
Mostly B's
352 52.27
Mostly C's
136 20.19
Mostly D's
25
3.71
Mostly F's
16
2.38

Q8
Frequency Percent
Don't Know
297 43.67
No
160 23.63
Yes
222 32.70

Frequency Missing = 4.0322147481

Q9
Frequency Percent
Don't Know
161 24.03
No
55
8.15
Yes
456 67.82

Frequency Missing = 10.892471656

Q10 Frequency Percent

No
286 42.33
Yes
389 57.67

Frequency Missing = 7.9523615525

Q11a
Frequency Percent
Not Used
622 94.59
Used
36
5.41

Q11d
Frequency Percent
Not Used
603 91.61
Used
55
8.39

Frequency Missing = 25.098613227

Q11e
Frequency Percent
Not Used
610 93.17
Used
45
6.83

Frequency Missing = 28.188147255

Q11f
Frequency Percent
Not Used
597 90.79
Used
61
9.21

Frequency Missing = 25.098613227

Q12a Frequency Percent

Never heard of
32
4.79
Never used
557 83.18
1-2 times
56
8.34
3-10 times
18
2.67
11+ times
7
1.04

Frequency Missing = 13.001968983

Frequency Missing = 25.023901265

Q11b
Frequency Percent
Not Used
624 95.48
Used
30
4.52

Q12b Frequency Percent

Never heard of
70 10.69
Never used
579 88.10
1-2 times
6
0.91
3-10 times
1
0.15
11+ times
1
0.15

Frequency Missing = 29.093471994

Frequency Missing = 26.078649928

Frequency Missing = 9.9124349547

The frequencies have been weighted so that the
analysis reflects the distribution of students by grade
level in the district
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Q12c Frequency Percent
Never heard of
19
2.94
Never used
489 75.52
1-2 times
107 16.61
3-10 times
23
3.54
11+ times
9
1.39

Q12i Frequency Percent

Never heard of
61
9.28
Never used
558 84.55
1-2 times
27
4.07
3-10 times
7
1.05
11+ times
7
1.06

Frequency Missing = 36.028440864

Q13e Frequency Percent

Never heard of
37
5.70
Never used
547 83.77
1-2 times
57
8.70
3-10 times
6
0.92
11+ times
6
0.91

Frequency Missing = 29.961440751

Frequency Missing = 23.138539825

Q12d Frequency Percent

Never heard of
82 12.56
Never used
459 70.02
1-2 times
85 13.02
3-10 times
17
2.56
11+ times
12
1.83

Q13a Frequency Percent

Never heard of
33
4.96
Never used
583 86.88
1-2 times
40
5.95
3-10 times
11
1.63
11+ times
4
0.59

Frequency Missing = 26.983974667

Q13f Frequency Percent

Never heard of
76 11.41
Never used
550 83.02
1-2 times
28
4.22
3-10 times
6
0.90
11+ times
3
0.45

Frequency Missing = 20.011649816

Frequency Missing = 11.947220319

Q12e Frequency Percent

Never heard of
31
4.79
Never used
504 77.36
1-2 times
93 14.33
3-10 times
13
1.99
11+ times
10
1.53

Q13b Frequency Percent

Never heard of
56
8.58
Never used
590 89.89
1-2 times
10
1.53

Q13h Frequency Percent

Never heard of
55
8.44
Never used
544 82.81
1-2 times
38
5.74
3-10 times
15
2.25
11+ times
5
0.75

Frequency Missing = 27.058686629

Frequency Missing = 31.090901377

Q12f Frequency Percent

Never heard of
89 13.52
Never used
515 78.58
1-2 times
39
5.92
3-10 times
5
0.77
11+ times
8
1.21

Frequency Missing = 26.116005909

Q13c Frequency Percent
Never heard of
20
3.07
Never used
550 83.86
1-2 times
63
9.58
3-10 times
16
2.43
11+ times
7
1.06

Q13i Frequency Percent

Never heard of
61
9.25
Never used
573 86.24
1-2 times
17
2.57
3-10 times
8
1.19
11+ times
5
0.75

Frequency Missing = 26.983974667

Frequency Missing = 28.001367349

Q12h Frequency Percent

Never heard of
56
8.67
Never used
531 81.72
1-2 times
44
6.72
3-10 times
12
1.83
11+ times
7
1.06

Frequency Missing = 19.143681058

Q13d Frequency Percent
Never heard of
79 12.04
Never used
499 75.83
1-2 times
64
9.71
3-10 times
9
1.35
11+ times
7
1.07

Frequency Missing = 24.986545283

Frequency Missing = 32.901550855

Q14a Frequency Percent

7 or younger
18
2.70
8 years old
5
0.74
9 years old
11
1.65
10 years old
18
2.70
11 years old
14
2.09
12 or older
24
3.58
Never heard/used
576 86.54

The frequencies have been weighted so that the

analysis reflects the distribution of students by grade
level in the district
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Frequency Missing = 17.976864451

Q14b Frequency Percent

7 or younger
2
0.31
9 years old
2
0.30
10 years old
2
0.30
11 years old
3
0.46
12 or older
1
0.15
Never heard/used
645 98.48

Q14f Frequency Percent

7 or younger
7
1.08
8 years old
2
0.32
9 years old
6
0.92
10 years old
8
1.25
11 years old
13
2.01
12 or older
12
1.83
Never heard/used
598 92.59

Frequency Missing = 37.232613453

Frequency Missing = 28.03872333

Q14c Frequency Percent

7 or younger
33
5.01
8 years old
15
2.27
9 years old
20
3.02
10 years old
31
4.71
11 years old
24
3.63
12 or older
22
3.31
Never heard/used
514 78.05

Q14h Frequency Percent

7 or younger
7
1.08
8 years old
5
0.76
9 years old
6
0.91
10 years old
9
1.37
11 years old
16
2.42
12 or older
17
2.58
Never heard/used
592 90.88

Frequency Missing = 32.033582097

Q15b Frequency Percent

Never heard of
37
5.74
None
550 85.00
Some
52
8.03
Most
8
1.23

Frequency Missing = 35.879016939

Q15c Frequency Percent

Never heard of
12
1.89
None
428 67.35
Some
162 25.58
Most
33
5.18

Frequency Missing = 48.087729127

Q15d Frequency Percent

Never heard of
52
8.10
None
450 70.03
Some
117 18.14
Most
24
3.72

Frequency Missing = 24.986545283

Q14d Frequency Percent

7 or younger
15
2.28
8 years old
9
1.36
9 years old
12
1.84
10 years old
19
2.89
11 years old
30
4.56
12 or older
25
3.76
Never heard/used
547 83.32

Q14i Frequency Percent

7 or younger
4
0.61
8 years old
1
0.15
9 years old
3
0.45
10 years old
4
0.60
11 years old
16
2.43
12 or older
11
1.65
Never heard/used
620 94.11

Frequency Missing = 40.098011593

Frequency Missing = 24.118576526

Frequency Missing = 43.112833659

Q15a Frequency Percent

Never heard of
21
3.21
None
472 71.67
Some
152 23.16
Most
13
1.96

Q15f Frequency Percent

Never heard of
51
8.02
None
490 76.58
Some
85 13.23
Most
14
2.17

Frequency Missing = 24.911833321

Frequency Missing = 43.075477678

Q15e Frequency Percent

Never heard of
23
3.59
None
500 78.21
Some
99 15.54
Most
17
2.66

Frequency Missing = 26.078649928

Q14e Frequency Percent

7 or younger
10
1.54
8 years old
3
0.46
9 years old
9
1.38
10 years old
32
4.90
11 years old
26
3.98
12 or older
21
3.17
Never heard/used
551 84.59

Frequency Missing = 31.053545396

The frequencies have been weighted so that the

analysis reflects the distribution of students by grade
level in the district
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Q15h Frequency Percent
Never heard of
41
6.41
None
477 74.14
Some
99 15.43
Most
26
4.01

Q16e
Frequency Percent
Never heard of
35
5.49
No
526 82.20
Yes
79 12.31

Q17c
Frequency Percent
Do Not Drink
412 62.94
No
146 22.28
Yes
97 14.77

Frequency Missing = 43.038121697

Frequency Missing = 29.130827975

Q15i Frequency Percent

Never heard of
32
4.94
None
497 76.29
Some
100 15.41
Most
22
3.35

Q16f
Frequency Percent
Never heard of
58
9.08
No
528 82.38
Yes
55
8.54

Frequency Missing = 31.053545396

Frequency Missing = 41.946017052

Q18a Frequency Percent

Very dangerous
338 51.20
Dangerous
219 33.07
Not at all
28
4.23
Don't know
58
8.77
Never heard of
18
2.74

Q16a
Frequency Percent
Never heard of
32
4.89
No
521 79.49
Yes
102 15.62

Q16h
Frequency Percent
Never heard of
42
6.51
No
518 79.72
Yes
90 13.78

Frequency Missing = 27.021330648

Frequency Missing = 33.05097478

Q16b
Frequency Percent
Never heard of
47
7.34
No
560 87.21
Yes
35
5.44

Q16i
Frequency Percent
Never heard of
42
6.46
No
537 82.37
Yes
73 11.17

Frequency Missing = 41.078048295

Frequency Missing = 31.053545396

Q16c
Frequency Percent
Never heard of
21
3.29
No
473 73.86
Yes
146 22.85

Q17a
Frequency Percent
Do Not Drink
429 65.54
No
156 23.81
Yes
70 10.65

Frequency Missing = 41.946017052

Frequency Missing = 28.906692088

Q16d
Frequency Percent
Never heard of
66 10.29
No
504 78.24
Yes
74 11.47

Q17b
Frequency Percent
Do Not Drink
423 66.13
No
174 27.18
Yes
43
6.69

Frequency Missing = 39.117974892

Frequency Missing = 44.055514379

Frequency Missing = 39.005906949

Frequency Missing = 22.083791161

Q18b Frequency Percent

Very dangerous
405 61.88
Dangerous
135 20.58
Not at all
24
3.65
Don't know
66 10.06
Never heard of
25
3.82

Frequency Missing = 28.150791274

Q18c Frequency Percent

Very dangerous
287 44.43
Dangerous
218 33.65
Not at all
64
9.88
Don't know
67 10.34
Never heard of
11
1.71

Frequency Missing = 36.177864789

Q18d Frequency Percent

Very dangerous
273 42.23
Dangerous
171 26.34
Not at all
78 11.99
Don't know
84 12.95
Never heard of
42
6.49

Frequency Missing = 35.309896032

The frequencies have been weighted so that the

analysis reflects the distribution of students by grade
level in the district
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Q18e Frequency Percent
Very dangerous
288 44.52
Dangerous
193 29.82
Not at all
72 11.08
Don't know
76 11.78
Never heard of
18
2.80

Frequency Missing = 37.120545509

Q18f Frequency Percent

Very dangerous
360 55.93
Dangerous
157 24.32
Not at all
30
4.64
Don't know
64
9.94
Never heard of
33
5.17

Frequency Missing = 39.080618911

Q18h Frequency Percent

Very dangerous
374 57.56
Dangerous
145 22.29
Not at all
46
7.02
Don't know
62
9.56
Never heard of
23
3.57

Frequency Missing = 33.275110667

Q18i Frequency Percent

Very dangerous
484 72.96
Dangerous
77 11.63
Not at all
32
4.82
Don't know
46
6.96
Never heard of
24
3.63

Frequency Missing = 20.273141684

Q19a Frequency Percent

No
203 31.23
Yes
447 68.77

Q19b Frequency Percent

No
200 30.95
Yes
445 69.05

Frequency Missing = 38.10058221

Q19c Frequency Percent

No
182 28.10
Yes
466 71.90

Frequency Missing = 35.197828088

Q20c Frequency Percent

Never
541 84.08
1 time
59
9.09
2 times
16
2.48
3+ times
28
4.34

Frequency Missing = 39.192686855

Q20d Frequency Percent

Never
594 91.96
1 time
23
3.55
2 times
13
2.01
3+ times
16
2.47

Q19d Frequency Percent

No
256 39.81
Yes
386 60.19

Frequency Missing = 37.195257471

Frequency Missing = 41.190116238

Q21 Frequency Percent

No
616 92.37
Yes
51
7.63

Q19e Frequency Percent

No
314 48.29
Yes
336 51.71

Frequency Missing = 16.05414703

Frequency Missing = 33.125686742

Q22 Frequency Percent

No
440 66.21
Yes
224 33.79

Q20a Frequency Percent

Never
498 76.66
1 time
90 13.83
2 times
34
5.21
3+ times
28
4.30

Frequency Missing = 33.200398705

Q20b Frequency Percent

Never
530 82.09
1 time
55
8.48
2 times
30
4.64
3+ times
31
4.80

Frequency Missing = 37.045833547

Frequency Missing = 33.013618798

Frequency Missing = 19.106325077

Q23 Frequency Percent

Don't like it
516 77.95
Don't care
21
3.18
Think it's O.K.
11
1.67
Don't know
114 17.20

Frequency Missing = 21.029042498

Q24 Frequency Percent

Don't like it
538 80.88
Don't care
24
3.61
Think it's O.K.
8
1.21
Don't know
95 14.30

Frequency Missing = 18.014220432

The frequencies have been weighted so that the
analysis reflects the distribution of students by grade
level in the district
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The frequencies have been weighted so that the

analysis reflects the distribution of students by grade
level in the district
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