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Texas School Survey

of Drug and Alcohol Use

2008

Dumas ISD

Part I: District Results

Elementary Report-Page


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Part I: District ResultsElementary (Grades 4, 5, and 6)

Table of Contents

eneral Substance Tables 7-28

TobaccoAlcoholDrugsInhalantsMiscellaneous

revalence Tables 29-42

Selected Substances:

Table B1: All StudentsTable B2: Male StudentsTable B3: Female StudentsTable B4: White StudentsTable B5: African/American StudentsTable B6: Mexican/American StudentsTable B7: Students Reporting A GradesTable B8: Students Reporting Grades Lower Than an ATable B9: Students Living With 2 ParentsTable B10: Students Not Living With 2 ParentsTable B11: Students who would seek help from adults

Table B12: Students who wouldnt seek help from adultsTable B13 Students Living in Town More Than 3 YearsTable B14: Students Living in Town 3 Years or Less

argin Tables 43-51



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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% 3.2% 1.7% 95.1%

Grade 4 3.0% 2.0% 1.0% 97.0%

Grade 5 3.0% 1.6% 1.3% 97.0%

Grade 6 8.9% 6.1% 2.8% 91.1%

Cigarettes

All 4.5% 3.0% 1.5% 95.5%

Grade 4 2.7% 1.7% 1.0% 97.3%

Grade 5 2.7% 1.6% 1.1% 97.3%

Grade 6 8.3% 5.9% 2.4% 91.7%

Smokeless tobacco

All 0.7% 0.5% 0.2% 99.3%

Grade 4 0.6% 0.6% 0.0% 99.4%

Grade 5 0.6% 0.3% 0.2% 99.4%Grade 6 1.1% 0.6% 0.5% 98.9%

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

School

Year Lifetime

All 2.8 2.7

Grade 4 3.1 2.6

Grade 5 1.8 1.9

Grade 6 2.9 3.1



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

Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6

Cigarettes

8.6 9.5 10.3

Smokeless Tobacco

* 9.8 11.3

Any Tobacco

8.5 9.5 10.3

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 96.0% 1.0% 0.5% 0.4% 0.9% 0.6% 0.7%

Grade 4 97.3% 1.0% 0.6% 0.8% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%

Grade 5 96.7% 0.6% 0.6% 0.3% 1.1% 0.6% 0.0%

Grade 6 93.5% 1.3% 0.2% 0.2% 1.1% 1.3% 2.3%

Other Family Situation

All 92.5% 1.3% 0.9% 0.3% 0.8% 1.4% 2.8%

Grade 4 97.6% 0.6% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6% 0.0%

Grade 5 97.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.6% 1.2% 0.0%

Grade 6 84.3% 3.0% 1.5% 0.7% 0.7% 2.2% 7.5%

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

NeverHeard Of None Some Most

Any tobacco product?

All 3.7% 81.6% 13.4% 1.3%

Grade 4 4.8% 86.4% 8.2% 0.6%

Grade 5 2.4% 86.7% 10.4% 0.6%

Grade 6 4.0% 71.1% 22.0% 2.9%

Cigarettes?

All 4.7% 81.3% 12.8% 1.1%

Grade 4 6.5% 85.5% 7.5% 0.4%

Grade 5 3.0% 86.8% 9.7% 0.4%

Grade 6 4.6% 71.2% 21.7% 2.5%

Smokeless tobacco?

All 8.8% 87.3% 3.4% 0.6%

Grade 4 13.9% 84.0% 2.0% 0.2%

Grade 5 7.3% 89.0% 3.2% 0.5%

Grade 6 5.0% 88.8% 5.0% 1.3%



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

Never

Heard Of Yes No


All 3.7% 11.1% 85.2%

Grade 4 4.8% 8.9% 86.4%

Grade 5 2.6% 9.6% 87.8%

Grade 6 3.8% 15.0% 81.3%

Cigarettes?

All 4.9% 10.0% 85.1%

Grade 4 6.7% 7.6% 85.7%

Grade 5 3.7% 8.8% 87.5%

Grade 6 4.2% 13.9% 81.9%

Smokeless tobacco?

All 8.8% 3.0% 88.2%

Grade 4 13.3% 2.4% 84.3%

Grade 5 7.3% 2.8% 89.8%

Grade 6 5.6% 4.0% 90.4%

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 1.6% 77.7% 13.6% 0.9% 6.2%

Grade 4 2.3% 80.1% 11.1% 0.3% 6.2%

Grade 5 1.1% 82.7% 12.0% 0.7% 3.5%

Grade 6 1.4% 69.9% 17.9% 1.7% 9.1%

Cigarettes?

All 2.4% 64.0% 24.3% 1.3% 7.9%

Grade 4 4.0% 69.4% 18.6% 0.7% 7.4%

Grade 5 1.8% 69.3% 22.8% 0.8% 5.3%

Grade 6 1.5% 52.9% 32.0% 2.5% 11.1%

Smokeless tobacco?

All 5.6% 71.3% 14.5% 1.1% 7.5%

Grade 4 9.1% 71.5% 11.2% 0.6% 7.6%

Grade 5 5.0% 76.9% 12.3% 0.8% 4.9%

Grade 6 2.5% 65.3% 20.0% 2.0% 10.1%



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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 87.4% 1.3% 0.4% 10.8%

Grade 4 87.4% 1.0% 0.1% 11.5%

Grade 5 88.8% 1.5% 0.2% 9.5%

Grade 6 86.0% 1.5% 0.9% 11.6%



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

Ever

Used

School

Year

Not Past

Year

Never

Used

Any alcohol product

All 20.9% 13.6% 7.2% 79.1%

Grade 4 15.2% 10.2% 5.0% 84.8%

Grade 5 15.9% 9.5% 6.4% 84.1%

Grade 6 32.0% 21.5% 10.5% 68.0%

Beer

All 11.8% 6.8% 5.0% 88.2%

Grade 4 9.7% 5.1% 4.6% 90.3%

Grade 5 8.0% 4.6% 3.4% 92.0%

Grade 6 17.9% 10.9% 7.0% 82.1%

Wine coolers

All 11.3% 7.8% 3.5% 88.7%

Grade 4 6.3% 4.7% 1.6% 93.7%

Grade 5 8.0% 5.2% 2.8% 92.0%

Grade 6 19.9% 13.7% 6.2% 80.1%Wine

All 8.5% 5.0% 3.5% 91.5%

Grade 4 5.1% 3.2% 1.9% 94.9%

Grade 5 6.1% 3.2% 2.9% 93.9%

Grade 6 14.7% 8.9% 5.8% 85.3%

Liquor

All 5.2% 3.4% 1.7% 94.8%

Grade 4 2.3% 1.6% 0.7% 97.7%

Grade 5 2.8% 1.9% 0.9% 97.2%

Grade 6 10.6% 7.0% 3.6% 89.4%



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

School

Year Lifetime

Beer

All 2.8 2.8

Grade 4 2.5 2.3

Grade 5 2.4 2.4

Grade 6 3.0 3.2

Liquor

All 2.8 2.9

Grade 4 2.4 2.2

Grade 5 2.6 2.8

Grade 6 2.9 3.1

Wine

All 2.8 2.5

Grade 4 2.0 1.8

Grade 5 3.2 2.5Grade 6 3.0 2.8



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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

Beer?

All 88.1% 7.3% 2.3% 2.3% 11.9%

Grade 4 88.7% 7.5% 2.2% 1.6% 11.3%

Grade 5 91.7% 5.8% 1.3% 1.1% 8.3%

Grade 6 83.6% 8.8% 3.6% 4.1% 16.4%

Wine Coolers?

All 92.2% 4.5% 2.0% 1.4% 7.8%

Grade 4 96.3% 2.5% 0.5% 0.8% 3.7%

Grade 5 94.6% 3.4% 1.2% 0.8% 5.4%

Grade 6 85.4% 7.7% 4.3% 2.6% 14.6%

Wine?

All 91.8% 5.4% 1.5% 1.3% 8.2%

Grade 4 94.2% 3.8% 1.1% 0.9% 5.8%

Grade 5 93.4% 4.3% 1.3% 1.0% 6.6%

Grade 6 87.5% 8.2% 2.2% 2.1% 12.5%

Liquor?

All 95.1% 2.4% 1.1% 1.4% 4.9%

Grade 4 97.9% 1.5% 0.5% 0.2% 2.1%

Grade 5 96.8% 1.6% 0.3% 1.3% 3.2%

Grade 6 90.4% 4.2% 2.6% 2.8% 9.6%



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


Beer

8.3 8.8 9.9

Wine Coolers

8.4 9.4 10.4

Wine

8.7 9.7 10.3

Liquor

9.1 9.8 10.6

Any Alcohol

8.2 8.9 10.0

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


Two Parent Family

All 81.8% 4.5% 2.3% 3.3% 3.1% 2.8% 2.2%

Grade 4 85.4% 5.5% 3.1% 3.5% 2.3% 0.0% 0.2%

Grade 5 86.1% 3.7% 2.3% 1.9% 3.4% 2.3% 0.3%

Grade 6 72.7% 4.4% 1.3% 4.6% 3.6% 6.7% 6.7%


All 78.1% 5.3% 2.4% 3.2% 3.4% 3.6% 3.9%

Grade 4 86.7% 6.0% 2.4% 2.4% 1.8% 0.6% 0.0%

Grade 5 86.1% 4.4% 1.6% 2.8% 2.0% 2.8% 0.4%

Grade 6 64.4% 5.6% 3.0% 4.1% 6.0% 6.7% 10.1%

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

13.8% 63.8% 38.3% 68.7%



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

Don't Drink Yes No

Home?

All 79.3% 6.0% 14.7%

Grade 4 80.6% 4.3% 15.1%

Grade 5 84.8% 4.7% 10.4%

Grade 6 72.1% 9.3% 18.6%

Friends?

All 78.9% 2.9% 18.3%

Grade 4 79.5% 0.9% 19.6%

Grade 5 84.9% 1.7% 13.4%

Grade 6 71.9% 6.1% 22.1%

Somewhere else?

All 77.6% 7.7% 14.7%

Grade 4 78.3% 5.8% 15.9%

Grade 5 83.3% 4.6% 12.0%

Grade 6 70.9% 12.9% 16.2%



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

Never

Heard Of None Some Most

Any alcohol product?

All 2.5% 72.8% 20.6% 4.1%

Grade 4 2.6% 77.4% 16.6% 3.3%

Grade 5 1.5% 79.3% 17.8% 1.5%

Grade 6 3.5% 61.2% 27.7% 7.6%

Beer?

All 3.0% 78.3% 16.6% 2.1%

Grade 4 3.5% 80.6% 13.8% 2.1%

Grade 5 2.0% 84.0% 13.5% 0.5%

Grade 6 3.5% 69.8% 22.9% 3.9%

Wine coolers?

All 13.2% 73.8% 10.7% 2.2%

Grade 4 17.1% 75.5% 6.2% 1.2%

Grade 5 13.6% 77.5% 7.8% 1.0%

Grade 6 8.8% 68.0% 18.5% 4.6%Wine?

All 7.3% 82.9% 8.6% 1.1%

Grade 4 10.3% 83.9% 5.2% 0.6%

Grade 5 5.9% 86.7% 6.9% 0.5%

Grade 6 5.9% 77.7% 14.1% 2.3%

Liquor?

All 9.6% 81.6% 7.5% 1.3%

Grade 4 13.3% 81.2% 4.7% 0.8%

Grade 5 8.5% 85.3% 6.0% 0.2%

Grade 6 6.8% 78.1% 12.0% 3.1%



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

Never

Heard Of Yes No


All 2.8% 21.4% 75.8%

Grade 4 3.1% 18.6% 78.3%

Grade 5 2.0% 18.6% 79.4%

Grade 6 3.3% 27.4% 69.3%

Beer?

All 3.2% 16.5% 80.3%

Grade 4 3.7% 14.9% 81.4%

Grade 5 2.3% 14.5% 83.2%

Grade 6 3.6% 20.3% 76.1%

Wine coolers?

All 12.5% 8.5% 79.0%

Grade 4 16.5% 5.1% 78.4%

Grade 5 12.2% 6.1% 81.6%

Grade 6 8.8% 14.5% 76.7%Wine?

All 7.5% 7.1% 85.4%

Grade 4 11.3% 3.9% 84.8%

Grade 5 5.3% 6.7% 87.9%

Grade 6 5.7% 10.9% 83.4%

Liquor?

All 9.7% 6.6% 83.8%

Grade 4 14.1% 4.7% 81.2%

Grade 5 8.5% 4.5% 87.1%

Grade 6 6.3% 10.8% 82.9%



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


All 83.5% 2.1% 0.7% 13.7%

Grade 4 84.3% 1.8% 0.4% 13.5%

Grade 5 84.5% 2.2% 0.5% 12.9%

Grade 6 81.7% 2.5% 1.1% 14.7%

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 1.2% 69.8% 19.3% 2.5% 7.2%

Grade 4 1.5% 75.2% 15.0% 1.6% 6.8%

Grade 5 0.9% 74.5% 17.8% 2.1% 4.7%

Grade 6 1.2% 59.3% 25.4% 3.7% 10.3%Beer?

All 1.4% 51.6% 32.0% 5.3% 9.9%

Grade 4 2.1% 55.1% 28.5% 4.4% 9.9%

Grade 5 0.6% 59.3% 29.2% 3.9% 7.0%

Grade 6 1.4% 39.7% 38.5% 7.6% 12.7%

Wine coolers?

All 9.4% 50.0% 22.4% 5.0% 13.1%

Grade 4 12.2% 55.2% 17.4% 2.1% 13.1%

Grade 5 10.0% 54.9% 20.8% 3.9% 10.3%

Grade 6 5.9% 39.6% 29.3% 9.1% 16.0%

Wine?

All 4.7% 53.2% 25.8% 4.3% 12.0%Grade 4 7.9% 56.5% 22.1% 2.4% 11.0%

Grade 5 3.4% 59.5% 23.4% 4.0% 9.8%

Grade 6 2.7% 43.4% 32.1% 6.6% 15.3%

Liquor?

All 6.4% 62.4% 19.4% 2.6% 9.2%

Grade 4 9.5% 64.4% 16.1% 1.2% 8.9%

Grade 5 6.2% 67.5% 17.1% 2.2% 6.9%

Grade 6 3.4% 54.8% 25.3% 4.3% 12.1%



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

Ever

Used

School

Year

Not Past

Year

Never

Used

All 1.7% 1.3% 0.4% 98.3%

Grade 4 0.4% 0.3% 0.1% 99.6%

Grade 5 0.9% 0.6% 0.3% 99.1%

Grade 6 3.8% 3.1% 0.7% 96.2%

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

School

Year Lifetime

All 3.7 4.0

Grade 4 * *

Grade 5 4.4 3.3

Grade 6 3.8 4.0



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


* 8.5 11.1

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


Two Parent Family

All 98.9% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.3% 0.4%

Grade 4 99.6% 0.2% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Grade 5 99.7% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%

Grade 6 97.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.2% 0.4% 0.8% 1.4%


All 97.5% 0.3% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0% 0.6% 1.3%

Grade 4 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Grade 5 98.4% 0.8% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0%

Grade 6 94.7% 0.0% 0.4% 0.4% 0.0% 1.1% 3.4%



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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

0.4% 14.7% 4.8% 20.4%

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

Never


All 11.6% 80.2% 6.1% 2.1%

Grade 4 19.2% 76.9% 3.0% 0.9%

Grade 5 8.9% 85.9% 4.5% 0.8%

Grade 6 6.7% 77.6% 10.9% 4.8%

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

Never

Heard Of Yes No

All 11.1% 6.4% 82.5%

Grade 4 18.6% 3.4% 78.0%

Grade 5 8.4% 5.1% 86.5%

Grade 6 6.0% 11.0% 82.9%

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


All 87.8% 1.1% 0.2% 10.9%

Grade 4 86.5% 0.7% 0.1% 12.6%

Grade 5 89.5% 1.4% 0.1% 9.0%

Grade 6 87.3% 1.3% 0.4% 11.0%

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 7.4% 77.6% 7.4% 1.3% 6.3%

Grade 4 13.2% 73.2% 7.2% 0.6% 5.8%

Grade 5 5.8% 83.1% 5.7% 0.8% 4.6%

Grade 6 3.0% 76.4% 9.5% 2.5% 8.6%



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

Ever

Used

School

Year

Not Past

Year

Never

Used

All 12.4% 8.9% 3.6% 87.6%

Grade 4 12.1% 8.0% 4.1% 87.9%

Grade 5 9.3% 7.0% 2.3% 90.7%

Grade 6 16.1% 11.8% 4.3% 83.9%

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

Not Used Used

Correction Fluid/Whiteout

All 95.6% 4.4%

Grade 4 97.1% 2.9%

Grade 5 96.5% 3.5%

Grade 6 93.2% 6.8%Gasoline

All 96.6% 3.4%

Grade 4 96.5% 3.5%

Grade 5 96.6% 3.4%

Grade 6 96.8% 3.2%

Glue

All 95.2% 4.8%

Grade 4 93.5% 6.5%

Grade 5 96.3% 3.7%

Grade 6 95.9% 4.1%

Paint Thinner

All 96.7% 3.3%Grade 4 96.8% 3.2%

Grade 5 97.0% 3.0%

Grade 6 96.4% 3.6%

Spray Paint

All 95.9% 4.1%

Grade 4 96.5% 3.5%

Grade 5 96.2% 3.8%

Grade 6 94.8% 5.2%

Other Inhalants

All 95.8% 4.2%

Grade 4 97.3% 2.7%

Grade 5 97.4% 2.6%

Grade 6 92.5% 7.5%



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

School

Year Lifetime

All 3.1 3.0

Grade 4 2.1 2.7

Grade 5 3.5 3.6

Grade 6 3.4 2.9

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

None One Two to Three Four Plus

All 88.2% 6.1% 4.3% 1.4%

Grade 4 88.7% 5.9% 4.4% 1.0%

Grade 5 91.0% 4.4% 3.0% 1.6%

Grade 6 84.8% 8.1% 5.6% 1.6%



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


8.6 9.2 10.8

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


Two Parent Family

All 93.9% 0.9% 0.6% 1.2% 1.1% 1.4% 0.9%

Grade 4 95.3% 1.0% 0.8% 1.8% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Grade 5 94.8% 1.1% 0.5% 0.8% 1.3% 1.4% 0.2%

Grade 6 91.0% 0.6% 0.4% 0.8% 1.2% 3.1% 2.9%


All 93.1% 1.1% 0.6% 0.3% 1.1% 1.4% 2.3%

Grade 4 95.6% 1.9% 0.0% 0.6% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0%

Grade 5 97.6% 0.8% 0.8% 0.4% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0%

Grade 6 87.3% 0.8% 0.8% 0.0% 1.5% 3.5% 6.2%



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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

4.7% 25.0% 13.1% 31.0%

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

Never


All 7.9% 81.0% 8.8% 2.2%

Grade 4 12.4% 80.9% 5.2% 1.5%

Grade 5 6.8% 85.7% 6.2% 1.3%

Grade 6 4.5% 76.2% 15.4% 3.9%



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

Never

Heard Of Yes No

All 8.4% 5.6% 86.0%

Grade 4 13.9% 2.9% 83.2%

Grade 5 6.8% 4.3% 88.8%

Grade 6 4.4% 9.7% 85.9%

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 5.9% 64.2% 16.8% 3.3% 9.8%

Grade 4 10.6% 63.9% 14.2% 1.8% 9.4%

Grade 5 4.9% 69.9% 14.7% 2.3% 8.2%

Grade 6 2.2% 58.6% 21.5% 6.0% 11.8%



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

CATEGORY Yes

An Assembly Program? All 56.8%

Grade 4 55.9%

Grade 5 67.5%

Grade 6 46.5%

Guidance Counselor? All 77.1%

Grade 4 81.2%

Grade 5 86.6%

Grade 6 62.6%

Visitor to Class? All 50.5%

Grade 4 41.5%

Grade 5 56.3%

Grade 6 53.6%

Someone Else at School? All 42.6%

Grade 4 34.5%

Grade 5 46.8%

Grade 6 46.3%

Your Teacher? All 67.1%

Grade 4 51.9%

Grade 5 65.1%

Grade 6 84.6%

Any School Source? All 90.5%

Grade 4 86.8%

Grade 5 91.3%

Grade 6 93.5%



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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% 3.2% 1.7% 95.1%

Grade 4 3.0% 2.0% 1.0% 97.0%

Grade 5 3.0% 1.6% 1.3% 97.0%

Grade 6 8.9% 6.1% 2.8% 91.1%

Alcohol

All 20.9% 13.6% 7.2% 79.1%

Grade 4 15.2% 10.2% 5.0% 84.8%

Grade 5 15.9% 9.5% 6.4% 84.1%

Grade 6 32.0% 21.5% 10.5% 68.0%

Inhalants

All 12.4% 8.9% 3.6% 87.6%

Grade 4 12.1% 8.0% 4.1% 87.9%

Grade 5 9.3% 7.0% 2.3% 90.7%Grade 6 16.1% 11.8% 4.3% 83.9%

Marijuana

All 1.7% 1.3% 0.4% 98.3%

Grade 4 0.4% 0.3% 0.1% 99.6%

Grade 5 0.9% 0.6% 0.3% 99.1%

Grade 6 3.8% 3.1% 0.7% 96.2%



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

Ever

Used

School

Year

Not Past

Year

Never

Used

Tobacco

All 5.9% 4.1% 1.8% 94.1%

Grade 4 4.5% 3.1% 1.4% 95.5%

Grade 5 3.0% 1.9% 1.2% 97.0%

Grade 6 10.1% 7.4% 2.7% 89.9%

Alcohol

All 24.2% 14.6% 9.6% 75.8%

Grade 4 18.6% 12.0% 6.6% 81.4%

Grade 5 20.0% 10.3% 9.6% 80.0%

Grade 6 34.5% 21.6% 12.9% 65.5%

Inhalants

All 14.3% 10.3% 4.0% 85.7%

Grade 4 15.9% 10.7% 5.2% 84.1%

Grade 5 10.4% 7.3% 3.1% 89.6%Grade 6 16.5% 12.7% 3.7% 83.5%

Marijuana

All 2.0% 1.4% 0.6% 98.0%

Grade 4 0.3% 0.0% 0.3% 99.7%

Grade 5 1.4% 0.9% 0.5% 98.6%

Grade 6 4.5% 3.5% 1.0% 95.5%



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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 4.0% 2.4% 1.6% 96.0%

Grade 4 1.4% 0.9% 0.6% 98.6%

Grade 5 2.9% 1.5% 1.5% 97.1%

Grade 6 7.8% 4.9% 2.9% 92.2%

Alcohol

All 17.6% 12.7% 4.9% 82.4%

Grade 4 11.8% 8.4% 3.5% 88.2%

Grade 5 12.3% 8.8% 3.6% 87.7%

Grade 6 29.4% 21.4% 8.0% 70.6%

Inhalants

All 10.7% 7.6% 3.1% 89.3%

Grade 4 8.2% 5.3% 2.9% 91.8%

Grade 5 8.2% 6.5% 1.7% 91.8%Grade 6 15.9% 11.0% 4.9% 84.1%

Marijuana

All 1.3% 1.1% 0.2% 98.7%

Grade 4 0.6% 0.6% 0.0% 99.4%

Grade 5 0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 99.8%

Grade 6 3.2% 2.7% 0.5% 96.8%



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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 1.8% 0.9% 0.9% 98.2%

Grade 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%

Grade 5 5.3% 2.6% 2.6% 94.7%

Grade 6 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%

Alcohol

All 18.7% 11.1% 7.5% 81.3%

Grade 4 7.9% 7.9% 0.0% 92.1%

Grade 5 26.3% 13.2% 13.2% 73.7%

Grade 6 30.0% 15.0% 15.0% 70.0%

Inhalants

All 12.8% 9.7% 3.1% 87.2%

Grade 4 13.9% 11.1% 2.8% 86.1%

Grade 5 15.8% 10.5% 5.3% 84.2%Grade 6 5.0% 5.0% 0.0% 95.0%

Marijuana

All 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%

Grade 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%

Grade 5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%

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 4.3% 2.1% 2.2% 95.7%

Grade 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%

Grade 5 5.9% 5.9% 0.0% 94.1%

Grade 6 9.1% 0.0% 9.1% 90.9%

Alcohol

All 13.8% 6.5% 7.3% 86.2%

Grade 4 7.1% 0.0% 7.1% 92.9%

Grade 5 11.8% 11.8% 0.0% 88.2%

Grade 6 27.3% 9.1% 18.2% 72.7%

Inhalants

All 9.8% 9.8% 0.0% 90.2%

Grade 4 14.3% 14.3% 0.0% 85.7%

Grade 5 11.8% 11.8% 0.0% 88.2%Grade 6 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%

Marijuana

All 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%

Grade 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%

Grade 5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%

Grade 6 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%



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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 5.2% 3.5% 1.6% 94.8%

Grade 4 3.5% 2.2% 1.3% 96.5%

Grade 5 2.8% 1.8% 1.1% 97.2%

Grade 6 9.3% 6.8% 2.6% 90.7%

Alcohol

All 21.3% 13.9% 7.4% 78.7%

Grade 4 16.5% 10.8% 5.7% 83.5%

Grade 5 15.2% 8.9% 6.2% 84.8%

Grade 6 32.6% 22.3% 10.4% 67.4%

Inhalants

All 12.1% 8.7% 3.4% 87.9%

Grade 4 11.3% 7.4% 3.9% 88.7%

Grade 5 8.3% 6.4% 1.9% 91.7%Grade 6 16.9% 12.4% 4.5% 83.1%

Marijuana

All 1.8% 1.4% 0.4% 98.2%

Grade 4 0.6% 0.4% 0.2% 99.4%

Grade 5 1.1% 0.7% 0.4% 98.9%

Grade 6 3.9% 3.2% 0.8% 96.1%



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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 1.8% 0.6% 1.2% 98.2%

Grade 4 1.3% 0.6% 0.6% 98.7%

Grade 5 1.6% 0.0% 1.6% 98.4%

Grade 6 2.8% 1.4% 1.4% 97.2%

Alcohol

All 14.7% 10.4% 4.3% 85.3%

Grade 4 10.2% 8.3% 1.9% 89.8%

Grade 5 12.1% 6.3% 5.8% 87.9%

Grade 6 24.1% 18.4% 5.7% 75.9%

Inhalants

All 8.7% 6.9% 1.8% 91.3%

Grade 4 8.9% 7.6% 1.3% 91.1%

Grade 5 4.8% 3.7% 1.1% 95.2%Grade 6 13.6% 10.0% 3.6% 86.4%

Marijuana

All 0.4% 0.0% 0.4% 99.6%

Grade 4 0.6% 0.0% 0.6% 99.4%

Grade 5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%

Grade 6 0.7% 0.0% 0.7% 99.3%



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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 5.7% 3.8% 1.9% 94.3%

Grade 4 3.4% 2.3% 1.1% 96.6%

Grade 5 3.4% 2.1% 1.3% 96.6%

Grade 6 10.3% 7.1% 3.2% 89.7%

Alcohol

All 22.3% 14.5% 7.8% 77.7%

Grade 4 16.6% 10.7% 5.9% 83.4%

Grade 5 16.9% 10.5% 6.4% 83.1%

Grade 6 33.3% 22.1% 11.1% 66.7%

Inhalants

All 13.4% 9.5% 3.9% 86.6%

Grade 4 12.7% 8.2% 4.5% 87.3%

Grade 5 10.5% 8.0% 2.6% 89.5%Grade 6 16.8% 12.3% 4.6% 83.2%

Marijuana

All 2.0% 1.6% 0.4% 98.0%

Grade 4 0.4% 0.4% 0.0% 99.6%

Grade 5 1.1% 0.7% 0.4% 98.9%

Grade 6 4.5% 3.8% 0.8% 95.5%



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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 4.0% 2.6% 1.4% 96.0%

Grade 4 2.7% 1.9% 0.8% 97.3%

Grade 5 3.1% 1.7% 1.4% 96.9%

Grade 6 6.5% 4.3% 2.2% 93.5%

Alcohol

All 19.6% 13.1% 6.5% 80.4%

Grade 4 15.6% 10.8% 4.8% 84.4%

Grade 5 15.6% 9.3% 6.3% 84.4%

Grade 6 29.0% 20.2% 8.8% 71.0%

Inhalants

All 12.0% 8.8% 3.2% 88.0%

Grade 4 11.5% 7.6% 3.9% 88.5%

Grade 5 10.2% 7.9% 2.3% 89.8%Grade 6 14.5% 11.1% 3.4% 85.5%

Marijuana

All 1.2% 0.8% 0.3% 98.8%

Grade 4 0.6% 0.4% 0.2% 99.4%

Grade 5 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 99.7%

Grade 6 2.8% 2.1% 0.8% 97.2%



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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 7.0% 4.6% 2.4% 93.0%

Grade 4 3.0% 1.2% 1.8% 97.0%

Grade 5 2.7% 1.6% 1.2% 97.3%

Grade 6 14.0% 10.0% 4.1% 86.0%

Alcohol

All 23.7% 14.8% 9.0% 76.3%

Grade 4 14.3% 8.3% 6.0% 85.7%

Grade 5 15.7% 9.4% 6.3% 84.3%

Grade 6 38.0% 24.4% 13.7% 62.0%

Inhalants

All 13.7% 9.3% 4.4% 86.3%

Grade 4 13.5% 9.2% 4.3% 86.5%

Grade 5 7.1% 4.8% 2.4% 92.9%Grade 6 19.8% 13.4% 6.3% 80.2%

Marijuana

All 2.9% 2.4% 0.5% 97.1%

Grade 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%

Grade 5 2.0% 1.2% 0.8% 98.0%

Grade 6 5.9% 5.2% 0.7% 94.1%



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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 5.0% 3.4% 1.6% 95.0%

Grade 4 3.3% 2.1% 1.2% 96.7%

Grade 5 3.1% 1.8% 1.3% 96.9%

Grade 6 8.7% 6.3% 2.4% 91.3%

Alcohol

All 20.6% 13.5% 7.1% 79.4%

Grade 4 15.1% 9.9% 5.3% 84.9%

Grade 5 15.1% 8.9% 6.1% 84.9%

Grade 6 31.6% 21.7% 9.8% 68.4%

Inhalants

All 11.9% 8.6% 3.3% 88.1%

Grade 4 11.1% 7.2% 3.9% 88.9%

Grade 5 9.3% 6.7% 2.6% 90.7%Grade 6 15.4% 11.8% 3.5% 84.6%

Marijuana

All 1.7% 1.4% 0.3% 98.3%

Grade 4 0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 99.8%

Grade 5 1.0% 0.6% 0.4% 99.0%

Grade 6 3.8% 3.2% 0.6% 96.2%



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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 5.8% 3.0% 2.8% 94.2%

Grade 4 2.5% 2.5% 0.0% 97.5%

Grade 5 1.4% 0.0% 1.4% 98.6%

Grade 6 14.0% 7.0% 7.0% 86.0%

Alcohol

All 26.6% 15.3% 11.3% 73.4%

Grade 4 12.5% 12.5% 0.0% 87.5%

Grade 5 20.8% 11.1% 9.7% 79.2%

Grade 6 45.6% 22.8% 22.8% 54.4%

Inhalants

All 19.7% 14.2% 5.5% 80.3%

Grade 4 31.7% 24.4% 7.3% 68.3%

Grade 5 9.7% 8.3% 1.4% 90.3%Grade 6 21.1% 12.3% 8.8% 78.9%

Marijuana

All 2.5% 1.2% 1.3% 97.5%

Grade 4 2.5% 0.0% 2.5% 97.5%

Grade 5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%

Grade 6 5.5% 3.6% 1.8% 94.5%



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The FREQ Procedure

GENDER

Q1 Frequency Percent

Female 1240 50.87

Male 1198 49.13

Frequency Missing = 11.336902603

GRADE LEVEL


Grade 4 833 33.99

Grade 5 827 33.77

Grade 6 790 32.24

DO YOU LIVE WITH

BOTH PARENTS?


No 695 28.77

Yes 1720 71.23


AGE


9 194 7.93

10 714 29.24

11 798 32.68

12 588 24.06

13 or older 149 6.08


ETHNICITY


African/American 45 1.93

Asian/American 10 0.44

Mexican/American 1958 84.54

Native/American 77 3.34

Other 125 5.42

White 100 4.34


WHAT GRADES DO YOU

USUALLY GET


Mostly A's 496 20.68

Mostly B's 1203 50.17

Mostly C's 579 24.14

Mostly D's 92 3.82

Mostly F's 29 1.19


LIVED IN THIS TOWN FOR

MORE THAN 3 YEARS


Don't Know 186 7.66

No 170 7.00

Yes 2072 85.34


EITHER PARENT

GRADUATE FROM

COLLEGE


Don't Know 1082 44.65

No 558 23.04

Yes 783 32.31


QUALIFY FOR A

FREE/REDUCED PRICE

LUNCH?


Don't Know 858 36.73

No 249 10.66

Yes 1229 52.61


PARENTS ATTEND

PTA MEETINGS?


No 818 34.49

Yes 1554 65.51


EVER INHALED

GASOLINE TO GET

HIGH?

Q11a Frequency Percent

Not Used 2247 96.63

Used 78 3.37


EVER INHALED PAINT

THINNER TO GET HIGH?

Q11b Frequency Percent

Not Used 2228 96.75

Used 75 3.25


EVER INHALED GLUE TO

GET HIGH?

Q11c Frequency Percent

Not Used 2203 95.24

Used 110 4.76


EVER INHALED

WHITEOUT TO GET

HIGH?

Q11d Frequency Percent

Not Used 2210 95.63

Used 101 4.37


EVER INHALED SPRAYPAINT TO GET HIGH?

Q11e Frequency Percent

Not Used 2224 95.86

Used 96 4.14


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 2240 95.76

Used 99 4.24


CIGARETTE USE DURING

LIFETIME

Q12A Frequency Percent

Never heard of 123 5.10

Never used 2175 90.50

1-2 times 84 3.50

3-10 times 17 0.69

11+ times 5 0.21


SNUFF/CHEWING TOBACCO

USE IN LIFETIME

Q12B Frequency Percent



1-2 times 11 0.46

3-10 times 3 0.13

11+ times 2 0.09


BEER USE DURING LIFETIME

Q12C Frequency Percent



1-2 times 214 9.22

3-10 times 30 1.30

11+ times 19 0.82


WINE COOLER USE DURING

LIFETIME

Q12D Frequency Percent



1-2 times 190 8.13

3-10 times 37 1.57

11+ times 24 1.03


WINE USE DURING LIFETIME

Q12E Frequency Percent



1-2 times 167 7.34

3-10 times 17 0.73

11+ times 12 0.54


LIQUOR USE DURING

LIFETIME

Q12F Frequency Percent



1-2 times 89 3.78

3-10 times 16 0.67

11+ times 8 0.36


SHIMERON USE DURING

LIFETIME

Q12G Frequency Percent




INHALANT USE DURIN

LIFETIM

Q12H Frequency Perce

Never heard of 249 10.

Never used 1937 82.

1-2 times 125 5.

3-10 times 21 0.

11+ times 14 0.


MARIJUANA USE DURIN

LIFETIM

Q12I Frequency Perce


Never used 1985 83.

1-2 times 24 1.

3-10 times 5 0.

11+ times 7 0.


CIGARETTE USE IN PAS

SCHOOL YEA

Q13A Frequency Perce


Never used 2230 92.

1-2 times 60 2.

3-10 times 9 0.

11+ times 5 0.


SNUFF/CHEWING TOBACC

USE IN PAST YEA

Q13B Frequency Perce


Never used 2072 87.

1-2 times 8 0.

3-10 times 2 0.

11+ times 2 0.





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BEER USE IN PAST SCHOOL

YEAR




1-2 times 131 5.66

3-10 times 23 1.01

11+ times 9 0.41


WINE COOLER USE IN PAST

SCHOOL YEAR




1-2 times 143 6.08

3-10 times 23 0.99

11+ times 20 0.85


WINE USE IN PAST SCHOOL

YEAR




1-2 times 98 4.19

3-10 times 14 0.58

11+ times 9 0.40


LIQUOR USE IN PAST SCHOOL

YEAR




1-2 times 69 2.95

3-10 times 5 0.20

11+ times 9 0.37


SHIMERON USE IN PAST

SCHOOL YEAR





INHALANT USE IN PAST

SCHOOL YEAR

Q13H Frequency Percent



1-2 times 92 3.93

3-10 times 18 0.77

11+ times 11 0.49


MARIJUANA USE IN PAST

SCHOOL YEAR

Q13I Frequency Percent



1-2 times 22 0.94

3-10 times 3 0.12

11+ times 6 0.24


AGE WHEN FIRST USED

CIGARETTES


7 or younger 23 0.96

8 years old 12 0.51

9 years old 9 0.39

10 years old 20 0.86


12 or older 30 1.24

Never heard/used 2282 95.22


AGE WHEN FIRST US

SNUFF/CHEW TOBAC

Q14B Frequency Perc

7 or younger 2 0

8 years old 2 0

10 years old 3 0

11 years old 4 0

12 or older 5 0

Never heard/used 2343 99


AGE WHEN FIRST USED BE

Q14C Frequency Perc

7 or younger 75 3

8 years old 33 1

9 years old 41 1

10 years old 52 2

11 years old 35 1

12 or older 38 1



AGE WHEN FIRST USED WI

COOLE

Q14D Frequency Perc

7 or younger 32 1

8 years old 25 1

9 years old 39 1

10 years old 43 1

11 years old 43 1

12 or older 46 1



AGE WHEN FIRST USED WI

Q14E Frequency Perc

7 or younger 19 0

8 years old 20 0

9 years old 30 1

10 years old 45 1

11 years old 38 1

12 or older 32 1





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AGE WHEN FIRST USED LIQUOR


7 or younger 10 0.428 years old 6 0.26

9 years old 12 0.53



12 or older 25 1.06



AGE WHEN FIRST USED

SHIMERONQ14G Frequency Percent



AGE WHEN FIRST USED

INHALANTS


7 or younger 22 0.96

8 years old 13 0.56

9 years old 21 0.9010 years old 27 1.16


12 or older 31 1.31



AGE WHEN FIRST USED

MARIJUANA


7 or younger 5 0.218 years old 2 0.08

9 years old 3 0.13

10 years old 2 0.08

11 years old 8 0.36

12 or older 15 0.65



CLOSE FRIENDS USE

CIGARETTES


Never heard of 111 4.72None 1920 81.33

Some 303 12.84

Most 26 1.11


CLOSE FRIENDS USE


Q15B Frequency Percent


None 2025 87.27Some 78 3.36

Most 14 0.62


CLOSE FRIENDS USE BEER



None 1799 78.29

Some 382 16.62

Most 49 2.12


CLOSE FRIENDS USE WINE

COOLERS



None 1707 73.79

Some 248 10.73

Most 52 2.24


CLOSE FRIENDS USE WIN

Q15E Frequency Perce


None 1894 82.

Some 197 8.

Most 26 1.


CLOSE FRIENDS USE LIQUO

Q15F Frequency Perce


None 1883 81.

Some 173 7.

Most 31 1.


CLOSE FRIENDS US

SHIMERO

Q15G Frequency Perce


None 1162 50.

Some 13 0.

Most 6 0.


CLOSE FRIENDS US

INHALANT

Q15H Frequency Perce


None 1873 81.

Some 204 8.

Most 51 2.


CLOSE FRIENDS US

MARIJUAN

Q15I Frequency Perce


None 1868 80.

Some 142 6.

Most 50 2.




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EVER BEEN OFFERED

CIGARETTES

Q16a Frequency PercentNever heard of 115 4.88

No 2010 85.09

Yes 237 10.02


EVER BEEN OFFERED




No 2056 88.15Yes 71 3.05


EVER BEEN OFFERED BEER



No 1870 80.31

Yes 384 16.50


EVER BEEN OFFERED WINE

COOLERS



No 1830 78.97

Yes 197 8.49


EVER BEEN OFFERED WINE



No 1983 85.44

Yes 164 7.07


EVER BEEN OFFERED

LIQUOR

Q16f Frequency Percent

Never heard of 222 9.66No 1925 83.77

Yes 151 6.57


EVER BEEN OFFERED

SHIMERON

Q16g Frequency Percent


No 1194 51.87

Yes 15 0.67


EVER BEEN OFFERED

INHALANTS

Q16h Frequency Percent


No 1981 86.02

Yes 128 5.57


EVER BEEN OFFERED

MARIJUANA

Q16i Frequency Percent


No 1929 82.50

Yes 150 6.41


IS ALCOHOL OBTAINED

FROM HOME


Do Not Drink 1845 79.33

No 341 14.65

Yes 140 6.02


IS ALCOHOL OBTAINE

FROM FRIEND

Q17b Frequency Percen

Do Not Drink 1807 78.8No 419 18.2

Yes 66 2.8


IS ALCOHOL OBTAINE

SOMEWHERE ELS

Q17c Frequency Percen

Do Not Drink 1784 77.6

No 338 14.7

Yes 176 7.6


DANGEROUS FOR KIDS TO U

CIGARETT

Q18A Frequency Perce

Very dangerous 1511 64

Dangerous 574 24

Not at all 31 1

Don't know 185 7

Never heard of 58 2


DANGEROUS TO U

SNUFF/CHEWING TOBACC

Q18B Frequency Perce

Very dangerous 1655 71

Dangerous 336 14

Not at all 26 1

Don't know 174 7

Never heard of 129 5





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DANGEROUS FOR KIDS TO USE

BEER


Very dangerous 1194 51.55

Dangerous 740 31.96

Not at all 122 5.27

Don't know 228 9.85




WINE COOLERS



Dangerous 519 22.44

Not at all 116 5.01

Don't know 304 13.12




WINE



Dangerous 592 25.80

Not at all 99 4.33





LIQUOR



Dangerous 448 19.44

Not at all 59 2.56

Don't know 213 9.25




SHIMERON



Dangerous 163 7.07

Not at all 16 0.72

Don't know 212 9.20




INHALANTS



Dangerous 388 16.77

Not at all 77 3.34

Don't know 226 9.77




MARIJUANA



Dangerous 173 7.43

Not at all 30 1.29

Don't know 147 6.30



DRUG/ALCOHOL INFO

FROM TEACHER


No 753 32.88

Yes 1537 67.12


DRUG/ALC INFO

FROM VISITOR TO

CLASS


No 1107 49.48

Yes 1131 50.52


DRUG/ALC INFO

FROM ASSEMBLY

PROGRAM


No 973 43.19

Yes 1280 56.81


DRUG/ALC INFO

FROM GUIDE

COUNSELOR


No 526 22.88

Yes 1772 77.12


DRUG/ALC INF FROM

SOMEONE ELSE AT

SCHOOL


No 1300 57.43

Yes 963 42.57


BEER, TWO OR MORE

AT ONE TIME

Q20a Frequency PercentNever 2050 88.07

1 time 171 7.34

2 times 54 2.33

3+ times 53 2.26





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Brownsville

Spring 2008

WINE COOLERS, TWO

OR MORE AT ONE TIME


Never 2111 92.19

1 time 102 4.47

2 times 45 1.97

3+ times 31 1.37


WINE, TWO OR MORE

AT ONE TIME


Never 2111 91.79

1 time 124 5.39

2 times 34 1.50

3+ times 30 1.32


LIQUOR, TWO OR MORE

AT ONE TIME


Never 2194 95.08

1 time 56 2.42

2 times 25 1.10

3+ times 32 1.39


MISSED SCHOOL

WITHOUT PARENT'S

CONSENT


No 2267 95.75

Yes 101 4.25


SENT TO

PRINCIPAL/DEAN

SINCE SEPTEMBER


PARENTS FEEL ABOUT KIDS

SMOKING CIGARETTES


Don't like it 2058 87.41

Don't care 31 1.34

Think it's O.K. 10 0.41




DRINKING BEER



Don't care 50 2.14





USING MARIJUANA

q25 Frequency Percent


Don't care 26 1.12




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