Parental Communication about Alcohol

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Percent of Total All Grades Students Reporting They Strongly Agree or Agree That Parents and Other Adults Should Clearly Communicate with Their Children about the Importance of Not Using Alcohol, 2013: by County

PercentCompare to State Average: 81.5%
Minnesota81.5%Barchart image
Aitkin County85.1%Barchart image
Anoka County79.9%Barchart image
Becker County82.5%Barchart image
Beltrami County81.8%Barchart image
Benton County87.1%Barchart image
Big Stone County82.1%Barchart image
Blue Earth County85.5%Barchart image
Brown County80.6%Barchart image
Carlton County83.8%Barchart image
Carver County81.6%Barchart image
Cass County84.1%Barchart image
Chippewa CountyN/A
Chisago County78.5%Barchart image
Clay County82.3%Barchart image
Clearwater County80.5%Barchart image
Cook County77.7%Barchart image
Cottonwood County87.3%Barchart image
Crow Wing County75.9%Barchart image
Dakota County82.7%Barchart image
Dodge County82.9%Barchart image
Douglas County80.9%Barchart image
Faribault County77.4%Barchart image
Fillmore County83.2%Barchart image
Freeborn County81.8%Barchart image
Goodhue County82.9%Barchart image
Grant County83.9%Barchart image
Hennepin County82.6%Barchart image
Houston County80.5%Barchart image
Hubbard County81.6%Barchart image
Isanti County78.0%Barchart image
Itasca County81.7%Barchart image
Jackson County82.4%Barchart image
Kanabec County77.4%Barchart image
Kandiyohi County82.8%Barchart image
Kittson County80.6%Barchart image
Koochiching County79.6%Barchart image
Lac Qui Parle County81.3%Barchart image
Lake County77.7%Barchart image
Lake of the Woods County69.4%Barchart image
Le Sueur County80.3%Barchart image
Lincoln County76.7%Barchart image
Lyon County86.0%Barchart image
McLeod County72.2%Barchart image
Mahnomen County79.9%Barchart image
Marshall County85.8%Barchart image
Martin County78.5%Barchart image
Meeker County84.0%Barchart image
Mille Lacs County80.3%Barchart image
Morrison County81.2%Barchart image
Mower County82.7%Barchart image
Murray County90.8%Barchart image
Nicollet County88.5%Barchart image
Nobles County85.1%Barchart image
Norman County92.1%Barchart image
Olmsted County83.0%Barchart image
Otter Tail County83.9%Barchart image
Pennington County81.0%Barchart image
Pine County75.0%Barchart image
Pipestone County76.6%Barchart image
Polk County85.9%Barchart image
Pope County84.1%Barchart image
Ramsey County79.5%Barchart image
Red Lake County80.1%Barchart image
Redwood County80.3%Barchart image
Renville County87.0%Barchart image
Rice County84.7%Barchart image
Rock County85.1%Barchart image
Roseau County83.1%Barchart image
St. Louis County81.7%Barchart image
Scott County80.5%Barchart image
Sherburne County79.5%Barchart image
Sibley County76.3%Barchart image
Stearns County81.0%Barchart image
Steele County78.7%Barchart image
Stevens County79.7%Barchart image
Swift County86.0%Barchart image
Todd County78.1%Barchart image
Traverse County81.4%Barchart image
Wabasha County84.1%Barchart image
Wadena County86.3%Barchart image
Waseca County78.2%Barchart image
Washington County78.9%Barchart image
Watonwan County80.3%Barchart image
Wilkin County78.9%Barchart image
Winona County80.9%Barchart image
Wright County80.7%Barchart image
Yellow Medicine County83.5%Barchart image

About the Indicator: This question was new to the 2013 Minnesota Student Survey. Other response options included: "neither agree nor disagree", "disagree", and "strongly disagree."

Data Source: Minnesota Student Survey (MSS)

Description: The MSS is a confidential and anonymous self-administered survey given to students attending Minnesota public, charter and tribal schools. From 1995 to 2010, the survey was administered to students in 6th, 9th, and 12th grades. New in 2013, the survey was administered to students in 5th, 8th, 9th, and 11th grades. Trend data are now only available for 9th graders, and only for survey questions that did not change. Most schools elect to participate in the survey; in 2013, this included 84% of public schools in Minnesota.

Although the data are not presented here, the survey is also administered to area learning centers, juvenile correction facilities and private schools electing to participate.

Sponsored by: Minnesota Department of Education

Geographic Level: State, Region, and County

Aggregated data at the state and county level do not reveal disparities that may exist within a given geographic area.

Frequency: Data collected and reported every three years

Characteristics: The results of the MSS are also available at a county level. Data Privacy requirements mandate that data is presented in a manner such that no individual student can be identified through the presentation of the results. As part of the Data Privacy practices, the results are also presented in a manner that no individual school district could be identified through the results. Therefore, for counties that have only one school district, the results are not presented. Results are also withheld for counties in which the minimum number for student participation was not met.

The MSS is a “census” of schools, not a sample. The school districts get their own data. Fifth-graders were not asked all substance use questions. Some school districts do not participate, and student participation within the school district can vary widely. These data are self-reported.