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Percent of Students Reporting Ever Having Had a Boyfriend or Girlfriend in a Dating or Serious Relationship Who Hit, Slapped, or Physically Hurt Them on Purpose, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

2013
FemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota8th2.8%3.3%3.0%
9th4.0%3.8%3.9%
11th6.3%5.1%5.7%
All Grades4.3%4.0%4.1%
Aitkin County8th0.0%2.7%1.5%
9th7.5%0.0%3.9%
11th5.4%10.4%7.7%
All Grades4.4%3.8%4.1%
Anoka County8th3.7%3.9%3.8%
9th4.1%4.8%4.4%
11th7.8%4.6%6.3%
All Grades4.8%4.4%4.6%
Becker County8th3.7%4.5%4.1%
9th4.0%2.0%2.9%
11th9.3%4.5%6.8%
All Grades5.6%3.5%4.5%
Beltrami County8th5.4%2.0%3.7%
9th3.4%4.2%3.8%
11th8.0%5.4%6.7%
All Grades5.5%3.8%4.6%
Benton County8th2.3%2.0%2.2%
9th2.9%3.5%3.2%
11th8.8%7.1%8.0%
All Grades4.5%4.1%4.3%
Big Stone County8th0.0%4.2%1.9%
9th3.3%0.0%1.6%
11th9.1%4.5%6.5%
All Grades4.3%3.0%3.6%
Blue Earth County8th2.7%3.6%3.1%
9th5.4%5.1%5.2%
11th7.0%5.7%6.4%
All Grades4.9%4.7%4.8%
Brown County8th2.8%0.9%1.8%
9th3.0%6.2%4.5%
11th12.5%8.8%10.6%
All Grades5.9%5.1%5.5%
Carlton County8th2.7%4.0%3.3%
9th4.9%2.3%3.6%
11th8.5%6.3%7.4%
All Grades5.1%4.1%4.7%
Carver County8th0.7%0.0%0.3%
9th1.1%1.3%1.2%
11th4.8%2.8%3.8%
All Grades2.1%1.3%1.7%
Cass County8th5.6%5.1%5.3%
9th10.1%5.3%7.7%
11th11.6%4.3%7.9%
All Grades8.9%4.9%6.9%
Chippewa County8thN/AN/AN/A
9thN/AN/AN/A
11thN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/A
Chisago County8th0.8%4.6%2.6%
9th4.8%7.0%6.0%
11th5.3%6.2%5.7%
All Grades3.5%6.0%4.7%
Clay County8th2.6%1.8%2.2%
9th2.5%3.4%2.9%
11th7.7%1.0%4.5%
All Grades4.1%2.1%3.1%
Clearwater County8th8.2%2.4%5.5%
9th2.6%5.6%4.3%
11th6.9%14.8%10.7%
All Grades6.0%6.5%6.3%
Cook County8th0.0%8.3%3.2%
9th0.0%0.0%0.0%
11th0.0%0.0%0.0%
All Grades0.0%2.0%1.0%
Cottonwood County8th2.3%1.9%2.1%
9th4.7%1.9%3.2%
11th16.2%5.4%9.7%
All Grades7.3%3.1%4.9%
Crow Wing County8th3.8%2.0%2.9%
9th1.1%5.1%3.0%
11th3.0%1.4%2.2%
All Grades2.7%2.8%2.8%
Dakota County8th2.3%3.2%2.7%
9th3.8%2.9%3.4%
11th6.0%4.4%5.2%
All Grades4.0%3.5%3.8%
Dodge County8th2.9%0.9%1.9%
9th2.9%4.0%3.4%
11th7.7%3.2%5.6%
All Grades4.2%2.7%3.5%
Douglas County8th1.2%1.9%1.5%
9th0.0%2.5%1.3%
11th5.3%6.1%5.6%
All Grades2.3%3.3%2.8%
Faribault County8th1.9%3.3%2.7%
9th7.1%3.0%5.1%
11th10.0%7.7%8.7%
All Grades6.4%4.7%5.5%
Fillmore County8th2.7%4.3%3.5%
9th0.0%3.6%1.8%
11th13.0%3.2%7.3%
All Grades4.6%3.7%4.1%
Freeborn County8th1.4%7.7%4.5%
9th8.7%5.1%7.1%
11th7.7%6.4%7.0%
All Grades6.3%6.3%6.3%
Goodhue County8th3.6%2.8%3.3%
9th5.5%3.1%4.3%
11th3.2%3.8%3.5%
All Grades4.0%3.3%3.6%
Grant County8th3.8%0.0%1.6%
9th8.6%0.0%4.7%
11th6.5%0.0%3.4%
All Grades6.5%0.0%3.3%
Hennepin County8th1.9%2.5%2.2%
9th2.9%3.5%3.2%
11th4.6%4.3%4.4%
All Grades3.1%3.4%3.2%
Houston County8th3.4%7.6%5.4%
9th1.0%4.4%2.7%
11th5.1%7.5%6.4%
All Grades3.2%6.6%4.9%
Hubbard County8th3.3%9.1%5.7%
9th9.7%13.2%11.2%
11th10.8%4.2%7.3%
All Grades7.5%8.4%7.9%
Isanti County8th3.8%3.7%3.8%
9th6.5%3.8%5.1%
11th8.6%4.8%6.9%
All Grades5.8%3.9%4.9%
Itasca County8th2.1%5.1%3.6%
9th9.8%7.8%8.8%
11th9.5%8.1%8.9%
All Grades6.9%6.9%6.9%
Jackson County8th1.9%0.0%1.0%
9th6.7%10.2%8.7%
11th11.1%11.1%11.1%
All Grades6.5%7.7%7.1%
Kanabec County8th3.7%5.1%4.3%
9th8.6%3.4%6.2%
11th16.3%10.8%13.2%
All Grades8.5%6.4%7.4%
Kandiyohi County8th2.9%2.5%2.7%
9th1.8%1.2%1.5%
11th7.1%5.9%6.4%
All Grades3.7%3.2%3.5%
Kittson County8th0.0%0.0%0.0%
9th9.7%4.0%7.1%
11th5.3%9.1%7.3%
All Grades5.5%4.3%4.9%
Koochiching County8th0.0%0.0%0.0%
9th6.1%0.0%3.1%
11th21.7%7.1%13.7%
All Grades7.0%2.1%4.6%
Lac Qui Parle County8th2.6%0.0%1.4%
9th0.0%2.2%1.2%
11th5.7%0.0%3.2%
All Grades2.7%0.9%1.8%
Lake County8th8.1%2.6%5.3%
9th3.1%5.7%4.0%
11th5.0%2.5%3.3%
All Grades5.0%3.5%4.3%
Lake of the Woods County8th8.3%0.0%3.7%
9th0.0%9.1%4.3%
11th0.0%7.7%3.3%
All Grades2.4%5.1%3.8%
Le Sueur County8th1.8%3.8%2.6%
9th4.9%6.5%5.7%
11th6.5%7.0%6.7%
All Grades4.3%6.0%5.1%
Lincoln County8th0.0%0.0%0.0%
9th7.1%0.0%2.6%
11th8.7%5.3%7.1%
All Grades4.9%1.8%3.4%
Lyon County8th4.5%4.2%4.3%
9th2.6%2.5%2.5%
11th5.2%4.4%4.8%
All Grades4.0%3.6%3.8%
McLeod County8th0.0%0.0%0.0%
9th0.0%0.0%0.0%
11th0.0%7.1%4.0%
All Grades0.0%2.9%1.3%
Mahnomen County8th6.5%7.1%6.8%
9th0.0%0.0%0.0%
11th8.0%0.0%4.3%
All Grades4.7%2.2%3.4%
Marshall County8th5.6%2.6%4.0%
9th3.6%2.4%3.1%
11th2.4%2.0%2.2%
All Grades3.8%2.3%3.0%
Martin County8th4.9%2.9%3.9%
9th6.7%3.5%5.0%
11th7.5%4.1%5.9%
All Grades6.4%3.5%5.0%
Meeker County8th0.8%6.3%3.6%
9th2.0%3.4%2.8%
11th6.7%10.1%8.5%
All Grades2.5%6.1%4.4%
Mille Lacs County8th4.6%2.9%3.7%
9th8.0%4.9%6.5%
11th16.3%4.8%10.7%
All Grades9.3%4.2%6.7%
Morrison County8th3.4%3.4%3.4%
9th4.1%2.8%3.4%
11th9.1%6.9%8.0%
All Grades5.2%4.1%4.6%
Mower County8th2.7%4.1%3.4%
9th3.1%6.1%4.5%
11th3.2%6.1%4.8%
All Grades2.9%5.3%4.1%
Murray County8th0.0%3.1%1.4%
9th0.0%2.9%1.4%
11th8.1%3.4%6.1%
All Grades2.7%3.1%2.9%
Nicollet County8th1.8%4.1%2.8%
9th7.3%3.2%5.1%
11th0.0%3.6%1.9%
All Grades3.1%3.6%3.4%
Nobles County8th2.7%8.3%5.4%
9th5.0%2.7%3.9%
11th3.3%2.4%2.9%
All Grades3.7%4.7%4.2%
Norman County8th0.0%3.3%1.5%
9th2.6%2.8%2.7%
11th10.0%6.7%8.3%
All Grades3.7%4.2%3.9%
Olmsted County8th3.2%2.0%2.5%
9th2.0%4.6%3.3%
11th2.0%3.8%3.0%
All Grades2.5%3.2%2.9%
Otter Tail County8th4.1%2.3%3.2%
9th2.4%2.5%2.5%
11th3.6%3.5%3.6%
All Grades3.4%2.7%3.0%
Pennington County8th1.1%4.0%2.4%
9th11.4%3.9%7.5%
11th8.7%5.9%7.2%
All Grades6.3%4.4%5.4%
Pine County8th9.5%3.2%6.1%
9th7.5%5.3%6.5%
11th11.4%18.0%14.8%
All Grades9.3%8.6%9.0%
Pipestone County8th0.0%0.0%0.0%
9th2.8%3.1%2.9%
11th8.8%6.9%7.9%
All Grades4.3%3.1%3.7%
Polk County8th5.2%2.6%4.0%
9th1.3%4.5%2.8%
11th12.5%7.0%9.6%
All Grades5.8%4.8%5.3%
Pope County8th0.0%7.3%4.1%
9th0.0%2.2%1.3%
11th5.7%3.1%4.5%
All Grades2.0%4.2%3.2%
Ramsey County8th3.7%4.3%4.0%
9th5.1%5.3%5.2%
11th6.4%6.0%6.2%
All Grades5.1%5.2%5.2%
Red Lake County8th4.2%10.0%6.8%
9th7.4%3.1%5.1%
11th4.0%8.7%6.3%
All Grades5.3%6.7%6.0%
Redwood County8th1.9%0.0%0.9%
9th5.7%8.8%7.4%
11th4.1%6.5%5.4%
All Grades3.9%5.3%4.7%
Renville County8th7.0%0.0%4.4%
9th0.0%5.9%2.9%
11th3.2%0.0%1.8%
All Grades3.6%2.4%3.1%
Rice County8th2.6%4.1%3.4%
9th8.1%5.2%6.6%
11th5.8%4.2%5.0%
All Grades5.4%4.5%4.9%
Rock County8th2.3%4.9%3.6%
9th5.3%0.0%2.7%
11th0.0%2.6%1.4%
All Grades2.6%2.6%2.6%
Roseau County8th2.1%3.8%3.1%
9th1.2%1.2%1.2%
11th5.6%3.8%4.6%
All Grades3.0%2.8%2.9%
St. Louis County8th3.6%5.2%4.4%
9th3.4%4.6%4.0%
11th6.2%8.2%7.1%
All Grades4.3%5.8%5.0%
Scott County8th2.7%4.0%3.4%
9th2.0%2.1%2.1%
11th6.1%5.9%6.0%
All Grades3.5%4.0%3.7%
Sherburne County8th3.0%2.2%2.6%
9th4.5%3.0%3.8%
11th5.0%4.9%5.0%
All Grades4.1%3.3%3.7%
Sibley County8th3.3%6.1%4.5%
9th3.2%9.5%6.6%
11th9.3%8.2%8.7%
All Grades5.1%8.1%6.6%
Stearns County8th2.6%3.6%3.1%
9th5.2%3.8%4.5%
11th5.5%3.3%4.4%
All Grades4.5%3.6%4.0%
Steele County8th4.5%2.5%3.6%
9th3.6%4.9%4.2%
11th7.2%4.0%5.7%
All Grades5.1%3.8%4.5%
Stevens County8th2.0%2.2%2.1%
9th8.8%4.0%6.0%
11th0.0%11.8%5.1%
All Grades3.8%4.4%4.1%
Swift County8th2.8%2.9%2.9%
9th10.7%7.7%9.3%
11th4.0%10.5%7.9%
All Grades5.6%7.1%6.4%
Todd County8th2.0%1.0%1.5%
9th4.3%0.0%2.4%
11th5.3%6.4%5.8%
All Grades3.9%2.3%3.2%
Traverse County8th0.0%4.3%2.6%
9th9.1%0.0%4.3%
11th0.0%0.0%0.0%
All Grades2.3%2.3%2.3%
Wabasha County8th0.0%2.2%1.0%
9th1.9%5.2%3.5%
11th8.5%5.9%7.3%
All Grades4.1%4.6%4.4%
Wadena County8th4.1%0.0%2.2%
9th5.4%6.2%5.7%
11th10.0%1.6%6.1%
All Grades6.2%2.4%4.5%
Waseca County8th5.2%0.0%2.8%
9th3.6%2.1%2.8%
11th11.9%5.0%8.5%
All Grades6.8%2.3%4.6%
Washington County8th2.3%3.4%2.8%
9th4.1%3.4%3.7%
11th5.1%4.9%5.0%
All Grades3.8%3.9%3.8%
Watonwan County8th0.0%3.0%1.2%
9th11.4%0.0%6.4%
11th11.8%4.4%7.6%
All Grades7.0%2.7%5.0%
Wilkin County8th5.0%7.1%5.9%
9th7.8%0.0%4.7%
11th11.6%0.0%6.3%
All Grades8.2%2.0%5.6%
Winona County8th4.2%1.2%2.7%
9th2.8%2.7%2.8%
11th11.3%4.1%7.6%
All Grades5.6%2.6%4.1%
Wright County8th1.6%3.4%2.5%
9th2.1%1.9%2.0%
11th5.9%4.2%5.0%
All Grades3.0%3.1%3.1%
Yellow Medicine County8th0.0%0.0%0.0%
9th8.1%4.5%6.2%
11th6.1%14.3%9.9%
All Grades5.3%7.2%6.2%

About the Indicator:

Intimate partner violence is a risk factor for both substance use and mental health disorders. N/A indicates that the data are unavailable or were not collected. The wording of this question changed in 2013.

According to the 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, physical dating violence was reported by 8.8% of 9th graders and 10.4% of 11th graders nationally.

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.