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Percent of Students Reporting that they Believe People Put themselves at Great or Moderate Risk of Harm by Smoking Cigarettes, All Available Years: by Grade, Race, Gender, and Region

201320162019
FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota11thAfrican-American or Black83.5%74.9%79.1%70.1%65.9%68.1%75.6%70.6%73.2%
All Races Combined86.7%82.7%84.7%82.9%77.7%80.3%84.4%80.2%82.3%
Asian American83.4%79.0%81.2%76.8%74.4%75.7%83.1%79.1%81.1%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial84.1%80.9%82.5%82.7%74.9%78.9%83.6%78.1%81.1%
Hispanic/Latino81.2%75.2%78.2%74.4%72.3%73.4%75.6%71.6%73.8%
Native American73.6%73.7%73.7%72.1%65.2%68.3%73.9%71.3%72.6%
Pacific Islander79.4%76.5%77.9%*71.0%71.9%**73.9%
White87.9%84.2%86.1%85.2%79.7%82.5%86.0%81.8%84.0%
5thAfrican-American or Black57.6%57.1%57.3%64.0%60.7%62.3%
All Races Combined73.3%70.9%72.1%77.1%75.0%76.1%
Asian American64.7%61.2%63.0%66.8%64.8%65.9%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial74.2%71.6%72.9%78.7%75.6%77.3%
Hispanic/Latino61.2%61.5%61.3%65.9%64.1%65.0%
Native American49.9%52.0%51.0%52.0%53.4%52.8%
Pacific Islander41.5%50.0%46.5%55.9%54.4%55.1%
White78.1%75.1%76.5%82.3%80.4%81.3%
8thAfrican-American or Black71.8%65.7%68.7%63.9%56.6%60.2%69.2%65.1%67.2%
All Races Combined81.7%77.3%79.5%79.6%75.5%77.6%81.3%77.8%79.6%
Asian American76.5%74.3%75.4%76.5%72.2%74.3%76.2%75.9%76.0%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial79.4%74.7%77.2%77.5%72.7%75.2%78.5%76.0%77.4%
Hispanic/Latino71.5%69.2%70.4%67.9%68.7%68.3%67.9%67.1%67.5%
Native American62.1%59.9%60.8%62.9%58.7%60.5%63.2%56.7%59.4%
Pacific Islander70.4%60.4%64.0%*63.6%54.5%61.0%73.3%68.3%
White84.4%79.8%82.1%83.7%79.3%81.5%84.8%81.0%83.0%
9thAfrican-American or Black77.7%70.5%74.0%72.0%63.1%67.6%71.1%65.9%68.7%
All Races Combined85.4%81.2%83.4%80.8%76.4%78.6%81.5%78.0%79.9%
Asian American80.0%79.4%79.7%77.6%75.7%76.7%78.8%76.3%77.6%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial83.3%78.7%81.1%79.3%75.4%77.4%78.5%76.7%77.7%
Hispanic/Latino76.3%73.6%75.0%70.3%67.9%69.1%71.8%69.5%70.7%
Native American73.4%62.6%67.5%62.9%59.5%60.9%70.4%68.4%69.4%
Pacific Islander90.9%63.8%75.0%**63.0%63.0%72.5%68.7%
White87.5%83.4%85.5%83.4%78.9%81.2%84.1%80.3%82.3%
All GradesAfrican-American or Black70.3%65.5%67.8%66.8%60.9%63.8%71.4%66.7%69.1%
All Races Combined81.8%77.9%79.8%80.0%76.1%78.1%82.2%78.5%80.4%
Asian American76.1%73.3%74.7%74.6%71.9%73.3%78.9%76.9%77.9%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial80.1%76.3%78.3%79.2%74.5%77.0%79.7%76.8%78.4%
Hispanic/Latino71.8%69.4%70.7%69.2%68.0%68.6%71.4%69.1%70.3%
Native American60.5%58.6%59.5%59.4%57.4%58.3%68.8%64.1%66.4%
Pacific Islander68.9%61.0%64.3%58.3%60.4%59.5%63.9%73.3%69.6%
White84.6%80.6%82.6%83.6%79.6%81.6%84.9%81.0%83.0%
Metro11thAfrican-American or Black85.7%77.5%81.6%71.8%69.0%70.5%77.5%70.0%73.9%
All Races Combined87.6%84.6%86.1%83.4%80.2%81.8%85.5%82.2%83.9%
Asian American83.5%79.5%81.5%77.3%76.0%76.7%82.9%80.1%81.5%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial85.3%82.5%83.9%82.6%78.9%80.9%84.9%78.4%82.0%
Hispanic/Latino81.0%74.8%77.9%74.9%74.4%74.6%76.5%71.8%74.3%
Native American80.0%80.6%80.4%*61.8%62.9%**82.4%
Pacific Islander81.0%77.3%79.1%**73.5%**72.7%
White89.2%87.2%88.2%87.0%83.0%85.0%87.8%85.3%86.6%
5thAfrican-American or Black57.7%57.0%57.3%64.4%60.3%62.3%
All Races Combined75.0%72.3%73.6%77.4%75.3%76.4%
Asian American64.6%61.8%63.2%66.0%65.1%65.6%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial74.5%72.7%73.6%79.8%75.3%77.8%
Hispanic/Latino63.4%62.7%63.0%66.0%63.7%64.9%
Native American52.4%54.3%53.5%54.8%57.6%56.5%
Pacific Islander*46.2%40.3%55.9%54.8%55.4%
White82.3%78.4%80.3%85.0%83.4%84.2%
8thAfrican-American or Black71.7%67.2%69.5%64.0%57.5%60.8%71.2%65.2%68.3%
All Races Combined82.0%78.1%80.1%79.8%76.1%78.0%81.6%78.4%80.0%
Asian American76.4%74.9%75.7%76.5%73.5%75.0%75.4%76.5%75.9%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial78.8%73.6%76.3%77.6%74.2%76.0%79.0%76.8%78.1%
Hispanic/Latino71.6%71.6%71.6%67.6%69.8%68.7%68.2%68.5%68.3%
Native American68.5%58.9%62.5%65.7%60.2%62.4%67.6%57.7%61.1%
Pacific Islander*81.8%77.1%***66.7%78.8%73.3%
White85.8%81.2%83.5%85.2%81.0%83.1%86.3%82.5%84.5%
9thAfrican-American or Black78.4%70.2%74.2%72.3%65.4%69.0%71.2%65.7%68.6%
All Races Combined85.8%82.3%84.1%81.6%78.0%79.8%81.6%78.5%80.1%
Asian American80.5%80.4%80.5%77.7%76.8%77.3%77.6%76.1%76.9%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial86.3%79.7%83.2%80.2%75.3%77.9%80.2%77.7%79.1%
Hispanic/Latino75.2%74.4%74.8%71.9%69.9%71.0%71.7%71.0%71.4%
Native American79.6%61.5%70.8%66.7%66.2%66.4%83.3%66.7%74.7%
Pacific Islander95.2%66.7%80.0%*****67.6%
White88.5%85.4%87.0%85.1%81.3%83.2%85.1%81.7%83.5%
All GradesAfrican-American or Black70.8%66.2%68.5%67.4%62.0%64.7%72.7%66.5%69.7%
All Races Combined82.4%79.0%80.8%80.5%77.3%78.9%82.6%79.5%81.1%
Asian American76.2%74.0%75.1%74.6%73.0%73.8%78.1%77.3%77.7%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial81.1%76.9%79.1%79.8%75.6%77.9%80.9%77.5%79.4%
Hispanic/Latino72.1%70.4%71.3%69.7%69.1%69.4%71.7%70.2%71.0%
Native American64.2%59.0%61.2%60.8%60.3%60.5%76.8%65.8%70.5%
Pacific Islander67.9%64.5%65.9%61.1%59.0%60.0%65.4%76.1%71.4%
White86.5%83.0%84.7%85.6%82.1%83.8%86.3%83.0%84.7%
Non-Metro11thAfrican-American or Black73.5%65.5%69.0%62.4%55.4%58.6%70.4%72.1%71.3%
All Races Combined85.8%80.6%83.2%82.3%75.1%78.7%83.2%78.1%80.7%
Asian American82.8%74.7%78.8%74.1%63.4%69.5%83.9%74.5%79.0%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial82.2%78.6%80.4%82.7%69.6%75.8%81.7%77.6%79.7%
Hispanic/Latino81.6%75.6%78.6%73.7%69.3%71.5%74.3%71.4%72.9%
Native American71.8%71.7%71.7%74.3%66.1%69.8%73.0%68.1%70.6%
Pacific Islander76.9%*76.0%*****75.0%
White86.7%81.6%84.2%83.7%76.8%80.3%84.5%79.0%81.8%
5thAfrican-American or Black57.1%57.5%57.3%62.6%61.9%62.2%
All Races Combined71.2%69.3%70.3%76.8%74.8%75.8%
Asian American66.3%56.9%61.3%71.3%63.7%67.5%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial73.7%70.2%71.9%77.3%75.9%76.6%
Hispanic/Latino57.9%59.6%58.7%65.7%64.6%65.2%
Native American48.7%50.7%49.8%50.8%51.7%51.3%
Pacific Islander55.6%57.9%56.8%*54.1%54.8%
White74.2%71.8%73.0%80.2%78.2%79.2%
8thAfrican-American or Black71.9%60.3%65.5%63.4%54.1%58.1%62.7%64.9%63.8%
All Races Combined81.4%76.5%79.0%79.5%74.7%77.1%80.9%77.2%79.1%
Asian American77.0%69.7%73.8%76.4%65.2%70.4%80.2%72.9%76.5%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial80.3%76.2%78.4%77.2%70.8%74.1%77.7%74.9%76.5%
Hispanic/Latino71.3%65.9%68.7%68.3%67.2%67.8%67.4%64.9%66.2%
Native American60.1%60.3%60.2%62.0%58.1%59.8%62.2%56.3%59.0%
Pacific Islander71.4%42.3%52.5%**54.1%**61.0%
White83.2%78.5%80.9%82.3%77.8%80.1%83.5%79.7%81.7%
9thAfrican-American or Black75.0%71.5%73.2%70.9%56.2%63.4%70.8%66.5%68.7%
All Races Combined85.1%80.2%82.7%79.8%74.7%77.2%81.4%77.5%79.5%
Asian American76.5%72.4%74.3%76.6%68.7%72.8%84.6%77.3%81.7%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial79.0%77.5%78.2%78.0%75.4%76.8%76.3%75.2%75.8%
Hispanic/Latino77.8%72.6%75.3%68.1%65.5%66.8%71.8%67.4%69.6%
Native American71.0%62.9%66.5%61.5%57.3%59.0%67.5%68.8%68.1%
Pacific Islander83.3%60.9%68.6%*****70.0%
White86.7%81.7%84.2%81.9%76.9%79.4%83.2%79.1%81.2%
All GradesAfrican-American or Black67.9%63.0%65.3%64.9%57.5%60.9%67.5%67.3%67.4%
All Races Combined81.0%76.7%78.9%79.5%74.8%77.2%81.8%77.6%79.7%
Asian American75.9%68.4%72.1%74.6%65.3%70.0%82.7%74.6%78.9%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial78.7%75.5%77.1%78.3%73.1%75.7%78.1%75.7%77.0%
Hispanic/Latino71.4%68.0%69.7%68.6%66.5%67.6%70.9%67.5%69.3%
Native American59.1%58.5%58.8%58.9%56.3%57.4%67.1%63.7%65.3%
Pacific Islander70.2%56.3%62.0%54.5%61.5%58.9%61.3%70.3%67.4%
White83.0%78.6%80.8%82.0%77.4%79.7%83.7%79.3%81.5%

About the Indicator:

Students were asked specifically how much they thought people risked harming themselves physically or in other ways if they smoked cigarettes.  Low perceived risk of harm increases the likelihood of use.

"N/A" indicates that the data are unavailable or were not collected. "*" indicates the data are unreliable as a result of small sample sizes or other reasons.

 

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.