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Percent of Students Reporting They Can Talk to Their Mother Most or Some of the Time about Problems They Are Having, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

20132016
FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota5th91.4%87.9%89.6%91.8%88.8%90.3%
8th84.2%83.7%84.0%85.7%86.8%86.3%
9th82.1%82.2%82.1%83.3%85.0%84.2%
11th83.2%82.2%82.7%83.7%83.6%83.6%
All Grades85.2%84.0%84.6%86.2%86.1%86.2%
Aitkin County5th90.7%88.1%89.4%94.8%88.4%91.0%
8th91.8%81.8%86.2%86.4%87.5%87.0%
9th82.6%81.0%81.8%80.6%88.2%84.1%
11th81.4%76.0%78.9%83.3%86.2%84.9%
All Grades86.4%81.9%84.1%86.3%87.7%87.0%
Anoka County5th90.6%85.4%88.0%93.8%90.8%92.3%
8th82.5%83.0%82.7%85.8%87.0%86.4%
9th78.7%81.3%80.0%82.5%85.3%83.9%
11th79.4%80.4%79.9%83.3%82.7%83.0%
All Grades83.0%82.7%82.8%84.8%85.6%85.2%
Becker County5th97.8%95.1%96.5%90.4%89.7%90.0%
8th89.8%84.3%87.0%84.1%84.4%84.3%
9th82.2%77.8%79.8%81.7%85.4%83.5%
11th81.7%80.8%81.2%83.5%86.8%85.2%
All Grades85.9%82.0%83.9%85.0%86.5%85.8%
Beltrami County5th87.5%83.9%85.7%87.1%80.0%83.5%
8th82.5%86.7%84.7%78.0%79.2%78.6%
9th78.0%79.2%78.7%74.5%82.8%78.9%
11th76.6%79.5%78.0%81.0%83.5%82.4%
All Grades81.3%82.4%81.9%80.5%81.2%80.9%
Benton County5thN/AN/AN/A***
8th85.5%85.1%85.3%86.1%85.1%85.6%
9th87.1%84.0%85.5%84.4%81.6%82.9%
11th86.7%82.2%84.6%85.6%84.7%85.2%
All Grades86.4%83.8%85.2%85.3%83.5%84.4%
Big Stone County5th75.0%100.0%88.5%***
8th96.7%83.3%90.7%***
9th93.3%75.8%84.1%***
11th84.8%86.4%85.7%***
All Grades89.5%84.3%86.8%***
Blue Earth County5th92.2%92.6%92.4%91.6%88.9%90.2%
8th84.5%89.9%87.2%86.7%92.2%89.5%
9th82.9%84.7%83.8%82.3%87.3%84.8%
11th83.6%83.7%83.7%85.7%87.6%86.7%
All Grades86.0%88.1%87.0%86.7%89.0%87.9%
Brown County5th90.4%90.0%90.2%86.4%90.1%88.4%
8th86.1%80.4%83.2%83.8%87.0%85.5%
9th87.9%77.6%82.9%88.4%81.6%84.8%
11th77.3%83.7%80.6%87.2%84.4%85.9%
All Grades85.5%83.2%84.3%86.5%85.6%86.0%
Carlton County5th91.6%88.3%90.0%94.3%89.7%91.7%
8th83.2%80.1%81.7%80.6%82.0%81.3%
9th75.1%80.8%77.9%84.1%84.8%84.5%
11th80.4%83.7%82.1%82.1%85.4%83.7%
All Grades82.7%83.3%83.0%84.9%85.5%85.2%
Carver County5th93.6%86.9%90.3%94.9%92.9%93.9%
8th81.8%86.3%84.1%87.0%87.6%87.3%
9th87.0%85.2%86.1%87.5%88.2%87.8%
11th83.9%83.6%83.7%86.4%85.1%85.7%
All Grades86.8%85.6%86.2%88.7%88.5%88.6%
Cass County5th81.4%85.6%83.7%86.6%79.6%82.8%
8th75.8%79.0%77.5%78.9%83.7%81.5%
9th75.8%87.6%81.9%69.9%79.8%75.0%
11th75.7%83.6%79.7%74.1%73.6%73.8%
All Grades77.5%84.1%81.0%78.0%79.7%78.9%
Chippewa County5th100.0%94.4%97.3%***
8thN/AN/AN/A***
9thN/AN/AN/A***
11thN/AN/AN/A***
All Grades100.0%94.4%97.3%***
Chisago County5th92.7%86.8%89.6%***
8th84.3%81.7%83.1%***
9th79.2%80.4%79.8%***
11th77.8%82.3%80.0%***
All Grades82.4%82.2%82.3%***
Clay County5th92.3%83.8%88.4%91.8%91.6%91.7%
8th84.2%85.0%84.6%89.9%85.2%87.7%
9th78.7%86.2%82.4%85.1%87.5%86.4%
11th85.0%85.3%85.1%86.1%85.9%86.0%
All Grades85.4%85.0%85.2%88.3%87.7%88.0%
Clearwater County5th76.7%86.8%81.5%86.3%90.9%88.7%
8th85.7%84.2%85.1%82.6%81.6%82.1%
9th79.5%85.5%83.0%83.7%79.7%81.3%
11th85.7%77.1%81.4%78.1%65.8%71.4%
All Grades81.9%83.7%82.8%83.1%80.5%81.7%
Cook County5th100.0%87.5%92.9%***
8th85.0%69.2%78.8%***
9th77.3%87.0%82.2%***
11th100.0%87.5%92.3%***
All Grades86.2%83.3%84.7%***
Cottonwood County5th92.9%73.3%82.8%97.6%84.1%90.6%
8th87.0%83.1%84.8%73.9%81.6%77.9%
9th88.4%78.4%83.0%85.4%78.0%81.6%
11th82.1%86.2%84.5%77.3%70.6%73.7%
All Grades87.6%80.8%83.8%83.2%78.4%80.7%
Crow Wing County5th98.0%88.0%93.2%***
8th86.8%85.6%86.2%***
9th82.8%87.0%84.8%***
11th93.8%79.7%86.3%***
All Grades90.2%85.3%87.8%***
Dakota County5th92.4%89.3%90.8%91.2%87.4%89.3%
8th84.6%84.5%84.6%87.7%88.7%88.2%
9th83.8%84.5%84.2%84.5%86.1%85.3%
11th83.6%84.6%84.1%83.6%85.0%84.3%
All Grades86.1%85.8%85.9%86.7%86.9%86.8%
Dodge County5th92.2%88.6%90.4%97.4%91.9%94.6%
8th85.4%84.6%85.0%90.5%86.2%88.4%
9th90.0%82.8%86.6%85.0%82.1%83.6%
11th81.0%75.0%78.1%75.5%93.2%83.1%
All Grades87.4%83.3%85.4%87.5%88.0%87.7%
Douglas County5th91.1%87.9%89.6%94.9%86.1%90.4%
8th87.9%87.0%87.5%86.0%87.3%86.6%
9th84.9%84.1%84.5%82.9%91.1%87.0%
11th87.7%87.3%87.5%91.7%85.0%88.0%
All Grades88.0%86.5%87.2%88.7%87.4%88.0%
Faribault County5th96.2%94.3%95.1%95.9%88.1%91.7%
8th83.3%92.2%88.1%78.3%91.5%85.7%
9th87.7%82.6%85.2%84.4%79.0%81.3%
11th82.4%80.6%81.4%81.8%84.7%83.3%
All Grades87.4%87.4%87.4%85.1%85.8%85.5%
Fillmore County5th89.7%93.8%91.9%90.0%87.5%88.6%
8th88.0%85.7%86.9%89.2%84.3%86.7%
9th87.5%86.2%86.8%78.7%81.9%80.3%
11th97.8%79.4%87.2%87.5%82.0%84.8%
All Grades90.2%86.3%88.2%86.0%84.0%85.0%
Freeborn County5th92.1%85.1%88.8%93.2%96.7%95.0%
8th83.9%85.1%84.5%77.4%87.7%82.4%
9th75.8%78.1%76.9%80.8%80.8%80.8%
11th76.5%74.3%75.3%82.0%81.0%81.5%
All Grades82.3%80.6%81.5%83.5%87.0%85.3%
Goodhue County5th88.7%83.0%85.6%89.5%85.0%87.3%
8th85.7%86.3%86.0%87.9%76.6%82.2%
9th83.1%81.5%82.3%80.7%85.9%83.5%
11th88.2%85.8%86.9%83.3%84.2%83.7%
All Grades86.6%84.4%85.5%85.7%82.9%84.3%
Grant County5th94.7%96.4%95.5%91.7%87.0%89.0%
8th84.6%88.9%87.1%100.0%90.6%96.2%
9th77.1%86.2%81.3%97.1%80.6%88.6%
11th83.9%85.2%84.5%81.0%83.3%82.5%
All Grades85.4%89.2%87.2%94.2%85.3%89.5%
Hennepin County5th91.9%88.8%90.3%92.2%90.0%91.1%
8th84.8%84.6%84.7%86.1%87.3%86.7%
9th83.0%83.8%83.4%84.3%86.1%85.2%
11th83.4%82.5%82.9%83.1%84.5%83.8%
All Grades85.7%84.9%85.3%86.7%87.2%86.9%
Houston County5th93.1%88.7%91.1%89.3%96.3%92.8%
8th77.3%80.5%78.8%88.6%85.3%87.1%
9th82.1%84.8%83.4%86.7%84.3%85.3%
11th90.8%87.7%89.1%88.8%76.2%83.2%
All Grades85.9%85.6%85.7%88.4%86.0%87.2%
Hubbard County5th88.1%92.3%89.9%94.7%86.8%91.2%
8th90.2%82.1%86.8%85.2%88.4%86.7%
9th79.2%73.0%76.4%76.7%78.9%77.7%
11th79.1%85.3%82.4%85.3%91.5%88.4%
All Grades84.7%83.3%84.1%85.6%86.3%85.9%
Isanti County5th86.7%87.9%87.3%89.0%89.2%89.1%
8th74.3%84.9%79.4%85.3%89.0%87.1%
9th75.0%83.3%79.2%78.5%83.0%80.7%
11th77.9%81.9%79.7%77.6%80.6%79.1%
All Grades78.5%84.9%81.7%82.8%85.7%84.3%
Itasca County5th94.2%90.5%92.1%91.3%85.6%88.5%
8th86.6%79.2%82.9%80.9%89.1%85.2%
9th82.3%74.4%78.3%81.2%83.6%82.4%
11th85.4%72.5%79.4%82.4%78.9%80.4%
All Grades86.6%79.5%83.0%84.3%84.5%84.4%
Jackson County5th90.5%90.5%90.5%93.6%85.4%89.8%
8th90.7%93.6%92.1%66.7%76.2%72.2%
9th80.0%74.6%76.9%77.8%79.5%78.7%
11th90.9%85.5%88.2%83.3%80.6%82.1%
All Grades88.3%85.7%86.9%83.2%81.0%82.2%
Kanabec County5th89.2%89.9%89.5%98.1%87.1%91.9%
8th85.5%76.3%81.0%78.7%76.9%77.9%
9th77.1%83.3%80.0%69.0%82.3%76.0%
11th79.6%81.5%80.7%78.0%79.2%78.6%
All Grades83.5%82.5%83.0%79.9%81.5%80.7%
Kandiyohi County5th93.2%90.0%91.6%94.0%89.6%91.6%
8th82.3%85.6%84.1%84.3%83.7%84.0%
9th89.8%79.6%84.7%82.0%83.7%82.9%
11th85.7%83.7%84.6%84.3%91.3%88.3%
All Grades88.0%84.7%86.3%86.4%87.1%86.7%
Kittson County5th84.6%100.0%91.5%94.4%95.0%94.7%
8th78.3%95.5%86.7%81.8%90.0%85.7%
9th83.9%96.2%89.5%61.1%87.5%73.5%
11th84.2%86.4%85.4%92.9%84.2%89.4%
All Grades82.8%94.5%88.4%83.7%89.3%86.3%
Koochiching County5th90.5%88.9%73.3%***
8th86.7%82.9%77.5%***
9th79.4%71.4%75.4%***
11th87.0%75.9%80.8%***
All Grades80.3%80.9%80.6%***
Lac Qui Parle County5th92.9%90.7%91.9%95.9%92.1%94.3%
8th94.7%73.0%84.0%83.1%85.4%84.1%
9th86.5%75.0%80.0%89.2%86.1%87.7%
11th82.9%89.3%85.7%82.4%83.8%83.1%
All Grades89.8%81.4%85.7%87.7%86.8%87.3%
Lake County5th97.4%90.9%94.4%***
8th89.7%89.8%89.8%***
9th81.5%68.6%77.0%***
11th90.5%74.4%80.0%***
All Grades88.3%81.4%85.0%***
Lake of the Woods County5th84.6%90.9%88.6%***
8th69.2%94.4%83.9%***
9th83.3%75.0%79.2%***
11th82.4%84.6%83.3%***
All Grades80.0%87.7%84.2%***
Le Sueur County5th93.1%91.2%92.0%87.1%93.0%90.1%
8th89.8%82.8%86.7%88.9%89.0%88.9%
9th86.5%81.0%83.7%76.4%80.9%78.8%
11th80.6%77.8%79.0%81.0%86.6%83.5%
All Grades87.7%83.3%85.4%83.3%87.4%85.4%
Lincoln County5th93.8%88.2%90.9%***
8th70.8%91.7%77.8%***
9th100.0%91.7%94.9%***
11th81.8%85.0%83.3%***
All Grades84.4%89.0%86.7%***
Lyon County5th92.8%90.8%91.7%91.5%92.5%92.0%
8th75.8%77.3%76.7%85.9%88.1%87.1%
9th82.9%78.2%80.5%84.7%83.7%84.2%
11th89.4%78.9%84.4%81.0%83.0%82.0%
All Grades85.4%80.6%82.9%86.0%87.0%86.5%
McLeod County5th100.0%87.5%95.2%***
8th84.2%81.8%83.3%***
9th83.3%85.7%84.6%***
11th58.3%85.7%73.1%***
All Grades82.1%85.1%83.5%***
Mahnomen County5th87.5%71.4%76.7%90.6%73.2%80.8%
8th71.4%68.8%70.1%72.0%67.4%69.1%
9th77.4%78.0%77.8%67.7%89.2%79.4%
11th88.0%86.4%87.2%78.9%76.7%77.6%
All Grades80.0%75.0%77.2%77.6%76.2%76.7%
Marshall County5th91.2%90.5%90.8%95.8%91.3%92.9%
8th86.1%84.6%85.3%90.9%88.4%89.5%
9th85.5%71.4%79.4%80.5%78.8%79.7%
11th83.7%76.9%80.0%100.0%86.8%92.4%
All Grades86.3%80.6%83.4%90.5%86.9%88.5%
Martin County5th89.8%86.5%88.2%***
8th89.5%86.6%88.1%***
9th82.6%74.4%78.3%***
11th80.0%84.0%81.9%***
All Grades85.6%82.1%83.9%***
Meeker County5th93.8%91.9%92.8%92.1%88.6%90.4%
8th91.1%85.2%88.0%85.8%91.4%88.6%
9th83.0%82.2%82.6%79.8%81.5%80.7%
11th83.9%66.2%74.6%85.0%82.7%83.9%
All Grades88.7%83.3%85.9%85.9%86.3%86.1%
Mille Lacs County5th86.0%87.7%86.9%90.6%86.3%88.3%
8th83.0%82.4%82.7%87.9%86.0%86.9%
9th83.2%79.9%81.5%82.8%78.5%80.8%
11th81.3%81.3%81.3%79.2%84.2%81.7%
All Grades83.0%82.2%82.6%85.5%84.1%84.8%
Morrison County5th91.1%89.3%90.2%93.8%92.5%93.0%
8th88.0%84.0%86.0%82.0%85.9%83.9%
9th80.8%82.7%81.8%82.1%85.3%83.8%
11th83.5%87.3%85.5%81.6%86.5%83.9%
All Grades85.9%85.5%85.7%84.4%87.5%86.0%
Mower County5th92.0%81.0%86.2%90.7%83.2%87.0%
8th82.9%77.7%80.3%85.9%83.8%84.8%
9th73.5%81.2%77.3%82.2%87.1%84.8%
11th81.1%75.0%77.7%87.1%82.2%84.5%
All Grades83.2%79.0%81.0%86.5%84.2%85.3%
Murray County5th82.1%97.0%90.2%94.6%90.6%92.8%
8th89.7%84.8%87.5%95.1%83.9%90.3%
9th91.2%97.2%94.3%85.7%90.5%88.3%
11th78.9%82.8%80.6%86.5%92.1%89.3%
All Grades85.6%90.8%88.1%90.7%89.5%90.1%
Nicollet County5th88.2%84.1%86.3%***
8th87.7%84.3%86.1%***
9th80.7%85.7%83.3%***
11th83.7%83.9%83.8%***
All Grades85.4%84.5%85.0%***
Nobles County5th95.2%83.3%89.6%89.5%79.2%84.7%
8th77.2%84.7%80.9%85.2%85.3%85.2%
9th75.6%80.7%78.1%72.9%83.1%78.8%
11th83.5%74.7%79.3%85.6%76.5%81.3%
All Grades82.5%81.2%81.9%83.9%81.3%82.6%
Norman County5th93.5%84.7%88.6%84.8%62.5%75.4%
8th84.2%80.0%82.4%89.1%85.2%87.0%
9th82.1%91.9%86.8%77.4%75.0%76.2%
11th83.3%90.3%86.9%85.7%91.3%88.2%
All Grades86.3%86.6%86.5%84.8%79.7%82.3%
Olmsted County5th95.5%88.0%91.7%92.6%87.6%90.1%
8th84.7%88.9%87.0%84.8%88.0%86.4%
9th79.2%81.0%80.1%86.0%83.1%84.6%
11th81.2%81.0%81.1%87.8%84.5%86.1%
All Grades84.3%85.2%84.8%88.1%86.1%87.1%
Otter Tail County5th90.8%80.5%85.1%93.7%87.8%90.8%
8th87.8%83.4%85.6%78.6%86.0%82.7%
9th81.5%81.4%81.4%82.9%80.1%81.5%
11th87.5%85.6%86.6%86.1%81.3%83.7%
All Grades86.6%82.6%84.6%85.7%83.9%84.8%
Pennington County5th90.0%100.0%92.3%***
8th88.0%81.0%84.8%***
9th85.7%74.7%79.9%***
11th87.0%76.8%81.4%***
All Grades87.2%77.9%82.6%***
Pine County5th90.6%89.9%90.2%84.7%90.9%87.7%
8th77.8%78.7%78.3%80.8%82.4%81.6%
9th76.5%84.7%80.3%78.7%75.6%77.1%
11th77.6%73.5%75.5%73.8%84.5%79.6%
All Grades79.3%80.8%80.0%79.4%82.1%80.8%
Pipestone County5th91.3%92.7%92.2%***
8th87.5%77.8%81.7%***
9th88.9%67.7%79.1%***
11th79.4%74.2%76.9%***
All Grades86.3%79.1%82.4%***
Polk County5th88.1%85.7%87.0%88.8%82.5%85.5%
8th87.1%86.3%86.7%84.3%83.5%83.9%
9th88.7%81.3%85.3%83.0%81.8%82.4%
11th86.7%83.2%84.8%84.4%88.7%86.3%
All Grades87.7%84.1%85.9%85.1%83.7%84.4%
Pope County5th100.0%86.0%91.8%94.3%84.6%89.2%
8th87.5%82.9%84.9%81.3%76.7%78.7%
9th77.4%89.4%84.6%84.0%83.3%83.6%
11th88.9%78.8%84.1%83.3%89.5%87.1%
All Grades88.4%84.8%86.3%86.2%83.3%84.6%
Ramsey County5th89.2%84.8%87.0%90.0%86.7%88.4%
8th79.5%80.8%80.1%83.4%83.8%83.6%
9th78.3%78.1%78.2%81.6%83.1%82.3%
11th81.3%79.8%80.5%80.9%77.4%79.2%
All Grades82.1%80.9%81.5%84.3%83.0%83.7%
Red Lake County5th96.3%92.0%94.2%85.7%80.0%83.0%
8th83.3%75.0%79.5%75.0%85.0%79.5%
9th85.2%81.8%83.3%85.7%95.7%90.9%
11th92.0%73.9%83.3%73.9%89.5%81.0%
All Grades89.3%81.2%85.3%80.2%87.4%83.6%
Redwood County5th93.5%89.8%91.7%91.7%84.4%87.5%
8th80.8%85.5%83.3%82.4%88.1%85.1%
9th76.4%71.8%73.8%81.7%88.1%84.8%
11th91.8%81.8%86.1%75.4%82.8%79.3%
All Grades85.8%81.8%83.6%81.4%86.1%83.8%
Renville County5th85.3%88.1%86.8%100.0%77.8%86.9%
8th93.0%76.0%86.8%78.7%78.8%78.7%
9th86.5%94.3%90.3%83.6%72.5%78.3%
11th87.1%84.0%85.7%77.9%83.3%80.0%
All Grades88.3%86.6%87.5%82.3%77.9%80.2%
Rice County5th88.4%87.1%87.8%93.4%89.5%91.4%
8th87.5%82.4%85.0%86.4%86.3%86.4%
9th78.1%81.9%80.1%85.9%83.7%84.8%
11th83.7%85.0%84.3%85.3%84.4%84.8%
All Grades84.6%83.9%84.2%87.9%86.1%87.0%
Rock County5th92.5%90.6%91.7%***
8th93.3%87.2%90.2%***
9th84.6%84.2%84.4%***
11th82.4%87.2%84.9%***
All Grades88.6%87.2%87.9%***
Roseau County5th91.0%91.0%91.0%89.4%84.0%86.4%
8th88.0%85.7%86.6%86.8%88.8%87.8%
9th81.9%87.2%84.6%84.9%80.2%82.4%
11th90.4%77.5%83.7%82.6%76.7%79.0%
All Grades87.7%85.4%86.4%86.1%82.4%84.1%
St. Louis County5th89.6%87.2%88.4%90.9%91.5%91.2%
8th84.7%80.2%82.5%81.3%83.7%82.5%
9th84.9%85.9%85.4%82.7%86.5%84.6%
11th83.3%85.2%84.2%84.9%83.4%84.1%
All Grades85.7%84.7%85.2%85.1%86.5%85.8%
Scott County5th94.1%89.2%91.7%94.1%92.1%93.1%
8th83.1%83.4%83.3%87.6%87.9%87.8%
9th82.5%82.0%82.3%82.4%86.4%84.5%
11th87.7%80.0%83.8%85.8%86.3%86.1%
All Grades86.7%83.7%85.2%87.7%88.2%87.9%
Sherburne County5th94.3%88.6%91.4%92.8%89.4%91.2%
8th84.2%85.6%85.0%87.9%88.0%88.0%
9th84.8%80.3%82.6%80.7%86.1%83.4%
11th81.7%85.5%83.7%84.6%82.2%83.4%
All Grades86.5%85.1%85.8%86.7%86.6%86.7%
Sibley County5th96.8%76.1%86.2%93.4%88.3%90.9%
8th80.6%78.2%79.5%76.6%76.8%76.7%
9th75.0%75.9%75.5%85.0%80.7%82.9%
11th80.4%72.2%76.4%75.0%82.2%78.1%
All Grades83.1%75.7%79.4%82.4%81.8%82.1%
Stearns County5th91.4%90.1%90.7%90.6%90.0%90.3%
8th86.9%85.8%86.4%88.1%88.4%88.2%
9th83.5%86.4%85.0%86.9%88.1%87.5%
11th84.1%82.4%83.3%89.2%85.4%87.3%
All Grades86.3%86.2%86.2%88.7%88.1%88.4%
Steele County5th93.8%87.7%90.5%89.2%87.8%88.5%
8th79.4%85.9%82.5%84.0%87.4%85.7%
9th82.4%80.0%81.2%84.3%88.7%86.6%
11th84.5%82.8%83.7%84.7%85.4%85.1%
All Grades82.9%83.3%83.1%85.6%87.4%86.5%
Stevens County5th90.3%92.9%91.8%93.3%94.9%94.2%
8th93.9%91.3%92.6%91.4%85.7%88.3%
9th68.6%86.0%78.8%94.1%76.2%84.2%
11th82.6%83.3%82.9%95.5%90.0%92.9%
All Grades84.8%89.1%87.1%93.7%86.5%89.9%
Swift County5th97.2%92.9%95.3%***
8th86.1%85.7%85.9%***
9th75.0%92.3%83.3%***
11th96.0%78.9%85.7%***
All Grades88.8%86.6%87.7%***
Todd County5th85.7%80.6%83.1%93.8%81.3%87.3%
8th83.3%81.0%82.2%73.3%83.5%78.4%
9th83.3%83.1%83.3%86.2%81.4%83.6%
11th84.3%91.0%87.0%82.8%81.8%82.3%
All Grades84.1%83.6%83.9%83.8%82.0%82.8%
Traverse County5th100.0%93.8%96.3%***
8th93.3%84.0%87.5%***
9th45.5%91.7%69.6%***
11th94.4%87.5%92.3%***
All Grades85.5%88.5%87.1%***
Wabasha County5th90.3%90.0%90.1%95.7%92.6%94.2%
8th88.7%80.2%84.8%88.7%88.5%88.6%
9th83.0%77.7%80.4%87.6%85.5%86.6%
11th90.2%77.7%84.2%84.7%90.6%87.5%
All Grades88.2%81.3%84.8%89.4%89.2%89.3%
Wadena County5th90.4%85.7%87.8%86.7%87.9%87.3%
8th89.9%88.1%89.1%87.7%85.4%86.4%
9th81.4%81.1%81.3%83.3%82.9%83.1%
11th78.6%76.9%77.8%88.0%91.0%89.3%
All Grades85.6%83.6%84.6%86.4%86.7%86.6%
Waseca County5th93.5%90.6%92.2%91.3%90.1%90.7%
8th87.3%79.1%83.5%88.7%87.2%88.1%
9th84.3%82.7%83.4%85.0%87.0%86.1%
11th81.2%84.0%82.5%79.8%82.5%81.1%
All Grades87.0%84.0%85.6%86.7%86.9%86.8%
Washington County5th92.7%90.5%91.6%93.8%90.9%92.4%
8th84.4%83.0%83.7%88.5%88.7%88.6%
9th84.6%83.1%83.9%84.4%85.3%84.9%
11th84.6%82.2%83.4%83.5%85.7%84.6%
All Grades86.4%84.7%85.5%87.6%87.7%87.7%
Watonwan County5th100.0%90.9%94.4%90.9%88.1%89.5%
8th90.0%74.3%83.5%85.2%84.3%84.7%
9th87.2%66.7%78.3%80.9%78.1%79.4%
11th74.3%76.6%75.6%92.6%78.0%85.6%
All Grades85.6%74.4%80.2%86.8%81.7%84.2%
Wilkin County5th81.5%96.0%88.5%90.6%85.7%88.3%
8th77.5%73.3%75.7%79.4%94.7%87.5%
9th88.5%82.9%86.2%89.5%89.8%89.7%
11th86.0%78.4%82.5%92.5%80.8%87.9%
All Grades84.0%81.9%83.0%88.2%88.7%88.4%
Winona County5th91.6%89.2%90.4%89.7%92.4%91.0%
8th85.2%83.4%84.3%89.5%85.4%87.5%
9th80.8%80.7%80.7%82.4%81.9%82.2%
11th81.9%83.8%82.9%84.4%80.6%82.5%
All Grades84.7%83.9%84.3%86.3%84.8%85.5%
Wright County5th92.5%90.1%91.3%92.5%90.9%91.6%
8th86.4%85.9%86.2%86.8%91.9%89.3%
9th86.4%83.0%84.7%88.9%87.4%88.1%
11th83.7%83.8%83.7%87.1%82.8%84.9%
All Grades87.4%85.7%86.5%88.8%88.4%88.6%
Yellow Medicine County5th100.0%90.0%93.3%89.6%87.0%88.3%
8th89.3%84.0%86.8%76.7%93.2%86.5%
9th70.3%81.8%76.5%81.6%80.9%81.2%
11th79.6%83.7%81.5%78.8%88.6%83.8%
All Grades80.6%84.1%82.4%82.6%87.2%85.0%

About the Indicator:

Being able to talk to someone about problems you are having is a protective factor for both substance abuse and mental health disorders. Response options to the question “Can you talk to your mother about problems you are having?” include: “Yes, most of the time,” “Yes, some of the time,” “No, not very often,” “No, not at all,” and “My mother is not around.”

According to 2016 MSS data, students who said they could talk to their mother some or most of the time about problems they are having are 1.9 times less likely to report past-month alcohol use, 2.1 times less likely to report past-month tobacco use, 2.4 times less likely to report past-month marijuana use, and 2.6 times less likely to report any past-month prescription drug misuse as compared to those who can't talk to their mothers.

 

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.