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

20132016
FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota11th64.5%73.3%68.9%64.1%74.2%69.2%
5th68.9%76.8%72.9%71.2%78.0%74.6%
8th63.5%75.3%69.4%66.4%77.6%72.0%
9th62.1%73.8%67.9%63.8%76.8%70.3%
All Grades64.6%74.8%69.8%66.4%76.7%71.6%
Aitkin County11th61.0%68.0%64.2%56.3%86.2%72.6%
5th63.0%83.1%73.5%70.7%71.8%71.3%
8th65.6%77.9%72.5%59.1%83.3%71.7%
9th62.7%71.4%66.9%59.7%56.9%58.4%
All Grades63.1%75.5%69.4%62.1%73.4%68.1%
Anoka County11th59.2%69.7%64.4%62.5%74.1%68.5%
5th67.4%76.6%72.1%70.8%79.1%75.1%
8th60.9%72.9%67.1%64.6%78.7%71.4%
9th60.6%73.4%66.9%65.8%76.8%71.3%
All Grades62.2%73.4%67.9%65.0%76.8%70.9%
Becker County11th59.3%75.8%68.1%69.7%83.3%76.7%
5th66.7%87.8%76.7%64.7%75.4%69.9%
8th67.0%77.4%72.4%62.9%77.6%70.3%
9th65.1%71.1%68.4%67.9%78.0%72.8%
All Grades64.2%75.6%70.3%66.1%78.5%72.3%
Beltrami County11th67.0%67.1%67.1%68.6%78.9%74.1%
5th63.5%70.9%67.2%65.7%64.8%65.2%
8th60.8%72.2%66.6%58.9%70.6%64.6%
9th55.1%63.4%59.4%58.9%66.5%63.0%
All Grades61.4%68.3%64.9%62.8%69.5%66.3%
Benton County11th79.6%72.3%76.2%72.5%64.5%69.0%
5thN/AN/AN/A***
8th70.1%72.2%71.0%65.6%74.4%69.9%
9th61.2%73.6%67.5%63.2%67.5%65.5%
All Grades69.7%72.8%71.2%66.5%69.2%67.9%
Big Stone County11th63.6%79.5%72.7%***
5th75.0%100.0%88.5%***
8th66.7%75.0%70.4%***
9th56.7%84.8%71.4%***
All Grades63.8%82.6%73.6%***
Blue Earth County11th61.1%73.0%66.5%64.6%77.1%71.2%
5th74.3%73.9%74.1%74.4%77.7%76.1%
8th64.4%81.6%73.0%70.1%78.6%74.4%
9th62.1%76.7%69.6%64.9%80.6%72.8%
All Grades65.8%76.6%71.1%68.8%78.5%73.8%
Brown County11th61.9%76.9%69.7%58.5%75.6%66.8%
5th61.7%85.1%74.9%65.9%84.0%75.5%
8th58.9%79.5%69.4%70.5%79.7%75.4%
9th61.3%70.7%65.9%61.3%76.8%69.5%
All Grades60.9%78.4%70.0%64.1%79.0%71.9%
Carlton County11th60.8%77.1%69.1%58.6%72.6%65.5%
5th71.1%75.4%73.3%79.5%77.9%78.6%
8th66.0%72.9%69.4%63.5%74.6%69.1%
9th58.2%72.3%65.1%63.3%80.8%72.5%
All Grades64.2%74.4%69.3%65.9%76.7%71.5%
Carver County11th65.1%78.7%71.7%67.8%70.9%69.4%
5th76.9%81.3%79.1%68.4%87.5%78.2%
8th69.9%77.5%73.8%72.0%81.4%76.5%
9th65.5%77.6%71.3%74.1%81.8%77.9%
All Grades69.5%78.8%74.1%71.2%81.0%76.1%
Cass County11th54.3%64.4%59.4%50.6%65.1%58.1%
5th63.4%67.7%65.7%67.1%64.7%65.8%
8th46.2%66.0%56.5%57.0%64.3%60.9%
9th49.5%67.3%58.7%48.0%73.1%60.9%
All Grades53.8%66.6%60.5%56.6%66.8%62.0%
Chippewa County11thN/AN/AN/A***
5th77.8%94.4%86.1%***
8thN/AN/AN/A***
9thN/AN/AN/A***
All Grades77.8%94.4%86.1%***
Chisago County11th62.3%78.8%70.4%***
5th68.0%78.5%73.5%***
8th66.5%74.6%70.2%***
9th62.7%75.8%69.7%***
All Grades64.6%76.7%70.6%***
Clay County11th70.6%79.3%74.7%66.0%73.9%70.3%
5th71.5%74.8%73.0%70.7%79.0%75.4%
8th64.3%77.8%71.3%71.3%76.1%73.6%
9th62.1%74.8%68.3%66.4%80.5%74.0%
All Grades67.2%76.6%71.8%68.8%77.5%73.4%
Clearwater County11th60.0%62.9%61.4%62.5%57.9%60.0%
5th73.8%81.6%77.5%60.8%78.2%69.8%
8th67.3%74.4%70.5%67.4%68.4%67.9%
9th71.1%83.6%78.5%60.5%62.5%61.7%
All Grades68.3%76.6%72.5%62.8%67.2%65.1%
Cook County11th90.0%81.3%84.6%***
5th100.0%62.5%78.6%***
8th50.0%69.2%57.6%***
9th59.1%78.3%68.9%***
All Grades65.5%75.0%70.3%***
Cottonwood County11th66.7%77.2%72.9%59.1%74.5%67.4%
5th64.3%66.7%65.5%61.0%61.4%61.2%
8th67.4%78.0%73.3%63.0%70.0%66.7%
9th58.1%72.5%66.0%56.3%72.0%64.3%
All Grades64.1%74.1%69.6%59.8%69.7%65.0%
Crow Wing County11th70.1%73.3%71.8%***
5th77.6%75.0%76.3%***
8th66.0%74.5%70.0%***
9th70.5%78.2%74.1%***
All Grades71.0%75.2%73.1%***
Dakota County11th66.0%75.0%70.6%66.4%75.2%70.9%
5th69.5%78.5%74.1%69.4%78.8%74.3%
8th63.6%75.6%69.7%68.5%78.6%73.6%
9th62.9%76.7%69.8%63.9%77.4%70.6%
All Grades65.5%76.4%71.0%66.9%77.5%72.3%
Dodge County11th61.9%66.7%64.2%60.2%79.7%68.6%
5th78.0%80.9%79.5%80.9%79.2%80.0%
8th67.8%83.7%75.2%70.7%77.1%73.8%
9th73.4%76.7%75.0%68.5%79.5%73.8%
All Grades70.6%77.7%74.0%70.4%78.8%74.5%
Douglas County11th64.9%78.4%70.8%72.0%76.3%74.3%
5th65.0%76.5%70.2%80.1%82.3%81.2%
8th68.8%76.4%72.5%66.5%82.2%74.1%
9th64.4%76.8%71.0%68.4%78.5%73.4%
All Grades65.8%77.0%71.2%71.6%79.8%75.8%
Faribault County11th62.7%70.8%67.2%65.5%71.2%68.4%
5th67.3%80.0%74.6%67.3%79.7%74.1%
8th64.8%65.6%65.3%63.0%83.1%74.3%
9th53.4%72.9%62.9%77.8%67.7%72.0%
All Grades61.3%72.5%67.3%68.2%75.3%72.1%
Fillmore County11th78.3%82.5%80.7%71.9%69.4%70.6%
5th70.7%81.5%76.4%70.0%72.2%71.2%
8th73.3%74.3%73.8%66.2%71.4%68.9%
9th67.9%79.3%73.7%72.0%63.9%68.0%
All Grades72.3%79.3%76.0%70.1%69.2%69.6%
Freeborn County11th64.7%69.6%67.4%61.8%69.0%65.3%
5th64.0%69.3%66.5%68.6%78.7%73.8%
8th58.5%73.5%66.3%63.4%79.6%71.2%
9th60.2%72.1%65.8%55.0%74.6%65.6%
All Grades61.8%71.1%66.5%62.6%76.0%69.3%
Goodhue County11th76.5%70.9%73.5%70.6%68.4%69.7%
5th71.1%73.0%72.2%64.1%68.7%66.3%
8th70.2%78.3%73.9%61.4%71.7%66.7%
9th65.4%78.5%72.1%62.2%74.8%68.9%
All Grades71.0%74.9%73.0%64.5%71.1%67.8%
Grant County11th61.3%81.5%70.7%57.1%83.3%73.7%
5th73.0%82.1%76.9%58.3%80.0%70.4%
8th57.7%82.9%72.1%76.1%75.0%75.6%
9th48.6%75.9%60.9%73.5%77.8%75.7%
All Grades60.5%80.7%70.2%67.9%79.2%73.8%
Hennepin County11th64.3%73.7%69.0%62.0%73.2%67.6%
5th69.9%77.6%73.8%72.5%78.9%75.7%
8th64.1%75.5%69.9%66.5%77.0%71.7%
9th62.6%74.2%68.3%65.1%78.0%71.6%
All Grades65.1%75.3%70.2%66.9%77.0%71.9%
Houston County11th66.3%83.6%75.9%56.3%68.3%61.5%
5th64.3%78.9%71.0%69.0%79.3%74.1%
8th51.7%79.3%65.1%62.5%84.0%72.4%
9th57.9%69.6%63.6%59.0%75.0%68.1%
All Grades60.2%78.2%69.2%61.8%76.8%69.2%
Hubbard County11th58.2%82.7%71.1%69.3%83.1%76.0%
5th67.9%65.6%66.9%73.4%79.7%76.2%
8th69.9%76.5%72.7%61.3%65.2%63.1%
9th62.3%66.7%64.3%56.7%73.7%64.5%
All Grades65.1%73.3%68.9%65.2%75.5%70.0%
Isanti County11th58.4%66.0%61.8%60.2%66.7%63.4%
5th67.4%75.7%71.5%68.8%76.4%72.7%
8th62.9%75.5%69.0%64.7%77.3%71.0%
9th60.5%68.6%64.6%54.6%75.3%64.9%
All Grades62.8%72.3%67.4%62.2%74.3%68.2%
Itasca County11th64.2%71.0%67.4%63.9%68.5%66.5%
5th68.4%72.9%71.0%63.9%73.8%68.9%
8th69.3%73.8%71.6%65.7%79.2%72.8%
9th57.2%71.2%64.3%59.8%78.5%68.8%
All Grades64.4%72.3%68.5%63.1%75.2%69.4%
Jackson County11th72.7%72.7%72.7%56.3%77.8%65.5%
5th69.0%81.0%76.2%76.6%85.4%80.7%
8th66.7%80.9%73.3%73.3%71.4%72.2%
9th62.2%66.1%64.4%68.9%84.1%76.4%
All Grades67.9%75.0%71.7%67.7%81.0%74.1%
Kanabec County11th67.3%66.2%66.7%59.3%66.7%63.4%
5th69.5%78.6%73.7%69.2%74.6%72.4%
8th61.4%72.2%66.7%56.2%73.4%63.4%
9th57.1%65.0%60.8%59.2%77.2%68.7%
All Grades63.7%70.8%67.2%60.1%73.1%66.8%
Kandiyohi County11th61.9%73.3%68.5%67.8%84.0%77.0%
5th77.8%75.8%76.8%68.1%73.6%71.2%
8th60.5%78.4%70.1%66.7%76.0%71.4%
9th65.9%77.2%71.6%61.7%76.5%69.4%
All Grades66.9%76.2%71.8%65.9%77.1%71.9%
Kittson County11th68.4%77.3%73.2%60.7%89.5%72.3%
5th60.0%85.7%71.7%83.3%89.5%86.5%
8th69.6%81.8%75.6%68.2%80.0%73.8%
9th58.1%92.3%73.7%50.0%93.8%70.6%
All Grades63.3%84.6%73.5%65.1%87.8%75.6%
Koochiching County11th47.8%69.0%59.6%***
5th76.7%67.1%51.1%***
8th53.3%70.6%59.5%***
9th44.1%63.9%54.3%***
All Grades49.2%70.4%60.2%***
Lac Qui Parle County11th80.0%75.0%77.8%61.8%78.4%70.4%
5th69.6%88.1%77.6%73.5%86.8%79.3%
8th64.1%73.0%68.4%62.1%87.5%73.6%
9th62.2%66.7%64.7%63.9%77.8%70.8%
All Grades68.9%75.5%72.1%65.5%83.0%73.8%
Lake County11th66.7%82.1%76.7%***
5th68.4%69.7%69.0%***
8th64.1%70.0%67.4%***
9th66.2%62.9%65.0%***
All Grades66.3%71.3%68.8%***
Lake of the Woods County11th64.7%58.3%62.1%***
5th76.9%85.7%82.4%***
8th53.8%68.8%62.1%***
9th75.0%50.0%62.5%***
All Grades67.3%68.9%68.1%***
Le Sueur County11th64.5%72.7%69.0%58.3%74.7%65.6%
5th61.4%80.0%71.7%72.1%83.5%77.9%
8th66.4%78.5%71.7%63.8%79.2%72.3%
9th57.9%69.0%63.5%60.2%76.1%68.5%
All Grades62.4%74.8%68.8%63.6%78.6%71.3%
Lincoln County11th60.9%80.0%69.8%***
5th56.3%76.5%66.7%***
8th41.7%100.0%61.1%***
9th66.7%83.3%76.9%***
All Grades55.1%83.6%68.9%***
Lyon County11th75.0%72.6%73.9%66.4%76.8%71.5%
5th63.8%77.3%70.8%71.2%77.4%74.4%
8th56.1%73.2%66.3%60.0%77.1%68.8%
9th66.7%71.8%69.3%66.0%79.1%72.7%
All Grades66.6%73.4%70.1%65.9%77.7%71.9%
McLeod County11th58.3%78.6%69.2%***
5th92.3%75.0%85.7%***
8th63.2%72.7%66.7%***
9th66.7%64.3%65.4%***
All Grades69.6%72.3%70.9%***
Mahnomen County11th64.0%63.6%63.8%47.4%70.0%61.2%
5th60.0%67.3%64.9%46.9%56.1%52.1%
8th57.1%71.0%63.6%48.0%55.8%52.9%
9th67.7%61.9%64.4%48.4%67.6%58.8%
All Grades62.1%66.0%64.2%47.7%61.6%55.8%
Marshall County11th62.8%75.0%69.5%64.3%71.1%68.2%
5th70.6%90.5%81.6%70.8%73.9%72.9%
8th50.0%79.5%65.3%75.8%88.4%82.9%
9th72.7%73.8%73.2%70.7%63.6%67.6%
All Grades64.9%79.4%72.3%70.6%75.0%73.1%
Martin County11th63.0%77.3%69.9%***
5th60.2%69.6%64.5%***
8th62.1%69.5%65.7%***
9th62.0%67.5%64.9%***
All Grades61.7%70.4%66.0%***
Meeker County11th63.5%66.7%65.2%67.5%80.0%73.5%
5th73.5%81.5%77.6%69.6%85.1%77.3%
8th66.7%80.5%73.7%70.0%77.6%73.7%
9th64.0%80.5%72.9%64.4%75.6%70.4%
All Grades67.4%78.6%73.3%68.0%79.5%73.8%
Mille Lacs County11th62.7%71.5%67.0%67.8%78.3%73.1%
5th57.1%80.2%69.5%77.3%82.1%79.9%
8th59.5%71.8%66.0%73.3%79.7%76.8%
9th58.7%75.0%67.0%59.2%72.8%65.7%
All Grades59.8%73.9%67.0%69.5%78.6%74.2%
Morrison County11th65.4%72.5%69.1%68.2%74.0%70.9%
5th64.7%77.2%70.6%73.8%82.7%78.8%
8th65.7%71.8%68.8%58.8%83.4%70.8%
9th65.0%82.2%73.8%59.7%80.2%70.5%
All Grades65.2%76.1%70.7%64.6%80.3%72.6%
Mower County11th64.2%67.2%65.9%68.1%74.6%71.6%
5th63.4%70.6%67.2%66.9%71.7%69.3%
8th55.3%65.5%60.3%66.7%77.0%72.2%
9th48.5%70.5%59.3%54.8%69.8%62.6%
All Grades57.7%68.6%63.3%63.9%73.2%68.8%
Murray County11th68.4%75.9%71.6%78.4%94.7%86.7%
5th75.0%72.7%73.8%81.1%96.8%88.2%
8th84.6%81.8%83.3%70.7%77.4%73.6%
9th70.6%86.1%78.6%62.9%81.0%72.7%
All Grades74.8%79.4%77.0%73.3%87.3%80.1%
Nicollet County11th65.3%78.6%72.4%***
5th71.4%77.8%74.3%***
8th73.7%78.4%75.9%***
9th63.2%76.2%70.0%***
All Grades68.8%77.7%73.2%***
Nobles County11th69.2%71.1%70.1%62.9%67.9%65.3%
5th66.3%69.5%67.8%62.3%61.4%61.9%
8th51.8%72.1%61.8%67.8%72.3%69.9%
9th61.3%70.4%65.8%48.2%71.8%61.9%
All Grades61.7%70.8%66.1%61.0%68.4%64.7%
Norman County11th60.0%74.2%67.2%64.3%78.3%70.6%
5th73.3%76.3%75.0%68.8%62.5%66.1%
8th65.8%83.3%73.5%60.9%67.9%64.6%
9th76.9%70.3%73.7%51.6%75.0%63.5%
All Grades69.7%75.8%72.8%61.3%70.5%65.8%
Olmsted County11th66.0%78.1%73.0%66.4%73.3%69.9%
5th72.4%77.2%74.9%72.2%76.7%74.5%
8th68.1%80.8%74.9%66.3%77.3%71.8%
9th56.2%78.4%67.3%64.0%72.7%68.1%
All Grades65.2%79.2%72.6%67.5%75.4%71.4%
Otter Tail County11th70.0%78.5%74.3%69.6%74.8%72.2%
5th72.7%75.6%74.3%72.4%77.1%74.7%
8th69.3%72.5%70.9%67.9%79.3%74.4%
9th64.6%69.4%67.0%61.1%78.3%69.6%
All Grades68.8%73.8%71.4%67.8%77.5%72.8%
Pennington County11th52.2%73.2%63.7%***
5th60.0%100.0%69.2%***
8th62.0%70.2%65.8%***
9th54.3%73.1%64.2%***
All Grades57.5%72.4%64.9%***
Pine County11th62.6%58.4%60.5%54.2%73.2%64.4%
5th68.8%71.0%69.9%68.1%71.2%69.6%
8th53.8%74.0%64.8%67.5%75.2%71.3%
9th49.6%73.7%60.8%65.4%70.8%68.1%
All Grades57.0%69.3%63.3%64.2%72.7%68.5%
Pipestone County11th70.6%80.6%75.4%***
5th60.9%80.5%73.4%***
8th58.3%75.7%68.9%***
9th55.6%77.4%65.7%***
All Grades61.5%78.6%70.8%***
Polk County11th73.5%81.9%78.1%66.0%77.4%71.1%
5th67.6%78.2%72.6%58.5%75.1%67.1%
8th67.4%81.5%74.0%67.3%75.6%71.4%
9th64.0%78.4%70.8%63.3%75.6%69.8%
All Grades67.8%80.0%73.8%63.7%75.8%69.8%
Pope County11th75.0%63.6%69.6%62.5%78.9%72.6%
5th60.0%76.7%69.9%82.9%71.1%76.7%
8th62.5%70.7%67.1%81.3%78.6%79.7%
9th67.7%83.0%76.9%76.0%80.0%78.2%
All Grades66.7%74.4%71.0%76.7%77.0%76.9%
Ramsey County11th57.2%66.6%61.9%56.6%66.0%61.3%
5th64.1%70.4%67.3%68.1%74.1%71.1%
8th56.6%68.4%62.5%59.5%72.2%65.9%
9th54.9%65.8%60.2%57.7%71.8%64.7%
All Grades58.2%67.8%63.0%60.9%71.2%66.0%
Red Lake County11th56.0%65.2%60.4%82.6%84.2%83.3%
5th63.0%84.0%73.1%51.9%64.0%57.7%
8th50.0%65.0%56.8%62.5%95.0%77.3%
9th63.0%75.8%70.0%66.7%87.0%77.3%
All Grades58.3%73.3%65.7%65.3%81.6%73.1%
Redwood County11th71.4%76.6%74.3%50.9%76.6%64.5%
5th68.9%79.7%74.2%83.3%87.5%85.7%
8th67.3%79.0%73.7%76.7%86.6%81.4%
9th60.0%71.4%66.4%64.8%82.1%73.2%
All Grades66.8%76.5%72.0%67.1%82.6%74.9%
Renville County11th64.5%64.0%64.3%63.2%81.0%70.0%
5th50.0%76.2%64.5%84.0%81.1%82.3%
8th58.1%80.0%66.2%60.7%78.8%70.1%
9th64.9%91.4%77.8%78.2%68.6%73.6%
All Grades59.3%78.7%68.4%68.9%77.0%72.8%
Rice County11th67.5%77.1%72.1%69.0%81.3%75.3%
5th63.4%79.0%70.9%71.1%75.3%73.3%
8th63.8%76.4%70.2%66.5%81.3%73.9%
9th63.4%70.6%67.2%67.9%79.8%73.9%
All Grades64.4%75.6%70.0%68.6%79.3%74.0%
Rock County11th73.5%82.1%78.1%***
5th70.0%83.9%76.1%***
8th84.4%78.7%81.5%***
9th56.4%84.2%70.1%***
All Grades71.5%81.9%76.7%***
Roseau County11th69.9%68.8%69.3%47.8%79.5%67.2%
5th74.4%76.9%75.6%75.4%81.5%78.8%
8th44.0%88.5%71.1%71.4%77.5%74.5%
9th61.4%86.0%74.0%63.5%75.0%69.6%
All Grades64.1%80.1%72.6%65.9%78.2%72.6%
St. Louis County11th68.3%76.7%72.2%66.7%73.3%70.1%
5th68.1%75.3%71.6%70.2%74.3%72.2%
8th64.4%75.8%70.0%64.2%73.1%68.7%
9th66.7%76.8%71.7%63.5%75.8%69.7%
All Grades66.9%76.1%71.4%66.2%74.2%70.2%
Scott County11th69.0%73.1%71.0%65.9%76.7%71.3%
5th75.5%80.3%77.9%73.7%83.9%78.8%
8th64.8%75.7%70.3%65.4%79.5%72.6%
9th63.5%73.7%68.7%65.5%77.2%71.7%
All Grades68.0%75.7%71.9%67.8%79.4%73.7%
Sherburne County11th66.1%76.9%71.8%69.2%79.0%74.3%
5th70.4%79.3%74.9%77.7%79.8%78.8%
8th64.1%80.1%72.7%71.7%82.3%77.2%
9th66.4%75.3%70.7%64.2%80.8%72.6%
All Grades66.8%78.0%72.6%70.9%80.6%75.8%
Sibley County11th55.4%64.8%60.0%68.3%73.3%70.5%
5th71.0%64.2%67.4%63.9%78.0%70.8%
8th67.7%68.5%68.1%57.8%62.3%60.2%
9th61.2%72.2%67.1%56.7%69.6%62.9%
All Grades64.0%67.7%65.9%61.6%70.3%65.8%
Stearns County11th68.4%76.4%72.3%70.0%77.8%73.9%
5th67.8%76.0%72.0%68.9%78.1%73.4%
8th65.8%77.3%71.7%69.0%79.1%74.1%
9th63.9%78.3%71.2%67.2%81.1%74.2%
All Grades66.4%77.0%71.8%68.7%79.1%73.9%
Steele County11th58.5%73.4%65.8%67.3%76.1%71.5%
5th72.3%80.7%76.9%68.4%76.9%72.6%
8th60.5%76.9%68.3%59.9%78.7%69.2%
9th62.5%75.0%68.7%58.7%75.2%67.3%
All Grades61.3%75.6%68.3%63.7%76.7%70.2%
Stevens County11th52.2%77.8%63.4%70.5%85.0%77.4%
5th61.3%90.5%78.1%90.0%84.2%86.8%
8th68.8%89.1%78.7%80.0%80.5%80.3%
9th71.4%75.5%73.8%76.5%76.2%76.3%
All Grades65.0%83.9%75.0%78.3%81.4%79.9%
Swift County11th76.0%73.7%74.6%***
5th83.3%78.6%81.3%***
8th77.8%77.1%77.5%***
9th67.9%69.2%68.5%***
All Grades76.8%74.8%75.8%***
Todd County11th64.3%80.8%71.0%66.7%69.7%68.2%
5th61.2%77.2%69.5%69.5%71.7%70.6%
8th59.8%72.7%66.2%51.0%72.8%61.8%
9th69.4%77.3%72.7%62.1%73.5%68.3%
All Grades64.1%76.8%69.9%62.0%72.0%67.2%
Traverse County11th83.3%87.5%84.6%***
5th54.5%68.8%63.0%***
8th73.3%68.0%70.0%***
9th54.5%100.0%78.3%***
All Grades69.1%77.0%73.3%***
Wabasha County11th62.9%74.3%68.4%64.2%74.8%69.3%
5th58.7%82.0%71.4%69.8%79.6%74.4%
8th65.7%68.1%66.8%64.1%84.6%74.8%
9th65.1%66.0%65.6%61.8%76.1%68.7%
All Grades63.2%73.0%68.1%65.0%78.9%71.8%
Wadena County11th58.6%61.5%60.0%60.2%80.9%69.5%
5th63.8%75.6%70.4%75.5%82.2%79.1%
8th70.7%81.0%75.4%63.0%70.2%67.0%
9th66.0%83.8%73.7%71.1%80.0%75.2%
All Grades65.3%76.0%70.5%67.7%77.9%72.9%
Waseca County11th60.0%68.3%64.1%65.5%78.8%72.0%
5th66.0%75.3%70.2%70.6%76.7%73.4%
8th66.3%70.6%68.3%56.4%71.3%62.6%
9th65.4%73.5%69.8%67.0%80.6%74.0%
All Grades64.6%72.0%68.2%64.2%76.9%70.2%
Washington County11th67.8%74.1%71.1%66.3%77.1%71.7%
5th72.9%81.2%77.3%76.9%82.1%79.5%
8th66.8%77.0%71.9%73.4%80.5%77.1%
9th65.2%74.6%69.9%65.6%79.1%72.2%
All Grades68.1%76.7%72.5%70.6%79.8%75.2%
Watonwan County11th57.1%66.0%62.2%59.3%58.0%58.7%
5th71.4%81.8%77.8%60.5%64.1%62.2%
8th54.0%62.9%57.6%59.3%73.2%67.2%
9th66.0%72.2%68.7%57.4%64.9%61.3%
All Grades59.7%68.2%63.8%58.9%65.8%62.5%
Wilkin County11th59.5%75.7%67.1%75.0%73.1%74.2%
5th60.7%92.3%75.9%77.4%71.4%74.6%
8th57.5%72.4%63.8%67.6%81.6%75.0%
9th63.5%77.1%69.0%57.9%79.6%70.1%
All Grades60.5%78.7%68.5%69.2%77.3%73.2%
Winona County11th64.5%71.3%68.1%68.4%75.8%72.1%
5th71.3%80.0%75.6%70.8%86.2%78.3%
8th64.3%76.0%70.3%63.2%83.5%73.2%
9th68.3%72.7%70.6%66.7%75.5%71.1%
All Grades67.1%74.8%71.0%67.2%79.9%73.5%
Wright County11th65.8%78.3%72.3%68.1%74.1%71.2%
5th72.7%79.8%76.2%77.2%84.2%80.9%
8th66.9%81.1%73.9%74.2%85.0%79.5%
9th67.5%78.7%73.2%69.8%82.5%76.3%
All Grades68.3%79.5%73.9%72.4%81.7%77.1%
Yellow Medicine County11th59.2%74.4%66.3%66.7%85.7%76.5%
5th90.0%85.0%86.7%56.3%73.9%64.9%
8th67.9%76.0%71.7%70.0%90.9%82.4%
9th62.2%68.2%65.4%76.3%76.6%76.5%
All Grades64.5%74.2%69.5%66.4%81.4%74.5%

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 father 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 father is not around.”

According to 2016 MSS data, students who said they could talk to their father some or most of the time about problems they are having are 1.8 times less likely to report past-month alcohol use, 1.9 times less likely to report past-month tobacco use, 2.2 times less likely to report past-month marijuana use, and 2.3 times less likely to report any past-month prescription drug misuse as compared to those who can't talk to their fathers.

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.