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Youth Perceptions of Prescription Drug Misuse Harm

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Percent of Students Reporting that they Believe People Put themselves at Great or Moderate Risk of Harm by Using Prescription Drugs Not Prescribed for Them, All Available Years: by Grade, Race, Gender, and Region

201320162019
FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota11thAfrican-American or Black83.9%76.9%80.3%71.4%65.4%68.5%74.0%70.1%72.1%
All Races Combined88.7%82.0%85.4%84.6%77.6%81.2%84.7%78.9%81.9%
Asian American86.1%80.0%83.1%79.4%74.3%77.0%83.6%75.2%79.3%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial87.2%80.6%83.9%82.6%75.1%79.0%82.7%75.6%79.4%
Hispanic/Latino82.3%76.4%79.3%76.4%72.2%74.3%76.3%72.0%74.3%
Native American76.1%74.3%75.1%73.6%69.0%71.1%75.7%68.8%72.3%
Pacific Islander88.2%71.4%79.7%*64.5%70.2%**68.9%
White89.8%83.1%86.5%87.0%79.6%83.3%86.6%80.8%83.8%
5thAfrican-American or Black61.2%59.2%60.2%64.7%61.1%62.9%
All Races Combined74.9%72.4%73.6%77.3%74.9%76.1%
Asian American66.0%63.9%65.0%68.0%66.0%67.0%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial76.2%71.7%74.0%78.5%76.5%77.5%
Hispanic/Latino64.2%63.5%63.8%67.8%64.2%66.0%
Native American53.0%52.8%52.9%55.9%55.2%55.5%
Pacific Islander42.5%52.6%48.5%56.9%60.3%58.7%
White79.4%76.3%77.8%81.9%79.8%80.8%
8thAfrican-American or Black74.2%67.9%71.0%66.6%55.8%61.1%70.9%64.7%67.8%
All Races Combined84.3%79.6%82.0%81.3%75.6%78.4%82.6%77.5%80.1%
Asian American78.6%76.6%77.6%80.3%72.4%76.4%76.9%75.9%76.4%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial82.1%78.5%80.4%78.4%72.5%75.6%81.0%75.3%78.5%
Hispanic/Latino76.2%71.1%73.8%70.1%68.2%69.2%69.1%66.5%67.8%
Native American63.2%63.5%63.4%64.3%58.4%60.8%65.2%58.9%61.6%
Pacific Islander77.8%68.8%72.0%*63.6%53.0%75.6%67.2%70.7%
White86.8%81.8%84.3%85.0%79.6%82.3%85.9%80.7%83.4%
9thAfrican-American or Black80.8%71.2%75.8%72.5%62.8%67.7%70.9%66.0%68.6%
All Races Combined87.0%81.7%84.4%82.4%76.8%79.7%82.5%77.6%80.2%
Asian American81.6%79.2%80.5%77.7%75.4%76.6%79.0%77.0%78.1%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial83.8%78.9%81.5%81.1%75.0%78.2%79.5%75.9%77.9%
Hispanic/Latino78.7%74.9%76.9%72.4%67.3%69.8%72.2%66.6%69.5%
Native American67.7%67.4%67.5%68.5%59.7%63.4%67.5%68.4%67.9%
Pacific Islander84.8%60.9%70.9%**64.4%77.8%73.2%75.0%
White89.0%83.7%86.4%85.1%79.7%82.4%85.3%80.0%82.7%
All GradesAfrican-American or Black72.9%67.3%70.0%68.1%60.7%64.4%71.7%66.4%69.1%
All Races Combined83.7%78.8%81.3%81.3%76.2%78.8%83.1%77.9%80.6%
Asian American78.0%74.8%76.4%76.5%72.1%74.4%79.4%76.1%77.8%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial82.1%77.3%79.8%79.9%74.6%77.4%80.9%75.6%78.5%
Hispanic/Latino74.9%71.1%73.0%71.3%67.7%69.5%72.2%67.9%70.2%
Native American61.2%60.9%61.0%62.7%58.5%60.3%68.7%64.5%66.5%
Pacific Islander71.6%62.4%66.3%58.7%61.9%60.5%74.7%69.8%71.7%
White86.4%81.3%83.9%84.8%79.7%82.2%85.9%80.5%83.3%
Metro11thAfrican-American or Black85.0%80.7%82.8%72.6%67.8%70.4%76.3%69.7%73.1%
All Races Combined89.1%83.4%86.3%85.0%78.5%81.8%85.4%80.4%83.0%
Asian American86.6%80.8%83.7%80.0%75.1%77.6%84.0%76.5%80.2%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial88.4%81.2%84.9%83.0%76.0%79.7%83.1%76.6%80.2%
Hispanic/Latino81.2%77.6%79.4%77.4%71.6%74.5%77.1%73.1%75.3%
Native American79.2%80.6%80.0%*62.9%68.3%81.5%84.0%82.7%
Pacific Islander90.5%73.9%81.8%**70.6%**72.7%
White90.7%84.9%87.8%88.4%81.4%84.9%87.8%83.3%85.6%
5thAfrican-American or Black61.5%59.4%60.4%64.6%59.8%62.1%
All Races Combined76.5%73.4%74.9%77.6%75.3%76.4%
Asian American65.9%65.0%65.4%67.5%66.8%67.2%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial77.2%71.8%74.7%79.4%76.2%78.0%
Hispanic/Latino66.0%62.5%64.3%68.1%64.9%66.5%
Native American54.8%54.3%54.5%60.5%59.9%60.1%
Pacific Islander43.5%50.0%47.5%60.6%54.8%57.8%
White83.1%79.4%81.2%84.5%82.8%83.6%
8thAfrican-American or Black75.0%69.2%72.2%66.7%57.2%62.0%72.4%65.2%69.0%
All Races Combined84.8%80.1%82.5%81.5%75.7%78.6%82.4%77.9%80.3%
Asian American78.8%76.8%77.8%80.7%73.5%77.2%76.1%76.2%76.1%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial82.4%77.3%80.0%77.8%73.0%75.6%81.1%75.7%78.8%
Hispanic/Latino76.0%73.4%74.8%69.8%68.3%69.1%67.8%67.4%67.6%
Native American69.8%64.0%66.2%71.2%60.2%64.5%75.0%62.3%66.7%
Pacific Islander84.6%90.9%88.6%***85.2%71.9%78.0%
White88.3%83.0%85.7%86.5%80.7%83.6%86.9%82.0%84.5%
9thAfrican-American or Black81.7%70.4%75.9%72.2%65.3%68.8%70.2%66.5%68.4%
All Races Combined87.3%82.3%84.9%82.9%77.9%80.5%82.5%77.9%80.3%
Asian American82.3%79.5%81.0%77.7%75.8%76.8%78.0%77.0%77.5%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial86.0%78.3%82.4%81.1%73.5%77.6%79.5%77.3%78.5%
Hispanic/Latino77.9%76.4%77.3%74.0%69.5%71.8%73.7%67.7%70.8%
Native American69.2%58.8%64.1%72.2%64.2%67.8%75.0%72.0%73.5%
Pacific Islander85.7%54.2%68.9%*****81.1%
White90.0%85.5%87.8%86.6%81.7%84.2%86.3%80.9%83.7%
All GradesAfrican-American or Black73.6%68.1%70.8%68.3%61.5%64.9%72.5%66.7%69.7%
All Races Combined84.3%79.6%82.0%81.7%76.8%79.3%83.2%78.6%81.0%
Asian American78.3%75.3%76.8%76.6%73.0%74.9%78.8%76.5%77.7%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial83.3%77.0%80.3%80.0%74.4%77.4%81.1%76.5%79.1%
Hispanic/Latino74.9%71.9%73.5%71.9%68.3%70.1%72.5%68.9%70.7%
Native American63.1%59.8%61.2%66.9%61.0%63.5%76.6%69.4%72.5%
Pacific Islander74.4%64.5%68.6%63.4%57.1%60.1%82.7%74.2%78.0%
White88.1%83.2%85.6%86.5%81.6%84.1%86.9%82.0%84.6%
Non-Metro11thAfrican-American or Black78.9%63.4%70.3%65.7%57.3%61.2%67.9%71.2%69.5%
All Races Combined88.2%80.6%84.4%84.1%76.7%80.5%84.0%77.4%80.7%
Asian American82.5%73.5%77.9%76.0%68.8%72.9%81.1%68.5%74.5%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial85.2%79.8%82.5%82.1%73.9%77.8%82.1%74.2%78.3%
Hispanic/Latino84.1%74.5%79.2%75.0%73.0%74.0%75.2%70.4%73.0%
Native American75.3%72.4%73.7%73.3%70.7%71.9%74.4%65.5%70.1%
Pacific Islander84.6%*76.0%*****65.2%
White89.1%81.6%85.4%85.7%78.0%81.9%85.6%78.8%82.2%
5thAfrican-American or Black60.2%58.4%59.3%65.4%65.3%65.3%
All Races Combined73.1%71.1%72.1%77.0%74.6%75.8%
Asian American67.4%56.0%61.3%70.6%61.3%66.0%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial74.7%71.6%73.1%77.3%76.8%77.0%
Hispanic/Latino61.5%64.9%63.2%67.5%63.3%65.4%
Native American52.2%52.1%52.1%54.0%53.3%53.6%
Pacific Islander*57.9%50.0%*64.9%59.7%
White75.9%73.4%74.7%80.0%77.6%78.8%
8thAfrican-American or Black70.4%63.3%66.5%66.3%51.9%58.1%65.8%63.3%64.5%
All Races Combined83.8%79.0%81.4%81.0%75.4%78.2%82.8%77.1%80.0%
Asian American77.3%75.5%76.5%77.8%66.7%71.8%81.3%74.7%78.0%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial81.6%80.1%80.9%79.4%71.7%75.6%80.8%74.7%78.1%
Hispanic/Latino76.4%68.1%72.4%70.5%68.1%69.3%71.2%65.1%68.2%
Native American61.1%63.3%62.4%61.7%57.6%59.4%63.2%57.7%60.2%
Pacific Islander71.4%50.0%57.5%**51.4%**60.0%
White85.5%80.8%83.2%83.6%78.6%81.1%85.1%79.6%82.4%
9thAfrican-American or Black77.4%74.0%75.6%73.5%55.4%64.2%73.3%64.4%69.0%
All Races Combined86.7%81.0%83.9%81.9%75.6%78.7%82.6%77.3%80.0%
Asian American75.5%77.8%76.7%77.9%72.1%75.1%84.0%77.3%81.3%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial80.6%79.7%80.2%81.1%76.9%79.1%79.4%74.1%77.1%
Hispanic/Latino79.9%73.1%76.5%70.2%64.5%67.3%69.8%65.1%67.5%
Native American67.2%69.9%68.7%67.1%58.3%61.9%65.7%67.5%66.6%
Pacific Islander83.3%68.2%73.5%*****67.7%
White88.3%82.2%85.3%83.8%77.9%80.8%84.4%79.2%81.9%
All GradesAfrican-American or Black70.1%64.3%67.0%67.7%58.2%62.6%68.9%65.7%67.3%
All Races Combined83.1%78.0%80.6%80.9%75.5%78.2%83.0%77.3%80.2%
Asian American75.8%70.7%73.2%75.6%67.0%71.4%82.2%73.6%78.1%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial80.3%77.8%79.1%79.8%74.8%77.3%80.6%74.3%77.8%
Hispanic/Latino74.8%69.9%72.4%70.5%66.8%68.7%71.9%66.5%69.3%
Native American60.4%61.4%61.0%61.2%57.6%59.1%67.0%63.2%65.0%
Pacific Islander67.9%59.5%63.0%52.7%65.9%61.0%61.3%65.1%63.8%
White85.0%79.7%82.4%83.3%78.0%80.6%85.0%79.2%82.2%

About the Indicator:

The Minnesota Student Survey added a question about the perceived harm of misusing prescription drugs 2013. 

"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.