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Percent of Students Reporting They Strongly Agree or Agree That Drinking Alcohol is Never a Good Thing for Anyone Their Age to Do, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

2013
FemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota8th84.5%83.0%83.8%
9th76.4%75.0%75.7%
11th61.9%58.8%60.4%
All Grades74.9%72.8%73.9%
Aitkin County8th88.3%78.9%83.2%
9th73.8%72.4%73.2%
11th68.6%54.5%62.1%
All Grades77.3%70.5%73.9%
Anoka County8th82.6%81.6%82.1%
9th75.0%74.8%74.9%
11th61.9%59.8%60.9%
All Grades74.7%74.1%74.4%
Becker County8th87.7%82.4%85.0%
9th71.9%80.9%76.5%
11th70.8%65.0%67.8%
All Grades77.9%77.0%77.4%
Beltrami County8th89.1%86.3%87.7%
9th75.4%73.0%74.2%
11th65.3%68.7%67.0%
All Grades77.2%76.4%76.8%
Benton County8th89.0%80.9%85.5%
9th83.1%77.6%80.4%
11th69.1%59.8%64.7%
All Grades81.0%73.2%77.4%
Big Stone County8th83.3%77.3%80.8%
9th56.7%75.8%66.7%
11th66.7%66.7%66.7%
All Grades68.8%72.2%70.5%
Blue Earth County8th91.8%88.8%90.3%
9th81.6%77.0%79.2%
11th67.5%67.7%67.6%
All Grades81.1%79.0%80.1%
Brown County8th76.0%83.7%79.8%
9th73.5%59.8%67.0%
11th51.7%48.9%50.3%
All Grades67.8%65.0%66.4%
Carlton County8th86.0%80.4%83.2%
9th76.0%77.8%76.8%
11th66.4%60.0%63.2%
All Grades76.7%73.0%74.9%
Carver County8th87.1%76.8%81.9%
9th75.0%73.5%74.3%
11th55.4%57.0%56.2%
All Grades72.3%69.1%70.8%
Cass County8th85.1%87.5%86.3%
9th85.1%79.1%82.1%
11th56.1%63.2%59.7%
All Grades77.1%78.0%77.6%
Chippewa County8thN/AN/AN/A
9thN/AN/AN/A
11thN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/A
Chisago County8th81.2%77.3%79.4%
9th72.0%69.2%70.6%
11th55.2%53.3%54.3%
All Grades70.6%67.3%69.0%
Clay County8th84.7%84.0%84.4%
9th76.0%85.3%80.6%
11th61.5%60.2%60.9%
All Grades74.6%77.5%76.0%
Clearwater County8th85.1%71.8%79.1%
9th69.2%69.2%69.2%
11th68.0%65.2%66.7%
All Grades75.7%69.3%72.4%
Cook County8th83.3%61.5%74.2%
9th76.2%72.2%74.4%
11th60.0%28.6%41.7%
All Grades75.5%55.6%66.0%
Cottonwood County8th93.0%89.1%91.0%
9th87.5%79.6%83.1%
11th82.9%80.0%81.1%
All Grades88.1%82.7%85.1%
Crow Wing County8th79.0%85.6%82.2%
9th74.1%66.2%70.3%
11th56.9%52.2%54.5%
All Grades71.7%70.0%70.9%
Dakota County8th85.9%84.0%85.0%
9th78.7%77.7%78.2%
11th63.5%63.7%63.6%
All Grades76.2%75.3%75.8%
Dodge County8th84.4%90.2%87.0%
9th80.4%78.2%79.4%
11th74.2%55.1%65.1%
All Grades80.3%76.0%78.3%
Douglas County8th87.2%85.1%86.2%
9th74.1%76.0%75.1%
11th62.7%45.2%55.1%
All Grades74.6%70.3%72.5%
Faribault County8th80.8%78.7%79.6%
9th76.5%73.8%75.2%
11th41.7%55.7%49.5%
All Grades67.9%69.5%68.7%
Fillmore County8th90.7%83.3%87.2%
9th81.5%69.1%75.2%
11th69.6%49.2%57.8%
All Grades82.3%67.4%74.7%
Freeborn County8th90.2%85.9%88.0%
9th71.0%80.0%74.5%
11th51.9%54.2%53.2%
All Grades71.8%72.4%72.1%
Goodhue County8th80.5%85.6%82.8%
9th82.6%72.7%77.5%
11th68.3%69.5%69.0%
All Grades77.4%76.3%76.8%
Grant County8th83.3%91.2%87.9%
9th71.4%61.5%67.2%
11th66.7%64.0%65.5%
All Grades73.0%74.1%73.6%
Hennepin County8th85.4%85.2%85.3%
9th77.7%77.1%77.4%
11th62.7%57.8%60.3%
All Grades75.9%74.1%75.0%
Houston County8th77.8%80.0%78.8%
9th82.1%77.4%79.9%
11th57.7%56.8%57.2%
All Grades72.2%69.1%70.6%
Hubbard County8th75.6%77.4%76.4%
9th81.3%68.2%75.9%
11th68.3%57.6%62.8%
All Grades75.1%67.4%71.7%
Isanti County8th78.8%71.1%75.1%
9th70.9%71.3%71.1%
11th64.6%57.7%61.8%
All Grades73.1%68.9%71.1%
Itasca County8th84.7%79.6%82.2%
9th74.1%69.1%71.6%
11th68.3%56.4%63.0%
All Grades76.3%70.0%73.3%
Jackson County8th90.6%81.4%86.5%
9th73.3%70.2%71.6%
11th55.6%53.7%54.6%
All Grades73.0%67.5%70.3%
Kanabec County8th79.3%81.0%80.1%
9th77.1%77.6%77.3%
11th59.2%61.5%60.5%
All Grades73.6%73.8%73.7%
Kandiyohi County8th78.9%77.7%78.3%
9th87.5%84.5%86.0%
11th69.1%65.1%66.8%
All Grades79.3%75.6%77.3%
Kittson County8th91.3%70.0%81.4%
9th72.4%84.6%78.2%
11th63.2%61.9%62.5%
All Grades76.1%73.1%74.6%
Koochiching County8th75.6%81.8%78.2%
9th47.1%62.5%54.5%
11th34.8%62.1%50.0%
All Grades56.9%69.1%62.8%
Lac Qui Parle County8th92.1%87.5%90.0%
9th79.4%70.7%74.7%
11th61.8%57.1%59.7%
All Grades78.3%72.3%75.4%
Lake County8th74.3%90.3%81.8%
9th70.2%73.3%71.3%
11th70.0%51.4%57.9%
All Grades71.4%70.4%71.0%
Lake of the Woods County8th66.7%75.0%72.0%
9th58.3%50.0%55.0%
11th56.3%41.7%50.0%
All Grades59.5%58.3%58.9%
Le Sueur County8th86.2%77.3%82.6%
9th80.5%65.5%73.2%
11th44.1%46.4%45.3%
All Grades71.9%61.4%66.8%
Lincoln County8th65.2%75.0%68.6%
9th60.0%66.7%64.1%
11th52.2%31.6%42.9%
All Grades59.0%56.4%57.8%
Lyon County8th89.4%78.7%83.1%
9th76.3%79.0%77.7%
11th74.7%66.3%70.7%
All Grades78.9%75.2%76.9%
McLeod County8th68.4%90.9%76.7%
9th77.8%100.0%87.5%
11th50.0%35.7%42.3%
All Grades65.0%68.8%66.7%
Mahnomen County8th77.8%87.5%82.4%
9th78.6%70.3%73.8%
11th37.5%42.1%39.5%
All Grades65.8%68.8%67.3%
Marshall County8th86.1%84.6%85.3%
9th79.2%76.2%77.9%
11th65.1%52.1%58.2%
All Grades76.5%69.8%73.2%
Martin County8th75.3%78.3%76.7%
9th75.0%70.0%72.3%
11th48.8%52.2%50.3%
All Grades66.7%66.9%66.8%
Meeker County8th87.0%85.5%86.2%
9th79.0%73.9%76.3%
11th76.7%79.4%78.1%
All Grades82.0%79.8%80.8%
Mille Lacs County8th84.9%84.0%84.5%
9th73.8%72.5%73.1%
11th61.0%55.6%58.4%
All Grades73.7%71.7%72.7%
Morrison County8th86.0%80.8%83.4%
9th78.8%74.9%76.8%
11th60.8%60.2%60.5%
All Grades76.4%73.3%74.9%
Mower County8th83.1%83.3%83.2%
9th70.7%75.5%72.9%
11th64.0%63.6%63.7%
All Grades74.3%75.1%74.7%
Murray County8th87.2%77.4%82.9%
9th85.3%82.9%84.1%
11th60.5%58.6%59.7%
All Grades77.5%73.7%75.7%
Nicollet County8th89.1%91.5%90.2%
9th90.9%91.9%91.5%
11th69.4%72.7%71.2%
All Grades83.6%85.4%84.5%
Nobles County8th82.1%86.7%84.3%
9th81.9%72.2%77.2%
11th62.9%56.4%59.9%
All Grades76.7%73.2%75.0%
Norman County8th94.6%90.0%92.5%
9th84.6%86.1%85.3%
11th86.7%76.7%81.7%
All Grades88.7%84.4%86.6%
Olmsted County8th85.9%88.0%87.0%
9th76.2%74.1%75.2%
11th57.7%60.5%59.3%
All Grades76.9%77.4%77.2%
Otter Tail County8th86.7%84.0%85.4%
9th82.3%78.1%80.2%
11th66.5%66.7%66.6%
All Grades79.6%76.9%78.3%
Pennington County8th81.3%90.8%85.5%
9th65.2%77.0%71.3%
11th55.6%61.5%58.8%
All Grades69.6%77.5%73.5%
Pine County8th72.5%72.5%72.5%
9th68.0%68.2%68.1%
11th58.3%48.6%53.3%
All Grades66.4%63.5%64.9%
Pipestone County8th91.7%66.7%77.2%
9th93.1%71.4%82.5%
11th34.6%59.3%47.2%
All Grades73.4%65.9%69.5%
Polk County8th86.4%85.9%86.2%
9th76.9%77.2%77.0%
11th70.1%76.0%73.2%
All Grades78.0%79.3%78.6%
Pope County8th84.4%87.5%86.1%
9th93.5%73.3%81.6%
11th40.0%51.6%45.5%
All Grades71.4%72.4%72.0%
Ramsey County8th80.9%81.0%80.9%
9th73.5%75.6%74.5%
11th64.0%60.2%62.1%
All Grades72.6%71.8%72.2%
Red Lake County8th79.2%75.0%77.3%
9th70.4%71.9%71.2%
11th72.0%56.5%64.6%
All Grades73.7%68.0%70.9%
Redwood County8th85.4%79.6%82.4%
9th70.6%58.3%64.0%
11th53.2%47.5%50.0%
All Grades69.9%61.3%65.2%
Renville County8th92.9%84.0%89.6%
9th86.1%78.8%82.6%
11th83.9%66.7%76.4%
All Grades88.1%76.8%83.2%
Rice County8th87.0%80.4%83.7%
9th78.9%79.1%79.0%
11th68.0%69.1%68.5%
All Grades78.6%76.8%77.7%
Rock County8th93.0%87.5%90.4%
9th83.8%71.4%77.8%
11th64.7%60.5%62.5%
All Grades81.6%73.5%77.5%
Roseau County8th80.9%90.0%86.6%
9th88.8%76.3%82.7%
11th64.8%47.4%55.7%
All Grades78.3%71.4%74.5%
St. Louis County8th83.9%84.0%83.9%
9th73.2%69.6%71.5%
11th61.2%58.9%60.1%
All Grades73.2%71.6%72.4%
Scott County8th84.9%81.6%83.2%
9th73.9%75.0%74.4%
11th54.4%57.8%56.1%
All Grades71.8%71.9%71.9%
Sherburne County8th87.2%82.1%84.5%
9th77.1%74.2%75.7%
11th59.2%53.5%56.3%
All Grades75.3%70.8%73.1%
Sibley County8th85.7%68.8%77.3%
9th75.0%77.2%76.2%
11th59.6%44.9%52.5%
All Grades73.2%64.3%68.6%
Stearns County8th84.4%82.3%83.4%
9th77.3%76.5%76.9%
11th64.5%54.9%59.9%
All Grades75.1%71.1%73.1%
Steele County8th80.9%79.8%80.4%
9th73.9%71.4%72.7%
11th54.7%58.9%56.5%
All Grades70.7%71.0%70.8%
Stevens County8th93.9%87.0%90.5%
9th81.8%69.4%74.4%
11th69.6%58.8%65.0%
All Grades84.8%75.0%79.7%
Swift County8th86.1%94.1%90.0%
9th63.0%73.1%67.9%
11th72.0%63.2%66.7%
All Grades75.0%76.5%75.8%
Todd County8th80.2%76.3%78.3%
9th74.8%67.1%71.6%
11th57.9%56.4%57.3%
All Grades70.5%67.2%69.0%
Traverse County8th73.3%72.7%73.0%
9th81.8%100.0%91.3%
11th44.4%87.5%57.7%
All Grades63.6%83.3%73.3%
Wabasha County8th90.0%85.2%87.8%
9th78.7%80.7%79.7%
11th59.2%55.5%57.5%
All Grades73.6%71.4%72.6%
Wadena County8th89.7%88.5%89.1%
9th83.5%82.5%83.1%
11th60.0%58.3%59.2%
All Grades79.4%77.6%78.6%
Waseca County8th85.5%76.9%81.4%
9th74.4%70.8%72.5%
11th53.0%46.8%50.0%
All Grades70.9%65.2%68.0%
Washington County8th83.9%83.0%83.5%
9th74.5%69.5%72.0%
11th57.8%51.3%54.5%
All Grades72.6%68.4%70.5%
Watonwan County8th74.5%76.7%75.3%
9th73.8%61.8%68.4%
11th58.8%65.9%62.7%
All Grades69.9%67.6%68.9%
Wilkin County8th82.1%80.0%81.2%
9th77.1%66.7%73.1%
11th47.6%67.6%56.6%
All Grades69.0%71.3%70.0%
Winona County8th83.7%85.8%84.8%
9th70.5%76.0%73.2%
11th54.7%58.5%56.7%
All Grades70.5%74.4%72.4%
Wright County8th86.9%85.0%86.0%
9th76.5%73.3%74.9%
11th61.5%56.7%59.1%
All Grades75.8%72.3%74.0%
Yellow Medicine County8th92.9%75.0%84.6%
9th70.3%71.4%70.9%
11th67.4%68.3%67.8%
All Grades74.8%71.0%72.9%

About the Indicator: This question was new to the 2013 Minnesota Student Survey. Other response options included: "neither agree nor disagree", "disagree", and "strongly disagree."

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.