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Percent of Students Reporting Their Friends Would Feel it is Wrong or Very Wrong for Them to Use Prescription Drugs not Prescribed for Them, All Available Years: by Grade, Race, Gender, and Region

201320162019
FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota11thAfrican-American or Black76.7%69.3%72.9%74.5%69.2%71.9%77.5%74.7%76.2%
All Races Combined83.5%74.2%78.9%83.3%77.1%80.2%84.6%78.4%81.6%
Asian American88.2%76.4%82.4%85.5%78.9%82.4%86.7%80.2%83.4%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial76.8%70.3%73.6%78.2%74.0%76.1%82.5%75.1%79.1%
Hispanic/Latino76.6%68.7%72.6%75.6%70.9%73.3%78.5%71.7%75.4%
Native American74.1%69.3%71.4%71.5%73.2%72.5%74.2%70.2%72.3%
Pacific Islander81.8%74.3%77.9%*64.5%66.1%**80.0%
White84.5%75.0%79.9%85.1%78.4%81.8%85.7%79.5%82.7%
5thAfrican-American or Black90.9%86.6%88.7%89.0%86.6%87.8%
All Races Combined95.9%92.9%94.4%95.0%91.8%93.4%
Asian American95.3%92.1%93.7%92.6%89.6%91.2%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial94.7%90.5%92.7%95.4%92.8%94.2%
Hispanic/Latino93.7%89.0%91.4%91.1%88.4%89.8%
Native American91.6%84.0%87.4%87.9%83.2%85.2%
Pacific Islander90.5%82.1%85.7%84.7%82.1%83.3%
White97.0%94.7%95.9%96.8%93.6%95.2%
8thAfrican-American or Black83.4%77.0%80.2%82.3%72.1%77.0%82.5%76.5%79.5%
All Races Combined91.5%86.4%89.0%91.1%86.5%88.9%89.8%85.5%87.8%
Asian American90.5%85.3%88.1%93.1%86.5%89.8%90.9%83.2%87.1%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial84.7%81.8%83.4%87.1%82.9%85.1%85.4%82.0%83.9%
Hispanic/Latino83.1%78.2%80.8%83.7%80.0%81.9%83.0%77.7%80.3%
Native American77.6%74.8%76.0%83.6%74.6%78.4%78.5%73.8%75.8%
Pacific Islander96.0%74.5%81.9%*77.3%80.3%80.5%77.6%78.8%
White93.8%88.7%91.3%93.5%89.6%91.6%91.8%88.0%90.0%
9thAfrican-American or Black80.6%70.1%75.2%80.8%73.1%77.0%81.4%74.4%78.1%
All Races Combined87.7%81.8%84.8%88.8%84.7%86.8%87.0%81.5%84.4%
Asian American91.4%81.4%86.5%89.3%85.4%87.4%87.9%80.4%84.4%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial80.4%76.1%78.4%84.0%82.6%83.3%82.2%77.7%80.2%
Hispanic/Latino79.5%74.6%77.2%81.6%77.9%79.8%82.7%74.6%78.8%
Native American73.9%69.2%71.4%80.2%78.7%79.3%70.4%69.1%69.7%
Pacific Islander75.0%65.2%69.2%**64.4%70.4%75.6%73.5%
White89.6%84.0%86.8%90.8%86.8%88.8%88.7%83.5%86.2%
All GradesAfrican-American or Black84.2%77.5%80.8%82.9%77.0%79.9%80.9%75.4%78.2%
All Races Combined89.8%84.2%87.0%89.8%85.4%87.6%87.4%82.2%84.9%
Asian American91.4%84.0%87.8%90.3%85.3%87.9%88.8%81.5%85.2%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial84.5%80.2%82.4%86.7%83.6%85.2%83.6%78.7%81.4%
Hispanic/Latino83.8%78.4%81.2%83.5%79.9%81.7%81.7%75.0%78.5%
Native American82.6%77.0%79.5%83.2%79.0%80.8%74.1%71.3%72.6%
Pacific Islander85.6%74.5%79.1%79.4%74.3%76.5%79.5%76.0%77.4%
White91.2%85.7%88.5%91.6%87.2%89.4%89.0%84.0%86.6%
Metro11thAfrican-American or Black76.4%70.0%73.2%75.1%68.5%72.0%79.4%74.8%77.2%
All Races Combined82.8%74.2%78.6%82.4%76.1%79.3%84.9%79.7%82.4%
Asian American88.8%77.3%83.2%85.8%79.8%82.9%87.0%81.4%84.2%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial75.1%70.1%72.7%77.0%73.4%75.3%82.6%75.0%79.2%
Hispanic/Latino75.9%70.4%73.2%75.5%68.8%72.2%79.2%73.5%76.7%
Native American75.0%67.7%70.9%*70.6%74.6%**77.6%
Pacific Islander81.0%73.9%77.3%**66.7%**86.4%
White84.0%74.9%79.6%84.3%77.7%81.0%86.1%81.1%83.7%
5thAfrican-American or Black91.0%87.4%89.2%88.4%86.3%87.3%
All Races Combined96.0%93.1%94.5%94.9%92.0%93.4%
Asian American95.4%91.8%93.6%92.9%90.1%91.5%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial95.0%90.6%92.9%95.7%92.0%94.0%
Hispanic/Latino93.7%89.5%91.6%90.7%89.6%90.2%
Native American93.1%83.9%87.8%88.6%80.7%84.1%
Pacific Islander91.3%79.5%83.9%91.2%87.1%89.2%
White97.6%95.4%96.5%97.7%94.6%96.1%
8thAfrican-American or Black83.3%77.9%80.6%82.0%71.9%76.9%82.7%76.5%79.7%
All Races Combined91.2%86.5%88.9%90.9%86.2%88.6%89.9%86.1%88.1%
Asian American91.1%85.6%88.5%93.1%86.3%89.7%90.8%83.2%87.1%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial83.8%81.2%82.6%85.9%81.7%84.0%85.8%82.9%84.6%
Hispanic/Latino83.3%78.7%81.2%83.3%79.0%81.2%84.0%78.7%81.4%
Native American67.3%75.3%72.3%89.6%76.8%81.9%86.1%82.6%83.8%
Pacific Islander90.9%81.8%84.8%***77.8%83.9%81.0%
White94.3%89.3%91.8%94.1%90.3%92.2%92.3%89.6%91.0%
9thAfrican-American or Black79.3%68.4%73.8%80.9%74.0%77.5%81.2%73.7%77.7%
All Races Combined87.2%81.5%84.4%88.3%85.0%86.7%87.6%82.0%85.0%
Asian American91.8%82.1%87.2%89.5%86.1%87.9%87.8%80.6%84.3%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial80.0%75.6%77.9%83.1%82.2%82.7%84.2%80.7%82.6%
Hispanic/Latino79.8%74.1%77.3%81.0%76.6%78.9%82.4%77.0%79.8%
Native American64.7%57.1%61.0%86.8%76.8%81.1%70.8%66.7%68.8%
Pacific Islander75.0%66.7%70.5%*****73.0%
White89.4%84.6%87.0%90.8%87.8%89.3%89.7%84.3%87.1%
All GradesAfrican-American or Black84.0%77.9%80.9%82.7%76.9%79.8%81.4%75.2%78.4%
All Races Combined89.6%84.3%87.0%89.4%85.1%87.3%87.7%82.9%85.4%
Asian American91.9%84.4%88.2%90.4%85.7%88.1%88.8%81.9%85.4%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial83.9%79.8%82.0%85.7%82.6%84.2%84.4%80.2%82.6%
Hispanic/Latino83.8%79.0%81.5%83.2%79.3%81.3%82.2%76.8%79.6%
Native American80.5%76.4%78.2%87.5%78.0%82.0%78.4%75.5%76.8%
Pacific Islander84.0%75.9%79.2%83.1%72.7%77.7%73.1%84.6%79.5%
White91.4%86.3%88.8%91.7%87.6%89.7%89.6%85.3%87.5%
Non-Metro11thAfrican-American or Black78.1%66.7%71.7%71.6%71.4%71.5%72.3%74.4%73.4%
All Races Combined84.2%74.2%79.2%84.3%78.1%81.2%84.2%77.2%80.8%
Asian American83.7%69.4%76.5%83.9%71.8%78.7%85.3%74.2%79.6%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial79.5%70.6%75.0%80.3%74.8%77.4%82.4%75.1%78.9%
Hispanic/Latino77.8%66.2%71.9%75.8%73.9%74.9%77.5%69.1%73.6%
Native American73.8%69.7%71.5%69.3%74.0%71.9%72.6%69.7%71.2%
Pacific Islander83.3%75.0%79.2%*****73.9%
White85.0%75.1%80.1%85.7%79.0%82.4%85.4%78.2%81.9%
5thAfrican-American or Black90.0%83.1%86.5%90.8%87.6%89.1%
All Races Combined95.8%92.8%94.2%95.0%91.7%93.3%
Asian American94.7%94.7%94.7%91.1%87.3%89.2%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial94.3%90.4%92.3%95.1%93.7%94.4%
Hispanic/Latino93.8%88.4%91.2%91.7%86.6%89.1%
Native American90.9%84.0%87.2%87.6%84.2%85.7%
Pacific Islander89.5%88.2%88.9%*77.8%77.0%
White96.5%94.1%95.3%96.1%92.9%94.5%
8thAfrican-American or Black83.8%73.9%78.3%83.3%72.6%77.3%81.7%76.5%79.0%
All Races Combined91.7%86.4%89.1%91.4%87.0%89.2%89.7%84.9%87.4%
Asian American87.1%83.7%85.6%93.3%87.8%90.3%91.0%83.1%87.0%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial86.0%82.7%84.4%88.9%84.4%86.6%84.7%80.7%82.9%
Hispanic/Latino82.8%77.4%80.2%84.3%81.2%82.8%81.3%76.1%78.7%
Native American80.7%74.5%77.3%81.4%73.6%77.0%76.9%71.0%73.6%
Pacific Islander100.0%68.0%79.5%**81.1%**75.6%
White93.4%88.2%90.9%93.0%89.1%91.1%91.4%86.8%89.1%
9thAfrican-American or Black85.3%75.8%80.2%80.3%70.6%75.3%82.1%76.6%79.4%
All Races Combined88.2%82.1%85.2%89.2%84.5%86.9%86.4%81.0%83.8%
Asian American87.5%76.3%81.4%88.2%80.6%84.5%88.4%79.2%84.7%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial81.0%76.7%78.9%85.1%83.2%84.2%79.7%73.5%77.0%
Hispanic/Latino79.1%75.2%77.2%82.3%79.6%80.9%83.2%70.9%77.2%
Native American77.4%72.7%74.8%77.8%79.3%78.7%70.2%69.7%70.0%
Pacific Islander75.0%63.6%67.6%*****74.2%
White89.7%83.5%86.6%90.9%85.9%88.3%87.8%82.8%85.4%
All GradesAfrican-American or Black85.3%75.9%80.3%83.6%77.3%80.2%79.3%76.0%77.6%
All Races Combined90.0%84.0%87.0%90.2%85.7%88.0%87.0%81.3%84.2%
Asian American88.1%81.4%84.7%89.3%83.0%86.2%88.7%79.4%84.3%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial85.3%80.7%83.1%88.0%84.8%86.4%82.4%76.8%79.8%
Hispanic/Latino83.9%77.5%80.7%84.0%80.7%82.4%80.9%72.4%76.8%
Native American83.4%77.3%80.0%81.6%79.3%80.3%73.1%70.2%71.6%
Pacific Islander87.7%72.4%78.9%74.5%75.6%75.2%90.3%67.2%74.7%
White91.1%85.2%88.2%91.5%86.9%89.2%88.4%82.9%85.7%

About the Indicator: The Minnesota Student Survey question about peer disapproval changed in 2013. In prior years, students were asked about the extent to which their close friends would approve or disapprove of them using illegal drugs (other than marijuana). In 2013, this question was dropped and students were instead asked how wrong their friends would feel it would be for them to use prescription drugs not prescribed for them. Therefore, 9th grade trend data are available only for 2013 and 2016.

"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.