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Youth Perceptions of Friends’ Disapproval of Marijuana Use

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Percent of Students Reporting They Think Their Friends Would Feel it is Wrong or Very Wrong for Them to Smoke Marijuana, All Available Years: by Grade, Race, Gender, and Region

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FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota5thAfrican-American or Black91.4%86.1%88.7%
All Races Combined96.5%93.7%95.1%
Asian American95.5%93.2%94.3%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial95.7%91.5%93.6%
Hispanic/Latino93.9%88.9%91.5%
Native American88.7%83.8%86.0%
Pacific Islander90.5%83.9%86.7%
White97.8%95.6%96.7%
8thAfrican-American or Black72.2%68.3%70.3%70.8%66.8%68.8%
All Races Combined86.8%80.5%83.7%81.7%77.1%79.5%
Asian American89.0%84.5%86.8%86.6%79.1%83.0%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial74.8%71.4%73.2%69.6%68.3%69.1%
Hispanic/Latino72.0%67.1%69.7%72.3%68.2%70.2%
Native American57.7%63.0%60.7%56.9%57.7%57.3%
Pacific Islander84.0%66.0%72.2%65.9%74.1%70.7%
White90.8%83.7%87.3%85.2%80.2%82.8%
9thAfrican-American or Black62.6%56.2%59.3%61.5%59.7%60.6%
All Races Combined77.3%69.5%73.5%71.9%66.0%69.1%
Asian American87.4%73.8%80.9%80.3%71.5%76.2%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial62.0%57.5%59.9%56.3%54.9%55.7%
Hispanic/Latino62.0%58.1%60.2%64.7%56.6%60.8%
Native American50.5%54.4%52.7%46.2%45.6%45.9%
Pacific Islander68.8%48.9%57.1%57.7%58.5%58.2%
White80.8%72.4%76.7%75.2%68.5%71.9%
11thAfrican-American or Black55.0%44.6%49.7%54.6%46.9%50.8%
All Races Combined65.0%50.1%57.6%54.9%48.4%51.8%
Asian American81.5%64.1%73.0%68.2%62.5%65.3%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial51.1%40.1%45.7%41.1%40.2%40.7%
Hispanic/Latino51.9%42.1%47.0%50.3%44.0%47.4%
Native American44.4%45.3%44.9%35.1%36.4%35.7%
Pacific Islander66.7%36.4%51.5%**51.1%
White66.3%50.7%58.7%56.0%48.6%52.4%
All GradesAfrican-American or Black73.8%67.6%70.7%63.6%59.6%61.6%
All Races Combined81.8%74.3%78.1%70.9%65.2%68.1%
Asian American88.5%79.2%84.0%79.7%72.0%76.0%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial71.8%66.5%69.3%58.0%56.4%57.3%
Hispanic/Latino71.6%65.8%68.8%63.4%57.9%60.8%
Native American68.3%68.3%68.3%47.1%48.7%48.0%
Pacific Islander78.0%61.9%68.7%62.2%62.8%62.6%
White83.9%75.8%79.9%73.3%66.9%70.2%
Metro5thAfrican-American or Black91.7%86.5%89.0%
All Races Combined96.6%93.9%95.2%
Asian American95.6%93.1%94.3%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial95.7%92.4%94.2%
Hispanic/Latino94.0%89.7%91.9%
Native American90.8%84.5%87.2%
Pacific Islander91.3%79.5%83.9%
White98.3%96.4%97.3%
8thAfrican-American or Black72.3%67.3%69.9%69.4%65.7%67.6%
All Races Combined85.7%78.6%82.2%81.3%77.4%79.5%
Asian American89.6%84.6%87.2%87.0%79.8%83.5%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial71.7%68.7%70.3%69.3%68.4%68.9%
Hispanic/Latino70.6%66.2%68.5%71.9%69.9%70.9%
Native American51.9%56.2%54.6%69.4%65.2%66.7%
Pacific Islander81.8%77.3%78.8%66.7%80.6%74.1%
White90.7%82.0%86.4%85.4%81.2%83.4%
9thAfrican-American or Black58.5%53.8%56.2%58.5%58.6%58.5%
All Races Combined74.5%66.1%70.5%70.8%65.3%68.2%
Asian American87.8%74.2%81.4%80.7%72.5%76.7%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial57.4%55.8%56.6%56.2%55.7%56.0%
Hispanic/Latino59.3%55.2%57.5%63.7%55.0%59.5%
Native American52.9%45.1%49.0%52.1%35.4%43.8%
Pacific Islander75.0%39.1%55.8%**54.1%
White78.6%68.9%73.9%74.3%67.7%71.2%
11thAfrican-American or Black52.5%42.9%47.7%55.5%45.6%50.8%
All Races Combined61.4%46.0%53.8%51.8%45.7%48.9%
Asian American81.8%64.0%73.1%68.2%63.3%65.7%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial49.0%37.3%43.3%39.0%37.8%38.5%
Hispanic/Latino48.0%39.8%43.9%49.5%43.3%46.7%
Native American37.5%45.2%41.8%**41.7%
Pacific Islander76.2%33.3%54.8%**50.0%
White61.8%45.0%53.6%51.0%44.2%47.7%
All GradesAfrican-American or Black72.7%67.0%69.8%62.2%58.5%60.5%
All Races Combined80.2%72.4%76.4%69.7%64.5%67.2%
Asian American88.8%79.3%84.2%80.0%72.8%76.5%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial69.3%64.9%67.2%57.2%56.2%56.7%
Hispanic/Latino69.7%64.9%67.4%62.8%58.1%60.5%
Native American70.5%67.8%69.0%55.0%51.4%53.0%
Pacific Islander81.3%61.0%69.4%57.7%67.7%63.2%
White82.4%73.7%78.1%71.8%65.8%68.9%
Non-Metro5thAfrican-American or Black90.5%84.5%87.4%
All Races Combined96.4%93.3%94.9%
Asian American94.7%93.9%94.3%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial95.7%90.2%92.9%
Hispanic/Latino93.8%87.6%90.8%
Native American87.7%83.5%85.4%
Pacific Islander89.5%94.1%91.7%
White97.3%94.9%96.1%
8thAfrican-American or Black71.9%71.7%71.8%75.3%69.8%72.4%
All Races Combined88.1%82.5%85.3%82.2%76.8%79.5%
Asian American85.4%83.8%84.7%84.6%75.7%80.2%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial79.0%74.9%77.1%70.0%68.2%69.2%
Hispanic/Latino74.0%68.4%71.3%73.0%65.4%69.2%
Native American59.4%65.8%62.9%54.3%55.2%54.8%
Pacific Islander85.7%56.0%66.7%**65.9%
White90.9%85.1%88.1%85.0%79.4%82.2%
9thAfrican-American or Black77.6%64.0%70.4%71.8%63.1%67.5%
All Races Combined80.1%72.8%76.5%73.2%66.8%70.1%
Asian American84.2%71.1%77.0%78.6%65.1%73.2%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial68.4%59.8%64.3%56.4%53.8%55.3%
Hispanic/Latino65.8%61.5%63.7%66.3%59.0%62.7%
Native American49.6%57.1%53.8%44.9%48.0%46.4%
Pacific Islander58.3%59.1%58.8%**63.3%
White82.6%75.2%79.0%75.9%69.1%72.6%
11thAfrican-American or Black66.4%50.7%57.6%52.1%50.0%51.0%
All Races Combined68.8%54.5%61.7%58.2%51.1%54.7%
Asian American79.6%64.3%71.9%68.5%58.5%63.3%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial54.4%44.2%49.2%44.5%43.2%43.9%
Hispanic/Latino57.9%45.6%51.6%51.4%44.9%48.4%
Native American46.4%45.3%45.8%33.9%35.3%34.6%
Pacific Islander50.0%41.7%45.8%**52.2%
White70.3%55.6%63.1%60.2%52.2%56.2%
All GradesAfrican-American or Black78.8%70.0%74.1%67.9%62.5%65.2%
All Races Combined83.5%76.2%79.9%72.2%66.0%69.2%
Asian American85.9%78.7%82.2%78.4%67.7%73.3%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial75.5%68.8%72.2%59.2%56.8%58.1%
Hispanic/Latino74.3%67.1%70.8%64.4%57.7%61.1%
Native American67.5%68.4%68.0%45.4%48.0%46.8%
Pacific Islander73.7%63.2%67.7%70.0%57.8%61.7%
White85.2%77.7%81.5%74.6%67.8%71.3%

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 smoking marijuana once or twice a week. In 2013, this question was dropped and students were instead asked how wrong their friends would feel it would be for them to smoke marijuana. 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.