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Percent of Students Reporting That They Feel That Their Relatives Care About Them Quite a Bit or Very Much, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

2019
FemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota5th89.2%88.5%88.9%
8th79.0%86.3%82.6%
9th76.7%83.7%80.1%
11th75.7%81.2%78.4%
All Grades80.4%85.2%82.8%
Aitkin County5th***
8th**90.0%
9th***
11th***
All Grades76.2%100.0%85.1%
Anoka County5th92.4%93.7%93.0%
8th86.4%91.5%89.0%
9th78.6%87.9%82.7%
11th73.1%82.8%78.2%
All Grades84.8%90.1%87.4%
Becker County5th87.8%87.6%87.7%
8th78.6%86.4%82.3%
9th74.4%81.2%77.5%
11th71.9%76.5%74.1%
All Grades79.2%84.1%81.6%
Beltrami County5th85.7%92.3%89.1%
8th83.7%86.5%84.9%
9th81.9%87.6%84.7%
11th75.2%88.6%81.9%
All Grades81.7%88.5%85.0%
Benton County5th82.5%87.4%85.1%
8th76.1%85.4%80.7%
9th67.6%79.7%73.4%
11th76.0%74.2%75.2%
All Grades75.6%82.8%79.2%
Big Stone County5th87.9%88.6%88.3%
8th71.8%82.9%76.8%
9th78.6%86.0%82.3%
11th78.6%80.1%79.3%
All Grades78.9%84.8%81.8%
Blue Earth County5th90.7%90.7%90.7%
8th83.0%91.7%87.2%
9th79.6%87.1%83.5%
11th71.7%81.6%76.8%
All Grades82.1%88.1%85.2%
Brown County5th86.6%88.8%87.6%
8th76.3%92.5%85.5%
9th71.0%87.3%78.9%
11th72.8%81.5%76.9%
All Grades76.8%87.7%82.2%
Carlton County5th88.4%87.2%87.8%
8th76.8%86.6%82.5%
9th80.5%82.9%81.7%
11th72.4%82.8%78.1%
All Grades80.4%84.9%82.7%
Carver County5th92.0%92.4%92.2%
8th83.3%88.9%86.2%
9th73.6%79.1%76.1%
11th75.5%81.8%78.4%
All Grades81.6%86.6%84.1%
Cass County5th87.3%83.3%85.2%
8th73.3%79.8%76.6%
9th65.8%79.8%72.9%
11th65.2%75.0%70.1%
All Grades73.7%80.0%76.9%
Chippewa County5th88.6%90.5%89.5%
8th75.8%84.6%80.7%
9th84.0%85.5%84.8%
11th83.3%67.4%75.5%
All Grades83.1%83.3%83.2%
Chisago County5th89.1%93.0%90.9%
8th74.2%90.8%82.3%
9th73.6%81.3%77.1%
11th78.6%79.8%79.2%
All Grades77.1%85.3%81.1%
Clay County5th92.0%85.3%88.5%
8th82.8%88.2%85.7%
9th75.0%88.2%81.1%
11th78.7%83.8%81.0%
All Grades82.1%86.4%84.2%
Clearwater County5th***
8th***
9th***
11th***
All Grades***
Cook County5th**88.9%
8th**87.2%
9th**72.4%
11th**93.8%
All Grades82.5%89.1%85.8%
Cottonwood County5th88.4%88.5%88.4%
8th77.2%82.5%79.9%
9th76.5%81.6%79.4%
11th86.1%82.9%84.4%
All Grades81.9%83.8%82.9%
Crow Wing County5th96.3%85.6%90.3%
8th85.9%92.4%89.2%
9th80.0%88.3%84.2%
11th79.7%81.9%80.8%
All Grades82.6%86.3%84.5%
Dakota County5th89.9%88.0%88.9%
8th79.2%86.5%82.9%
9th76.9%84.7%80.7%
11th75.1%82.1%78.6%
All Grades80.1%85.4%82.7%
Dodge County5th90.4%88.5%89.5%
8th84.0%87.1%85.5%
9th79.2%82.5%80.9%
11th71.1%86.6%79.3%
All Grades82.1%86.4%84.3%
Douglas County5th94.5%91.9%93.2%
8th87.7%93.6%90.6%
9th79.4%88.2%83.4%
11th73.6%88.6%82.0%
All Grades85.1%90.8%87.9%
Faribault County5th90.2%90.2%90.2%
8th83.0%79.2%80.7%
9th77.0%84.6%80.5%
11th74.5%80.4%77.7%
All Grades81.1%83.1%82.2%
Fillmore County5th83.8%92.1%88.0%
8th75.6%90.6%82.2%
9th***
11th**75.9%
All Grades80.4%84.8%82.6%
Freeborn County5th84.8%92.0%88.4%
8th75.5%86.8%81.3%
9th75.8%84.9%80.2%
11th75.0%87.7%81.1%
All Grades77.9%87.8%82.8%
Goodhue County5th86.0%89.9%87.8%
8th79.8%80.8%80.3%
9th**68.1%
11th84.7%74.2%79.9%
All Grades81.8%82.4%82.1%
Grant County5th89.4%88.9%89.2%
8th76.9%86.8%82.8%
9th80.6%82.4%81.5%
11th78.4%82.8%80.3%
All Grades82.3%85.4%83.8%
Hennepin County5th91.9%89.7%90.8%
8th81.8%87.0%84.3%
9th79.1%85.3%82.0%
11th76.6%82.0%79.1%
All Grades82.4%86.3%84.3%
Houston County5th90.0%90.7%90.3%
8th77.7%87.0%81.6%
9th70.2%94.6%81.1%
11th80.6%86.3%83.0%
All Grades78.5%89.9%83.6%
Hubbard County5th86.0%91.3%88.4%
8th90.0%88.7%89.4%
9th76.8%82.1%79.2%
11th71.0%74.5%72.5%
All Grades82.0%85.3%83.4%
Isanti County5th91.1%86.6%88.9%
8th73.8%82.0%77.8%
9th67.5%75.3%71.3%
11th64.8%71.9%68.0%
All Grades75.0%79.8%77.3%
Itasca County5th88.6%91.3%90.0%
8th75.6%79.8%77.7%
9th76.1%77.5%76.7%
11th66.9%84.8%76.3%
All Grades77.6%83.4%80.4%
Jackson County5th88.6%82.1%85.7%
8th86.4%93.3%89.2%
9th85.7%76.1%79.8%
11th**78.7%
All Grades84.0%81.9%82.9%
Kanabec County5th94.0%94.1%94.1%
8th67.9%93.8%81.7%
9th70.1%78.9%74.6%
11th70.4%72.0%71.2%
All Grades76.2%84.7%80.4%
Kandiyohi County5th91.7%86.3%89.1%
8th70.0%82.4%76.6%
9th75.3%80.2%77.8%
11th82.6%85.6%84.0%
All Grades80.0%83.4%81.7%
Kittson County5th***
8th**87.1%
9th**79.2%
11th**77.8%
All Grades77.8%85.0%80.9%
Koochiching County5th100.0%93.3%96.9%
8th**89.4%
9th86.2%67.9%77.2%
11th**73.1%
All Grades90.2%81.7%86.2%
Lac Qui Parle County5th90.7%85.4%88.1%
8th85.1%90.7%87.8%
9th82.1%86.0%84.5%
11th69.8%87.5%77.3%
All Grades82.0%87.4%84.7%
Lake County5th97.3%94.4%95.9%
8th85.2%88.9%86.9%
9th70.3%92.2%83.0%
11th74.3%90.9%82.4%
All Grades82.2%91.5%86.9%
Lake of the Woods County5th**93.1%
8th**75.8%
9th**84.2%
11th**63.3%
All Grades70.5%87.0%79.2%
Le Sueur County5th86.3%88.7%87.7%
8th81.7%90.0%86.3%
9th79.2%84.9%81.9%
11th75.8%80.9%78.8%
All Grades80.7%86.2%83.7%
Lincoln County5th**87.2%
8th**80.0%
9th**80.0%
11th**80.6%
All Grades79.2%84.9%82.2%
Lyon County5th82.8%90.3%86.5%
8th80.2%87.8%83.7%
9th80.5%83.0%81.7%
11th73.8%84.5%79.4%
All Grades79.5%86.4%82.9%
McLeod County5th**88.2%
8th**81.8%
9th***
11th**75.0%
All Grades83.3%80.0%81.7%
Mahnomen County5th89.2%78.8%84.3%
8th73.3%74.1%73.7%
9th71.1%78.6%75.0%
11th**71.1%
All Grades77.3%76.2%76.7%
Marshall County5th**91.9%
8th***
9th**70.0%
11th***
All Grades79.1%88.1%83.5%
Martin County5th88.4%89.9%89.2%
8th80.8%85.5%83.0%
9th72.5%74.1%73.1%
11th69.8%73.7%72.1%
All Grades78.0%81.2%79.5%
Meeker County5th**90.6%
8th77.4%90.9%84.4%
9th**77.2%
11th**81.8%
All Grades81.9%85.0%83.5%
Mille Lacs County5th90.7%92.1%91.4%
8th82.3%85.3%83.9%
9th69.7%77.4%73.3%
11th72.3%83.3%77.9%
All Grades79.6%85.2%82.5%
Morrison County5th87.9%87.9%87.9%
8th77.2%88.4%82.8%
9th74.9%83.3%78.9%
11th81.0%78.5%79.8%
All Grades80.1%84.9%82.4%
Mower County5th87.6%85.2%86.5%
8th68.5%80.9%74.2%
9th70.9%76.0%73.2%
11th66.7%78.6%73.0%
All Grades75.4%80.9%78.0%
Murray County5th89.3%84.2%86.4%
8th77.5%87.1%81.7%
9th94.1%81.8%88.1%
11th86.5%82.8%84.8%
All Grades86.3%84.0%85.2%
Nicollet County5th***
8th***
9th71.0%77.4%74.0%
11th75.0%82.5%78.2%
All Grades73.3%78.3%75.6%
Nobles County5th79.4%79.5%79.5%
8th74.1%78.9%76.5%
9th68.6%75.7%72.1%
11th66.7%73.6%70.0%
All Grades72.0%76.8%74.3%
Norman County5th**96.6%
8th66.7%93.8%79.4%
9th***
11th**77.8%
All Grades69.8%91.0%81.6%
Olmsted County5th88.7%87.2%88.0%
8th78.2%86.1%82.1%
9th79.2%86.6%82.8%
11th74.2%79.4%76.8%
All Grades80.9%85.3%83.1%
Otter Tail County5th89.7%91.1%90.4%
8th82.8%88.1%85.3%
9th75.9%81.9%78.7%
11th77.0%84.1%80.9%
All Grades81.7%86.5%84.0%
Pennington County5th87.1%87.1%87.1%
8th79.5%86.8%82.9%
9th69.5%79.2%74.8%
11th74.6%86.7%79.8%
All Grades77.9%84.7%81.3%
Pine County5th83.8%90.1%86.8%
8th83.1%77.5%80.0%
9th63.8%82.5%73.3%
11th67.8%84.3%75.7%
All Grades75.4%83.3%79.4%
Pipestone County5th88.2%87.5%87.9%
8th91.4%78.8%85.3%
9th63.0%96.3%79.6%
11th**80.9%
All Grades80.7%87.1%83.8%
Polk County5th91.4%88.5%90.0%
8th83.0%89.4%86.3%
9th81.5%91.3%86.3%
11th84.7%83.9%84.3%
All Grades85.3%88.4%86.8%
Pope County5th***
8th83.3%86.7%84.8%
9th84.8%80.0%82.2%
11th82.8%83.3%83.1%
All Grades83.7%83.0%83.3%
Ramsey County5th85.3%85.0%85.2%
8th74.3%84.1%79.0%
9th74.6%79.7%77.1%
11th73.9%76.0%74.9%
All Grades77.9%81.8%79.8%
Red Lake County5th**89.8%
8th**75.5%
9th89.7%76.9%83.6%
11th**90.7%
All Grades84.6%84.4%84.5%
Redwood County5th93.7%91.5%92.5%
8th70.0%85.7%79.2%
9th69.4%76.8%73.0%
11th75.0%77.6%76.4%
All Grades77.0%83.3%80.4%
Renville County5th90.0%90.0%90.0%
8th89.5%90.0%89.7%
9th87.5%84.6%86.1%
11th**78.0%
All Grades87.0%86.3%86.6%
Rice County5th90.4%90.0%90.2%
8th77.4%84.3%80.6%
9th80.4%81.3%80.9%
11th72.9%84.6%78.3%
All Grades80.3%85.0%82.6%
Rock County5th91.9%84.4%87.8%
8th95.8%86.1%91.7%
9th73.5%76.5%75.3%
11th81.3%81.3%81.3%
All Grades86.8%81.7%84.1%
Roseau County5th93.6%92.1%92.9%
8th76.7%88.1%82.1%
9th78.3%82.1%80.3%
11th69.2%88.3%79.5%
All Grades78.8%86.8%82.9%
St. Louis County5th88.2%89.9%89.1%
8th77.1%86.4%81.5%
9th76.6%85.1%80.7%
11th78.5%81.4%80.0%
All Grades80.2%86.2%83.2%
Scott County5th89.5%88.6%89.1%
8th79.6%85.9%82.7%
9th76.4%86.0%81.3%
11th80.4%84.9%82.7%
All Grades81.4%86.4%83.9%
Sherburne County5th88.3%89.5%88.9%
8th76.4%87.3%81.5%
9th75.8%83.0%79.3%
11th76.7%83.3%80.1%
All Grades79.6%86.0%82.8%
Sibley County5th80.6%94.0%87.6%
8th71.9%73.7%72.7%
9th76.5%71.9%74.2%
11th72.4%85.7%78.9%
All Grades75.4%81.6%78.4%
Stearns County5th89.0%87.2%88.1%
8th81.7%88.4%85.1%
9th78.4%84.4%81.2%
11th79.3%82.3%80.8%
All Grades82.3%85.8%84.0%
Steele County5th93.4%85.4%90.2%
8th77.7%78.9%78.3%
9th76.9%79.0%78.0%
11th73.6%83.7%78.4%
All Grades77.9%80.5%79.1%
Stevens County5th***
8th***
9th**89.3%
11th***
All Grades82.1%96.8%89.8%
Swift County5th***
8th***
9th***
11th***
All Grades***
Todd County5th89.9%82.9%86.5%
8th73.6%80.6%77.3%
9th67.3%81.5%74.3%
11th69.1%68.4%68.8%
All Grades76.6%79.1%77.8%
Traverse County5th**81.6%
8th**82.4%
9th**57.1%
11th***
All Grades70.2%81.0%75.7%
Wabasha County5th94.8%87.6%91.0%
8th81.3%87.9%84.4%
9th73.4%83.5%78.3%
11th80.7%77.9%79.4%
All Grades82.9%84.9%83.9%
Wadena County5th86.2%86.3%86.2%
8th74.4%91.2%82.9%
9th86.4%86.4%86.4%
11th75.4%80.0%77.8%
All Grades80.5%86.3%83.4%
Waseca County5th74.5%92.6%80.8%
8th74.6%83.2%78.6%
9th68.2%88.2%78.9%
11th69.0%83.6%75.2%
All Grades71.5%85.9%78.2%
Washington County5th91.6%90.8%91.2%
8th80.1%88.0%83.9%
9th78.0%86.5%82.2%
11th77.6%82.0%79.9%
All Grades82.0%87.0%84.5%
Watonwan County5th83.6%90.2%86.4%
8th64.0%81.4%72.0%
9th73.5%78.6%76.2%
11th69.4%69.4%69.4%
All Grades73.8%79.9%76.8%
Wilkin County5th**80.4%
8th69.2%84.6%76.9%
9th77.8%88.9%83.3%
11th**91.1%
All Grades80.9%84.5%82.7%
Winona County5th89.2%88.5%88.8%
8th73.6%81.9%77.8%
9th81.5%84.1%82.8%
11th74.2%70.6%72.6%
All Grades80.0%83.3%81.7%
Wright County5th91.7%91.9%91.8%
8th82.8%86.3%84.6%
9th80.2%85.7%82.9%
11th75.7%81.6%78.5%
All Grades82.8%86.8%84.8%
Yellow Medicine County5th89.7%87.3%88.5%
8th73.5%90.5%81.3%
9th81.1%85.4%83.0%
11th**92.1%
All Grades82.6%89.3%85.9%

About the Indicator:

Feeling cared about by people in their lives is a factor associated with protection against both substance use and mental health disorders. According to 2019 MSS data, students who think their relatives care about them “quite a bit” or “very much” are 2.1 times less likely to report past month alcohol use, 2.0 times less likely to report past month tobacco use, 2.6 times less likely to report past month marijuana use, and 3.5 times less likely to report any past month prescription drug misuse as compared to those who think their relatives only care “some,” “a little,” or “not at all.” N/A indicates that the data are unavailable or were not collected.

 

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.