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Youth Perceptions of Friends’ Disapproval of Alcohol Use

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Percent of Students Reporting that they Believe their Close Friends Would Disapprove or Greatly Disapprove if they Frequently Binge Drink, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

2007
MaleFemaleTotal
Minnesota6th91.5%95.1%93.3%
9th71.9%80.5%76.4%
12th49.6%67.4%58.8%
All Grades73.1%82.1%77.7%
Aitkin County6th91.7%90.0%90.9%
9th67.7%76.8%72.5%
12th47.2%66.0%56.0%
All Grades71.1%78.4%74.7%
Anoka County6th92.8%95.9%94.3%
9th73.5%80.7%77.4%
12th54.9%71.9%64.0%
All Grades76.8%84.1%80.6%
Becker County6th85.9%88.5%87.1%
9th68.7%85.0%77.5%
12th45.0%75.0%59.4%
All Grades68.9%83.7%76.2%
Beltrami County6th86.4%90.4%88.6%
9th63.0%64.7%63.9%
12th52.2%56.0%54.0%
All Grades64.8%68.6%66.7%
Benton County6th89.7%96.1%93.0%
9th70.6%73.4%72.1%
12th36.9%70.4%53.6%
All Grades66.1%80.3%73.4%
Big Stone County6thN/AN/A94.0%
9thN/AN/A72.0%
12thN/AN/A44.0%
All GradesN/AN/AN/A
Blue Earth County6th92.7%95.9%94.4%
9th73.3%82.2%77.8%
12th41.5%60.9%51.1%
All Grades67.0%78.7%73.0%
Brown County6th89.6%96.0%92.7%
9th75.6%81.3%78.5%
12th30.2%52.1%41.8%
All Grades73.2%81.6%77.4%
Carlton County6th89.0%92.3%90.7%
9th70.9%84.0%77.7%
12th51.1%77.0%64.9%
All Grades71.9%84.9%78.7%
Carver County6th92.4%96.2%94.3%
9th64.2%80.4%72.3%
12th48.1%69.3%59.0%
All Grades71.3%83.8%77.6%
Cass County6th94.4%91.2%92.8%
9th66.4%71.9%69.3%
12th39.3%55.0%46.9%
All Grades66.7%73.3%70.1%
Chippewa County6th92.8%92.6%92.7%
9th80.2%78.9%79.5%
12th49.2%67.0%59.7%
All Grades76.6%77.7%77.2%
Chisago County6th88.4%96.1%92.3%
9th60.8%73.2%67.4%
12th40.9%53.7%47.4%
All Grades67.2%77.5%72.5%
Clay County6th91.1%92.6%91.8%
9th74.7%84.6%79.4%
12th51.0%69.1%60.3%
All Grades74.7%83.3%79.0%
Clearwater County6th96.2%96.3%96.2%
9th63.9%73.2%68.8%
12th50.0%86.8%69.4%
All Grades73.8%86.5%80.4%
Cook County6thN/AN/AN/A
9thN/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/A
Cottonwood County6th87.8%94.7%91.1%
9th67.0%75.9%71.3%
12th57.1%66.2%62.4%
All Grades72.1%78.8%75.5%
Crow Wing County6th88.3%96.7%92.5%
9th55.7%78.2%67.3%
12th46.4%65.8%56.0%
All Grades66.4%82.4%74.4%
Dakota County6th93.7%96.2%94.9%
9th74.2%84.0%79.3%
12th50.5%68.4%59.5%
All Grades74.6%84.1%79.5%
Dodge County6th93.8%93.9%93.8%
9th70.5%70.6%70.6%
12th42.9%79.2%60.7%
All Grades70.7%80.6%75.7%
Douglas County6th95.7%95.2%95.4%
9th83.5%82.9%83.2%
12th55.8%62.6%59.1%
All Grades80.0%81.9%80.9%
Faribault County6th85.2%96.8%91.5%
9th64.0%74.0%69.1%
12th57.6%50.8%54.3%
All Grades67.7%74.1%71.0%
Fillmore County6th86.4%92.3%89.5%
9th63.8%84.8%74.2%
12th45.3%59.3%52.7%
All Grades67.8%81.2%74.7%
Freeborn County6th88.8%95.8%92.2%
9th67.4%80.1%74.5%
12th46.8%60.0%52.7%
All Grades67.6%79.8%73.7%
Goodhue County6th92.3%96.0%94.2%
9th74.4%77.1%75.8%
12th41.7%71.2%56.2%
All Grades72.4%82.7%77.6%
Grant County6th93.1%100.0%96.4%
9th53.1%88.2%71.2%
12th30.8%68.6%52.5%
All Grades59.8%84.4%72.7%
Hennepin County6th90.8%94.4%92.6%
9th75.9%82.8%79.6%
12th53.8%70.4%63.0%
All Grades76.5%83.7%80.3%
Houston County6th93.4%98.9%96.3%
9th63.6%75.0%69.8%
12th34.6%47.2%41.2%
All Grades63.3%73.7%68.9%
Hubbard County6th91.1%93.8%92.5%
9th58.2%69.2%62.8%
12th44.4%63.3%53.0%
All Grades64.9%77.1%70.5%
Isanti County6th89.6%93.8%91.7%
9th63.3%74.1%68.8%
12th47.1%73.4%58.7%
All Grades69.3%81.6%75.3%
Itasca County6th91.1%93.7%92.3%
9th73.9%67.3%70.7%
12th54.1%68.3%61.5%
All Grades75.1%76.5%75.8%
Jackson County6th90.9%95.5%93.2%
9th57.1%79.2%68.0%
12th28.0%51.7%36.7%
All Grades57.3%78.5%67.0%
Kanabec County6th86.5%91.4%88.7%
9th60.5%76.9%68.6%
12th46.3%66.2%55.4%
All Grades65.2%78.2%71.2%
Kandiyohi County6th92.9%91.1%92.0%
9th78.9%76.9%78.0%
12th54.6%60.9%57.1%
All Grades78.3%79.7%78.9%
Kittson County6th88.0%100.0%94.2%
9th78.6%100.0%87.0%
12th34.6%55.2%45.5%
All Grades67.1%82.4%74.5%
Koochiching County6thN/AN/AN/A
9thN/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/A
Lac Qui Parle County6th96.4%98.1%97.2%
9th73.5%84.2%79.2%
12th41.1%59.3%50.4%
All Grades70.0%79.9%75.1%
Lake County6thN/AN/AN/A
9thN/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/A
Lake of the Woods County6thN/AN/AN/A
9thN/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/A
Le Sueur County6th90.8%99.2%95.1%
9th62.7%77.9%70.8%
12th49.4%62.1%56.3%
All Grades69.9%81.1%75.8%
Lincoln County6th93.3%93.8%93.5%
9th65.1%73.0%68.8%
12th36.4%59.0%48.6%
All Grades64.2%74.1%69.2%
Lyon County6th91.2%97.2%94.0%
9th74.5%82.8%79.1%
12th42.7%65.3%52.9%
All Grades68.0%81.3%74.6%
McLeod County6th89.5%94.4%92.0%
9th74.5%77.0%75.6%
12th45.4%63.8%54.5%
All Grades71.6%79.3%75.3%
Mahnomen County6th86.0%81.8%83.9%
9th56.8%79.5%68.4%
12th33.3%58.8%42.6%
All Grades61.8%77.0%69.0%
Marshall County6th93.3%92.2%92.7%
9th65.0%80.0%72.9%
12th46.7%52.6%49.4%
All Grades68.5%76.9%72.7%
Martin County6th88.5%97.8%93.0%
9th75.2%83.8%79.5%
12th45.1%63.7%54.9%
All Grades71.2%81.9%76.6%
Meeker County6th91.7%97.2%94.6%
9th66.3%81.0%74.0%
12th49.6%53.1%51.3%
All Grades70.0%79.5%75.0%
Mille Lacs County6th87.0%92.6%89.9%
9th61.2%69.2%65.4%
12th46.2%57.1%52.0%
All Grades67.0%74.4%70.9%
Morrison County6th89.7%97.2%93.2%
9th64.2%75.7%70.6%
12th49.0%66.5%58.2%
All Grades68.0%78.8%73.6%
Mower County6th94.8%96.6%95.7%
9th74.3%81.2%77.8%
12th53.9%72.5%63.3%
All Grades75.5%84.3%80.0%
Murray County6thN/AN/AN/A
9thN/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/A
Nicollet County6th89.7%97.1%93.2%
9th72.1%69.2%70.7%
12th46.8%61.1%54.5%
All Grades73.1%77.2%75.1%
Nobles County6th87.9%96.6%92.4%
9th74.0%85.5%80.2%
12th48.1%67.5%58.0%
All Grades72.0%84.9%78.8%
Norman County6th88.9%96.8%92.1%
9th80.0%88.2%83.8%
12th50.0%64.7%57.4%
All Grades74.8%82.8%78.4%
Olmsted County6th92.6%95.9%94.3%
9th80.0%82.0%81.1%
12th58.8%71.6%65.7%
All Grades79.8%84.8%82.4%
Otter Tail County6th92.7%95.3%93.9%
9th70.0%81.9%76.1%
12th38.3%70.6%54.4%
All Grades69.1%83.2%76.2%
Pennington County6th86.7%95.1%90.4%
9th76.5%83.5%80.5%
12th59.6%69.0%64.8%
All Grades75.5%82.1%79.0%
Pine County6th86.9%94.1%90.1%
9th58.0%79.1%68.4%
12th28.8%47.1%38.6%
All Grades64.7%76.5%70.4%
Pipestone County6th87.0%97.2%91.1%
9th74.0%84.4%79.8%
12th38.9%68.6%53.3%
All Grades66.5%82.1%74.1%
Polk County6th95.4%96.4%95.9%
9th66.9%74.8%70.9%
12th55.9%58.9%57.4%
All Grades73.5%77.4%75.5%
Pope County6thN/AN/AN/A
9thN/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/A
Ramsey County6th88.4%92.5%90.4%
9th72.0%80.6%76.6%
12th54.0%70.9%63.0%
All Grades74.0%82.2%78.2%
Red Lake County6th100.0%96.0%97.9%
9th78.6%81.8%80.0%
12th36.4%68.4%51.2%
All Grades72.2%83.3%77.5%
Redwood County6th85.5%91.4%88.6%
9th76.9%81.7%79.2%
12th36.8%61.4%49.1%
All Grades68.0%79.3%73.7%
Renville County6th84.1%97.0%89.6%
9th56.8%84.0%72.4%
12th39.3%64.9%53.3%
All Grades57.7%77.7%68.2%
Rice County6th92.9%93.3%93.1%
9th71.1%86.6%78.7%
12th46.1%76.1%62.5%
All Grades73.6%86.1%79.9%
Rock County6thN/AN/AN/A
9thN/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/A
Roseau County6th92.5%91.8%92.1%
9th67.0%75.0%70.6%
12th51.0%68.5%60.3%
All Grades70.5%78.5%74.5%
St. Louis County6th91.8%95.4%93.6%
9th66.5%76.0%71.4%
12th49.1%64.2%56.1%
All Grades70.0%79.7%74.8%
Scott County6th92.5%96.3%94.4%
9th75.2%82.4%78.9%
12th45.2%61.2%52.9%
All Grades73.7%82.6%78.2%
Sherburne County6th91.9%97.0%94.6%
9th72.7%81.3%77.0%
12th50.0%66.1%58.0%
All Grades73.7%83.4%78.6%
Sibley County6th92.3%98.0%95.1%
9th83.3%89.5%86.5%
12th60.3%73.2%66.1%
All Grades77.6%86.8%82.1%
Stearns County6th92.2%96.0%94.0%
9th71.7%79.5%75.6%
12th46.5%63.1%54.9%
All Grades71.5%80.1%75.7%
Steele County6th89.0%97.4%93.0%
9th74.9%83.0%79.1%
12th44.2%70.3%58.5%
All Grades73.0%84.4%78.8%
Stevens County6th100.0%100.0%100.0%
9th63.6%93.0%80.3%
12th60.7%75.8%68.9%
All Grades76.8%90.3%84.0%
Swift County6th95.2%100.0%97.5%
9th69.8%80.7%75.5%
12th34.0%58.3%46.9%
All Grades64.2%76.8%70.6%
Todd County6th95.2%93.8%94.4%
9th75.8%78.6%77.2%
12th58.1%77.5%67.5%
All Grades75.7%82.9%79.3%
Traverse County6thN/AN/A98.0%
9thN/AN/A69.0%
12thN/AN/A64.0%
All GradesN/AN/AN/A
Wabasha County6th90.3%96.1%93.0%
9th67.3%76.5%71.8%
12th34.3%51.5%43.0%
All Grades64.7%74.4%69.5%
Wadena County6th94.3%89.3%91.8%
9th73.0%81.1%77.8%
12th48.6%75.7%61.8%
All Grades73.2%82.3%78.0%
Waseca County6th87.3%96.6%92.9%
9th68.7%80.7%74.2%
12th51.2%60.6%56.2%
All Grades68.7%80.7%75.1%
Washington County6th94.2%97.1%95.7%
9th71.1%81.3%76.4%
12th48.9%66.9%58.0%
All Grades73.1%82.8%78.0%
Watonwan County6th87.1%90.3%88.6%
9th79.2%80.8%80.2%
12th33.3%66.0%49.5%
All Grades69.0%80.0%74.7%
Wilkin County6th88.9%100.0%94.2%
9th82.9%86.7%84.9%
12th64.4%65.4%64.9%
All Grades77.9%81.5%79.8%
Winona County6th92.1%94.0%93.0%
9th69.6%77.3%73.5%
12th44.7%65.9%56.2%
All Grades70.0%79.1%74.7%
Wright County6th93.4%95.4%94.4%
9th73.1%84.6%79.1%
12th54.8%68.0%61.4%
All Grades75.8%84.1%80.0%
Yellow Medicine County6th95.7%93.1%94.2%
9th63.9%66.7%65.3%
12th41.3%50.8%46.0%
All Grades64.1%69.8%67.0%

About the Indicator: Students were asked specifically how they thought their close friends would feel if they had 5 or more drinks of alcohol once or twice per week.  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.