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Youth Perceptions of Friends’ Disapproval of Other Drug Use

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Percent of Students Reporting that they Believe their Close Friends Would Disapprove or Greatly Disapprove if they Used Other Drugs Once or Twice a Week, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

2007
MaleFemaleTotal
Minnesota6th93.6%96.1%94.9%
9th85.4%91.3%88.4%
12th81.7%91.7%86.8%
All Grades87.4%93.1%90.3%
Aitkin County6th94.4%93.3%93.9%
9th91.7%88.6%90.0%
12th92.3%93.6%92.9%
All Grades92.9%91.5%92.2%
Anoka County6th94.6%96.6%95.6%
9th85.1%90.9%88.2%
12th79.7%90.9%85.7%
All Grades87.7%93.0%90.5%
Becker County6th92.2%95.9%93.9%
9th89.3%93.5%91.6%
12th83.0%95.7%89.1%
All Grades88.7%94.8%91.8%
Beltrami County6th92.5%90.3%91.3%
9th83.2%84.5%83.9%
12th83.0%87.0%84.9%
All Grades85.1%86.5%85.8%
Benton County6th93.3%97.2%95.3%
9th90.9%94.2%92.6%
12th85.1%94.3%89.7%
All Grades89.8%95.3%92.6%
Big Stone County6thN/AN/A100.0%
9thN/AN/A89.0%
12thN/AN/A92.0%
All GradesN/AN/AN/A
Blue Earth County6th95.4%96.9%96.2%
9th85.8%92.7%89.2%
12th81.9%89.3%85.6%
All Grades86.8%92.7%89.8%
Brown County6th93.4%97.0%95.1%
9th93.5%93.8%93.6%
12th86.0%93.6%90.0%
All Grades91.8%95.4%93.6%
Carlton County6th92.9%93.2%93.0%
9th86.8%91.8%89.4%
12th83.0%92.5%88.0%
All Grades87.9%92.5%90.3%
Carver County6th93.9%97.7%95.8%
9th78.6%91.0%84.8%
12th79.8%91.0%85.6%
All Grades84.6%93.5%89.1%
Cass County6th93.5%93.0%93.2%
9th86.7%86.3%86.5%
12th72.0%86.0%78.7%
All Grades84.2%88.3%86.3%
Chippewa County6th95.2%94.4%94.9%
9th91.2%93.6%92.5%
12th81.0%94.3%88.7%
All Grades89.9%94.0%92.0%
Chisago County6th91.9%97.4%94.7%
9th79.8%89.4%84.9%
12th84.6%92.6%88.7%
All Grades85.8%93.2%89.6%
Clay County6th94.6%93.6%94.1%
9th87.4%92.1%89.6%
12th82.5%94.3%88.6%
All Grades88.8%93.3%91.1%
Clearwater County6th98.1%98.1%98.1%
9th75.0%92.5%84.2%
12th85.3%100.0%93.1%
All Grades87.7%97.0%92.5%
Cook County6thN/AN/AN/A
9thN/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/A
Cottonwood County6th92.7%93.4%93.0%
9th84.8%91.5%87.9%
12th82.1%93.5%88.7%
All Grades87.0%92.8%89.9%
Crow Wing County6th92.0%97.7%94.8%
9th80.3%93.4%87.0%
12th87.0%93.6%90.2%
All Grades86.9%95.2%91.1%
Dakota County6th95.0%96.6%95.8%
9th87.3%92.0%89.7%
12th79.9%91.3%85.6%
All Grades88.0%93.4%90.8%
Dodge County6th97.6%95.6%96.7%
9th85.7%87.5%86.7%
12th72.4%91.1%81.6%
All Grades86.0%91.1%88.6%
Douglas County6th97.1%94.4%95.8%
9th89.9%92.1%90.9%
12th87.6%93.5%90.5%
All Grades91.7%93.4%92.5%
Faribault County6th88.9%98.4%94.0%
9th84.0%93.6%88.9%
12th89.4%82.0%85.8%
All Grades87.2%91.5%89.4%
Fillmore County6th93.8%94.5%94.2%
9th87.5%96.3%91.9%
12th90.4%91.5%91.0%
All Grades90.6%94.3%92.6%
Freeborn County6th94.3%95.0%94.6%
9th88.2%93.9%91.4%
12th88.1%91.1%89.4%
All Grades90.1%93.5%91.8%
Goodhue County6th93.3%95.6%94.5%
9th87.8%93.9%90.9%
12th80.8%96.6%88.5%
All Grades88.0%95.2%91.6%
Grant County6th96.6%100.0%98.2%
9th90.6%97.1%93.9%
12th84.6%100.0%93.4%
All Grades90.8%99.0%95.1%
Hennepin County6th91.7%95.3%93.5%
9th83.2%90.2%86.9%
12th80.6%91.0%86.3%
All Grades85.9%92.2%89.3%
Houston County6th94.7%100.0%97.5%
9th80.8%89.6%85.5%
12th80.2%85.4%82.9%
All Grades84.7%91.4%88.3%
Hubbard County6th94.7%94.9%94.8%
9th88.0%93.8%90.4%
12th77.0%84.7%80.5%
All Grades86.8%91.6%89.0%
Isanti County6th94.0%93.8%93.9%
9th80.9%88.7%84.9%
12th79.0%95.8%86.4%
All Grades85.4%92.2%88.7%
Itasca County6th93.5%96.5%94.9%
9th84.5%84.6%84.5%
12th88.3%91.9%90.2%
All Grades88.8%90.7%89.7%
Jackson County6th95.5%95.3%95.4%
9th73.5%93.8%83.5%
12th76.0%93.1%82.3%
All Grades81.1%94.2%87.1%
Kanabec County6th92.1%94.1%93.0%
9th87.7%94.9%91.2%
12th85.0%94.2%89.3%
All Grades88.4%94.4%91.2%
Kandiyohi County6th94.6%96.2%95.4%
9th85.8%93.4%89.5%
12th89.0%91.3%89.9%
All Grades89.7%94.1%91.8%
Kittson County6th88.0%100.0%94.2%
9th92.9%100.0%95.7%
12th84.6%89.7%87.3%
All Grades88.6%95.9%92.2%
Koochiching County6thN/AN/AN/A
9thN/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/A
Lac Qui Parle County6th96.4%96.2%96.3%
9th91.8%100.0%96.2%
12th89.3%94.9%92.2%
All Grades92.5%97.0%94.8%
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 County6th92.3%100.0%96.2%
9th84.7%87.6%86.2%
12th85.4%99.0%92.6%
All Grades87.8%95.0%91.6%
Lincoln County6th100.0%90.0%95.0%
9th95.3%94.6%95.0%
12th87.9%92.3%90.3%
All Grades94.3%92.5%93.4%
Lyon County6th95.2%98.1%96.6%
9th87.6%93.7%91.0%
12th82.7%91.1%86.5%
All Grades88.1%94.1%91.1%
McLeod County6th92.8%96.8%94.8%
9th92.6%90.0%91.4%
12th74.4%90.6%82.4%
All Grades88.0%92.4%90.1%
Mahnomen County6th85.7%93.2%89.5%
9th81.1%92.3%86.8%
12th80.0%88.2%83.0%
All Grades82.6%92.0%87.1%
Marshall County6th97.8%94.0%95.8%
9th87.2%93.3%90.5%
12th84.4%97.4%90.4%
All Grades90.0%94.7%92.4%
Martin County6th92.7%97.8%95.2%
9th86.3%94.9%90.6%
12th79.3%86.8%83.2%
All Grades86.4%93.3%89.9%
Meeker County6th93.6%98.3%96.1%
9th87.2%94.0%90.8%
12th85.5%89.3%87.4%
All Grades88.8%94.3%91.7%
Mille Lacs County6th93.8%90.4%92.1%
9th79.7%88.6%84.4%
12th85.5%90.2%88.0%
All Grades86.3%89.7%88.1%
Morrison County6th93.5%99.3%96.3%
9th83.6%92.6%88.6%
12th82.4%92.5%87.8%
All Grades86.6%94.5%90.7%
Mower County6th94.2%95.4%94.8%
9th87.7%93.7%90.7%
12th79.7%95.4%87.6%
All Grades87.6%94.8%91.3%
Murray County6thN/AN/AN/A
9thN/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/A
Nicollet County6th93.6%100.0%96.6%
9th92.6%81.5%87.2%
12th76.6%90.7%84.2%
All Grades89.1%91.0%90.1%
Nobles County6th89.6%96.6%93.3%
9th90.0%93.2%91.7%
12th82.1%90.4%86.3%
All Grades87.7%93.8%90.9%
Norman County6th93.2%96.8%94.7%
9th92.5%87.9%90.4%
12th85.3%91.2%88.2%
All Grades90.7%91.8%91.2%
Olmsted County6th94.8%96.2%95.5%
9th87.8%91.3%89.7%
12th81.0%92.6%87.2%
All Grades89.0%93.6%91.4%
Otter Tail County6th94.7%96.6%95.6%
9th88.2%96.2%92.4%
12th80.5%93.8%87.1%
All Grades88.4%95.7%92.0%
Pennington County6th94.7%98.4%96.3%
9th91.2%92.2%91.8%
12th87.7%91.5%89.8%
All Grades91.5%93.7%92.7%
Pine County6th94.3%97.0%95.5%
9th85.2%91.9%88.5%
12th76.3%93.9%85.6%
All Grades87.4%94.5%90.8%
Pipestone County6th94.4%97.2%95.6%
9th92.2%90.6%91.3%
12th92.6%96.1%94.3%
All Grades93.1%94.0%93.5%
Polk County6th94.7%97.8%96.3%
9th84.4%89.9%87.2%
12th82.9%93.5%88.5%
All Grades87.5%93.8%90.8%
Pope County6thN/AN/AN/A
9thN/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/A
Ramsey County6th90.4%94.5%92.4%
9th82.3%89.8%86.3%
12th79.4%91.1%85.7%
All Grades84.8%91.8%88.4%
Red Lake County6th100.0%100.0%100.0%
9th85.7%90.9%88.0%
12th86.4%94.7%90.2%
All Grades90.3%95.5%92.8%
Redwood County6th93.5%94.4%94.0%
9th87.2%95.8%91.3%
12th89.5%91.2%90.4%
All Grades89.8%94.0%91.9%
Renville County6th88.6%97.0%92.2%
9th81.1%92.0%87.4%
12th73.3%90.5%82.8%
All Grades80.1%92.4%86.6%
Rice County6th95.2%94.6%94.9%
9th86.3%95.5%90.8%
12th83.6%92.9%88.7%
All Grades89.1%94.5%91.8%
Rock County6thN/AN/AN/A
9thN/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/A
Roseau County6th94.3%93.6%94.0%
9th86.1%93.7%89.5%
12th86.7%89.3%88.1%
All Grades89.0%92.1%90.6%
St. Louis County6th93.7%97.5%95.6%
9th82.9%90.6%86.8%
12th82.4%91.9%86.8%
All Grades86.5%93.4%89.9%
Scott County6th94.5%97.3%95.9%
9th86.6%90.2%88.5%
12th79.0%92.2%85.4%
All Grades87.6%93.4%90.5%
Sherburne County6th95.6%97.4%96.5%
9th85.5%90.2%87.9%
12th85.0%91.1%88.0%
All Grades88.9%93.1%91.0%
Sibley County6th94.2%98.0%96.1%
9th88.9%94.7%91.9%
12th89.7%98.2%93.5%
All Grades90.6%96.7%93.6%
Stearns County6th95.2%96.8%96.0%
9th88.6%91.7%90.1%
12th83.8%92.2%88.1%
All Grades89.5%93.5%91.5%
Steele County6th92.8%98.4%95.5%
9th90.2%92.2%91.2%
12th87.5%93.5%90.8%
All Grades90.6%94.7%92.7%
Stevens County6th97.4%100.0%98.6%
9th97.0%97.7%97.4%
12th89.3%90.9%90.2%
All Grades94.9%96.4%95.7%
Swift County6th97.6%100.0%98.8%
9th92.5%91.4%91.9%
12th66.0%95.0%81.4%
All Grades84.5%94.9%89.8%
Todd County6th95.2%95.5%95.4%
9th90.6%92.4%91.5%
12th93.9%95.5%94.7%
All Grades93.0%94.3%93.6%
Traverse County6thN/AN/A100.0%
9thN/AN/A97.0%
12thN/AN/A95.0%
All GradesN/AN/AN/A
Wabasha County6th92.3%96.9%94.4%
9th86.5%89.5%88.0%
12th76.1%84.4%80.3%
All Grades85.2%90.1%87.6%
Wadena County6th95.4%94.1%94.8%
9th85.5%93.8%90.4%
12th87.8%92.9%90.3%
All Grades89.9%93.6%91.9%
Waseca County6th89.6%97.5%94.4%
9th81.8%90.5%85.8%
12th84.5%93.6%89.3%
All Grades85.0%94.3%89.9%
Washington County6th95.7%98.0%96.9%
9th85.1%91.3%88.3%
12th81.7%93.0%87.4%
All Grades88.0%94.1%91.1%
Watonwan County6th88.6%87.1%87.9%
9th88.7%90.4%89.7%
12th78.4%84.0%81.2%
All Grades85.6%87.6%86.6%
Wilkin County6th94.4%100.0%97.1%
9th90.2%93.5%92.0%
12th95.6%96.2%95.9%
All Grades93.4%96.2%94.9%
Winona County6th94.9%95.6%95.2%
9th82.7%92.3%87.5%
12th68.4%87.7%78.9%
All Grades82.6%91.9%87.4%
Wright County6th94.5%95.9%95.2%
9th86.4%94.3%90.5%
12th84.5%92.9%88.7%
All Grades89.0%94.5%91.8%
Yellow Medicine County6th97.8%100.0%99.0%
9th90.3%92.1%91.2%
12th85.7%95.1%90.3%
All Grades90.6%95.6%93.2%

About the Indicator: Students were asked specifically how they thought their close friends would feel if they used other drugs once or twice a 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.