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Percent of Students Reporting They Strongly Agree or Agree That Parents and Other Adults Should Clearly Communicate with Their Children about the Importance of Not Using Alcohol, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

2013
FemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota8th85.8%84.2%85.0%
9th82.6%80.1%81.4%
11th80.1%74.7%77.5%
All Grades83.0%79.8%81.5%
Aitkin County8th91.7%90.1%90.8%
9th81.5%86.2%83.7%
11th80.8%77.3%79.2%
All Grades84.7%85.5%85.1%
Anoka County8th83.9%82.0%82.9%
9th80.7%77.4%79.2%
11th79.4%72.2%76.0%
All Grades81.6%78.1%79.9%
Becker County8th89.5%78.9%84.1%
9th78.7%85.1%82.0%
11th84.7%77.2%80.8%
All Grades84.6%80.5%82.5%
Beltrami County8th89.6%86.3%88.0%
9th78.1%76.7%77.4%
11th81.2%78.5%79.9%
All Grades83.1%80.6%81.8%
Benton County8th90.6%85.1%88.2%
9th89.0%91.0%90.0%
11th87.3%76.3%82.1%
All Grades89.0%84.9%87.1%
Big Stone County8th90.0%90.9%90.4%
9th70.0%84.8%77.8%
11th81.8%78.6%80.0%
All Grades80.6%83.5%82.1%
Blue Earth County8th90.0%86.3%88.2%
9th84.8%82.0%83.4%
11th86.2%83.2%84.9%
All Grades87.1%83.9%85.5%
Brown County8th84.6%82.1%83.3%
9th83.7%71.6%78.0%
11th83.0%77.2%80.0%
All Grades83.8%77.3%80.6%
Carlton County8th90.4%83.8%87.2%
9th84.4%82.8%83.7%
11th85.4%74.7%80.0%
All Grades86.8%80.6%83.8%
Carver County8th89.2%79.1%84.2%
9th81.8%80.7%81.3%
11th81.6%77.3%79.5%
All Grades84.0%79.1%81.6%
Cass County8th85.1%85.4%85.2%
9th89.8%86.0%87.9%
11th74.2%80.6%77.4%
All Grades83.8%84.3%84.1%
Chippewa County8thN/AN/AN/A
9thN/AN/AN/A
11thN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/A
Chisago County8th84.4%80.7%82.7%
9th81.2%76.2%78.7%
11th75.7%69.9%72.9%
All Grades80.8%75.9%78.5%
Clay County8th85.4%84.4%84.9%
9th85.2%86.2%85.7%
11th76.9%74.2%75.7%
All Grades82.6%82.0%82.3%
Clearwater County8th95.7%75.0%86.2%
9th79.5%78.8%79.1%
11th76.0%69.6%72.9%
All Grades85.6%75.7%80.5%
Cook County8th83.3%61.5%74.2%
9th76.2%72.2%74.4%
11th100.0%78.6%87.5%
All Grades83.7%71.1%77.7%
Cottonwood County8th93.0%87.0%89.9%
9th87.5%83.7%85.4%
11th88.6%85.5%86.7%
All Grades89.8%85.3%87.3%
Crow Wing County8th79.0%78.1%78.6%
9th78.3%73.3%75.9%
11th78.5%65.2%71.6%
All Grades78.7%72.9%75.9%
Dakota County8th86.3%84.6%85.5%
9th84.9%82.3%83.6%
11th80.5%77.0%78.8%
All Grades83.9%81.4%82.7%
Dodge County8th83.8%88.4%85.9%
9th84.8%81.5%83.2%
11th85.6%70.8%78.5%
All Grades84.6%80.9%82.9%
Douglas County8th89.6%83.9%86.8%
9th84.4%77.6%80.8%
11th79.5%68.3%74.7%
All Grades84.5%77.1%80.9%
Faribault County8th84.9%77.8%81.0%
9th82.4%75.4%78.9%
11th73.5%70.0%71.6%
All Grades80.6%74.5%77.4%
Fillmore County8th93.3%81.8%87.9%
9th86.8%81.8%84.3%
11th89.1%66.7%76.1%
All Grades90.2%76.6%83.2%
Freeborn County8th86.9%85.7%86.3%
9th84.8%80.0%82.9%
11th82.7%70.8%75.8%
All Grades84.9%78.5%81.8%
Goodhue County8th82.6%89.8%85.8%
9th86.8%76.6%81.5%
11th84.5%76.8%80.4%
All Grades84.3%81.4%82.9%
Grant County8th83.3%85.3%84.5%
9th88.6%80.8%85.2%
11th80.0%84.0%81.8%
All Grades84.3%83.5%83.9%
Hennepin County8th86.6%87.1%86.9%
9th82.9%81.3%82.1%
11th80.8%75.3%78.1%
All Grades83.6%81.6%82.6%
Houston County8th84.0%81.4%82.8%
9th86.3%85.7%86.0%
11th75.3%73.5%74.3%
All Grades81.7%79.3%80.5%
Hubbard County8th76.7%80.3%78.2%
9th89.2%77.8%84.5%
11th82.5%83.3%82.9%
All Grades82.2%80.8%81.6%
Isanti County8th82.8%81.3%82.1%
9th75.2%73.3%74.2%
11th82.0%66.2%75.4%
All Grades80.1%75.7%78.0%
Itasca County8th87.9%82.8%85.4%
9th82.6%77.8%80.2%
11th84.8%70.9%78.6%
All Grades85.1%78.1%81.7%
Jackson County8th96.2%88.4%92.7%
9th86.7%75.4%80.4%
11th74.1%75.9%75.0%
All Grades85.5%79.2%82.4%
Kanabec County8th82.7%79.7%81.3%
9th74.3%72.9%73.6%
11th73.5%78.5%76.3%
All Grades77.5%77.3%77.4%
Kandiyohi County8th81.2%82.7%82.0%
9th91.3%85.7%88.5%
11th80.5%74.7%77.2%
All Grades84.9%81.0%82.8%
Kittson County8th95.7%66.7%81.8%
9th72.4%92.3%81.8%
11th78.9%76.2%77.5%
All Grades81.7%79.4%80.6%
Koochiching County8th84.4%81.8%83.3%
9th82.4%75.0%78.8%
11th65.2%82.8%75.0%
All Grades79.4%79.8%79.6%
Lac Qui Parle County8th94.7%87.9%91.5%
9th76.5%80.5%78.7%
11th73.5%71.4%72.6%
All Grades82.1%80.4%81.3%
Lake County8th82.9%90.3%86.4%
9th72.4%80.0%75.0%
11th90.0%62.2%71.9%
All Grades78.8%76.5%77.7%
Lake of the Woods County8th88.9%60.0%70.8%
9th66.7%50.0%60.0%
11th75.0%75.0%75.0%
All Grades75.7%62.9%69.4%
Le Sueur County8th90.9%81.3%87.0%
9th85.6%81.3%83.5%
11th72.0%69.1%70.4%
All Grades83.5%76.8%80.3%
Lincoln County8th87.0%83.3%85.7%
9th80.0%87.5%84.6%
11th56.5%68.4%61.9%
All Grades73.8%80.0%76.7%
Lyon County8th86.4%84.0%85.0%
9th91.2%83.2%87.1%
11th88.4%82.0%85.3%
All Grades89.1%83.1%86.0%
McLeod County8th63.2%90.9%73.3%
9th77.8%100.0%87.5%
11th75.0%50.0%61.5%
All Grades70.0%75.0%72.2%
Mahnomen County8th75.9%100.0%86.3%
9th85.7%76.3%80.3%
11th70.8%72.2%71.4%
All Grades77.8%82.1%79.9%
Marshall County8th88.9%92.3%90.7%
9th84.9%83.3%84.2%
11th88.4%79.2%83.5%
All Grades87.1%84.5%85.8%
Martin County8th84.9%80.3%82.8%
9th81.3%78.0%79.5%
11th70.0%77.1%73.3%
All Grades78.7%78.3%78.5%
Meeker County8th88.6%87.9%88.3%
9th80.0%79.1%79.5%
11th83.1%83.8%83.5%
All Grades84.4%83.7%84.0%
Mille Lacs County8th88.0%86.2%87.1%
9th79.8%77.7%78.7%
11th78.7%69.3%74.1%
All Grades82.3%78.3%80.3%
Morrison County8th86.6%81.5%84.1%
9th84.2%78.9%81.5%
11th77.7%76.1%76.9%
All Grades83.3%79.1%81.2%
Mower County8th84.6%83.3%84.0%
9th81.9%82.4%82.1%
11th83.7%79.6%81.4%
All Grades83.5%81.9%82.7%
Murray County8th94.9%93.5%94.3%
9th91.2%88.6%89.9%
11th89.5%86.2%88.1%
All Grades91.9%89.5%90.8%
Nicollet County8th85.5%91.5%88.2%
9th85.5%90.3%88.0%
11th93.9%85.5%89.4%
All Grades88.1%89.0%88.5%
Nobles County8th87.5%89.4%88.4%
9th87.9%86.1%87.1%
11th81.8%74.4%78.3%
All Grades86.1%84.1%85.1%
Norman County8th94.6%90.0%92.5%
9th92.3%97.2%94.7%
11th86.7%90.0%88.3%
All Grades91.5%92.7%92.1%
Olmsted County8th84.5%88.1%86.4%
9th85.7%82.3%84.0%
11th77.3%72.3%74.4%
All Grades83.4%82.6%83.0%
Otter Tail County8th88.7%84.3%86.6%
9th84.4%79.7%82.1%
11th83.0%82.2%82.6%
All Grades85.6%82.1%83.9%
Pennington County8th87.7%92.2%89.7%
9th76.5%78.4%77.5%
11th73.3%73.1%73.2%
All Grades80.4%81.6%81.0%
Pine County8th78.6%79.2%78.9%
9th76.6%70.0%73.5%
11th74.8%70.1%72.4%
All Grades76.6%73.3%75.0%
Pipestone County8th91.7%69.7%78.9%
9th96.6%75.0%86.0%
11th61.5%66.7%64.2%
All Grades83.5%70.5%76.6%
Polk County8th88.1%88.8%88.4%
9th89.9%81.3%86.0%
11th81.3%85.1%83.3%
All Grades86.9%84.8%85.9%
Pope County8th84.4%90.0%87.5%
9th93.5%84.4%88.2%
11th68.6%83.9%75.8%
All Grades81.6%86.2%84.1%
Ramsey County8th81.4%81.3%81.4%
9th80.4%79.4%79.9%
11th79.2%75.7%77.5%
All Grades80.3%78.7%79.5%
Red Lake County8th83.3%80.0%81.8%
9th77.8%71.9%74.6%
11th96.0%73.9%85.4%
All Grades85.5%74.7%80.1%
Redwood County8th85.7%79.6%82.5%
9th88.2%78.3%82.9%
11th80.9%71.2%75.5%
All Grades85.0%76.3%80.3%
Renville County8th86.0%84.0%85.3%
9th88.9%81.8%85.5%
11th100.0%79.2%90.9%
All Grades90.9%81.7%87.0%
Rice County8th88.8%82.3%85.5%
9th81.7%87.2%84.5%
11th84.2%84.0%84.1%
All Grades85.1%84.4%84.7%
Rock County8th88.4%87.8%88.1%
9th83.8%82.9%83.3%
11th94.1%73.7%83.3%
All Grades88.6%81.6%85.1%
Roseau County8th85.1%91.3%89.0%
9th88.8%86.8%87.8%
11th78.9%67.9%73.2%
All Grades84.3%82.1%83.1%
St. Louis County8th86.5%83.3%85.0%
9th81.0%79.5%80.3%
11th82.2%77.0%79.8%
All Grades83.2%80.2%81.7%
Scott County8th85.0%82.6%83.8%
9th82.0%77.9%80.0%
11th79.3%75.2%77.2%
All Grades82.3%78.7%80.5%
Sherburne County8th87.4%82.8%85.0%
9th80.5%77.8%79.2%
11th77.0%69.8%73.3%
All Grades81.9%77.2%79.5%
Sibley County8th84.0%72.9%78.6%
9th81.3%82.1%81.7%
11th67.9%69.4%68.6%
All Grades77.5%75.2%76.3%
Stearns County8th86.0%85.0%85.5%
9th83.2%81.4%82.3%
11th79.2%71.6%75.6%
All Grades82.7%79.2%81.0%
Steele County8th83.5%81.4%82.5%
9th81.3%76.0%78.7%
11th76.6%70.8%74.0%
All Grades80.7%76.5%78.7%
Stevens County8th91.8%82.6%87.4%
9th75.8%73.5%74.4%
11th73.9%70.6%72.5%
All Grades82.9%76.8%79.7%
Swift County8th91.7%91.2%91.4%
9th81.5%76.9%79.2%
11th92.0%81.6%85.7%
All Grades88.6%83.7%86.0%
Todd County8th80.4%75.3%77.9%
9th83.5%76.8%80.7%
11th76.3%74.4%75.5%
All Grades80.1%75.5%78.1%
Traverse County8th80.0%77.3%78.4%
9th81.8%91.7%87.0%
11th77.8%87.5%80.8%
All Grades79.5%83.3%81.4%
Wabasha County8th91.0%88.9%90.1%
9th90.4%86.6%88.6%
11th79.6%74.2%77.2%
All Grades85.9%82.0%84.1%
Wadena County8th92.8%91.0%92.0%
9th94.1%82.5%89.2%
11th74.3%76.7%75.4%
All Grades88.1%84.1%86.3%
Waseca County8th91.6%79.2%85.6%
9th83.5%78.4%80.8%
11th73.5%61.8%67.9%
All Grades82.9%73.4%78.2%
Washington County8th84.3%82.0%83.2%
9th79.7%75.9%77.8%
11th79.5%70.8%75.2%
All Grades81.2%76.4%78.9%
Watonwan County8th85.1%80.6%83.3%
9th78.6%67.6%73.7%
11th88.2%80.5%84.0%
All Grades83.7%76.4%80.3%
Wilkin County8th82.1%80.0%81.2%
9th81.3%73.3%78.2%
11th81.0%73.5%77.6%
All Grades81.4%75.5%78.9%
Winona County8th79.1%89.5%84.4%
9th81.8%82.2%82.0%
11th77.3%73.1%75.2%
All Grades79.6%82.1%80.9%
Wright County8th87.7%85.7%86.7%
9th81.7%78.5%80.1%
11th79.6%69.3%74.4%
All Grades83.3%78.2%80.7%
Yellow Medicine County8th89.3%83.3%86.5%
9th78.4%81.0%79.7%
11th93.5%75.6%85.1%
All Grades87.4%79.4%83.5%

About the Indicator: This question was new to the 2013 Minnesota Student Survey. Other response options included: "neither agree nor disagree", "disagree", and "strongly disagree."

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.