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Youth Perceptions of Friends’ Disapproval of Alcohol Use

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Percent of Students Reporting They Think Their Friends Would Feel it Would be Wrong or Very Wrong if They Had One or Two Drinks of Alcohol Every Day, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

2013201620192022
TotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemale
Minnesota9th75.2%70.9%79.4%80.1%77.1%83.0%77.4%74.0%80.5%82.0%81.0%83.0%
Aitkin County9th65.9%67.2%64.6%73.3%80.4%67.8%71.4%63.3%78.8%59.4%50.0%66.7%
Anoka County9th76.4%72.8%79.6%80.7%78.6%82.6%77.4%73.8%80.4%83.7%83.8%83.6%
Becker County9th76.3%75.3%77.3%77.3%74.6%79.8%73.0%69.9%76.0%78.3%75.0%82.7%
Beltrami County9th68.1%64.2%72.1%74.7%72.6%77.0%66.1%58.4%72.9%69.9%66.3%73.8%
Benton County9th79.1%70.7%87.4%73.7%69.4%78.3%77.1%72.6%81.6%80.3%78.6%81.7%
Big Stone County9th66.7%69.7%63.3%******80.8%76.9%84.6%
Blue Earth County9th75.8%75.2%76.5%82.7%79.1%86.3%81.9%79.9%84.1%86.4%87.7%85.0%
Brown County9th67.6%57.5%76.5%75.9%70.6%81.7%69.7%69.4%70.1%75.6%67.3%85.4%
Carlton County9th76.8%72.1%81.1%81.4%80.7%82.0%75.9%73.5%78.3%82.6%83.3%81.9%
Carver County9th75.2%69.1%80.6%83.5%77.6%89.0%79.0%80.2%78.2%72.3%70.2%73.9%
Cass County9th60.0%56.8%63.2%68.2%69.7%66.7%61.0%54.1%67.9%71.1%78.0%62.9%
Chippewa County9thN/AN/AN/A***78.9%80.0%77.8%75.0%68.8%80.0%
Chisago County9th75.2%67.6%83.1%***74.6%70.5%77.9%72.0%67.5%75.9%
Clay County9th83.1%86.2%80.1%86.0%86.2%85.7%80.4%77.7%82.6%84.3%83.4%85.0%
Clearwater County9th72.2%66.7%79.5%69.2%67.7%71.4%******
Cook County9th61.5%61.1%61.9%***67.9%**72.0%75.0%69.2%
Cottonwood County9th86.7%75.5%100.0%75.5%66.7%84.8%74.0%70.2%78.8%76.4%78.9%73.5%
Crow Wing County9th78.8%73.3%84.0%***83.2%81.1%85.4%76.2%71.4%80.0%
Dakota County9th78.8%75.5%82.0%82.5%79.5%85.4%80.7%77.6%83.6%83.9%83.4%84.2%
Dodge County9th79.1%71.2%86.2%78.7%77.2%80.0%77.8%66.0%89.7%78.6%76.1%80.8%
Douglas County9th80.5%79.4%81.8%81.2%74.7%87.6%75.1%72.2%77.5%80.2%73.4%86.1%
Faribault County9th73.5%63.1%83.1%72.4%66.7%79.5%70.4%62.5%76.7%83.2%81.0%85.5%
Fillmore County9th67.0%56.4%77.8%75.7%64.6%85.9%***76.7%78.8%75.0%
Freeborn County9th69.5%70.5%68.8%71.8%68.7%75.3%76.5%77.3%75.9%81.0%78.7%83.0%
Goodhue County9th72.4%64.8%80.3%64.5%58.9%70.6%45.0%**79.8%79.7%80.0%
Grant County9th62.3%46.2%74.3%87.9%82.4%93.8%74.2%68.8%80.0%70.3%55.6%81.1%
Hennepin County9th79.2%76.1%82.1%84.1%81.9%86.2%81.6%79.1%83.7%85.4%84.3%86.4%
Houston County9th79.4%72.9%85.3%82.4%76.2%90.2%78.8%82.1%76.1%77.9%74.4%83.3%
Hubbard County9th75.2%61.4%84.6%63.6%55.2%70.1%66.2%43.1%81.0%76.2%76.8%75.6%
Isanti County9th70.1%67.6%72.6%73.2%68.1%78.0%68.2%59.7%75.7%79.1%84.8%73.6%
Itasca County9th65.6%56.1%75.3%66.0%61.7%69.8%74.9%74.7%75.1%77.9%73.6%80.3%
Jackson County9th71.6%63.2%82.2%70.2%67.5%72.7%61.4%53.1%75.7%73.6%80.6%66.7%
Kanabec County9th72.1%54.2%87.1%79.7%75.6%84.3%62.0%58.6%65.7%82.9%85.0%81.0%
Kandiyohi County9th75.9%68.8%82.8%75.1%66.9%83.7%80.1%78.8%81.5%84.4%84.0%84.9%
Kittson County9th73.7%74.1%73.3%47.1%37.5%55.6%70.8%*****
Koochiching County9th50.0%53.1%47.1%***61.2%**70.9%65.5%76.9%
Lac Qui Parle County9th71.1%63.4%80.0%79.5%75.0%83.8%79.7%83.3%74.1%83.7%77.6%91.9%
Lake County9th74.2%86.7%67.8%***60.2%60.4%60.0%***
Lake of the Woods County9th57.1%33.3%75.0%***67.6%**71.0%78.6%64.7%
Le Sueur County9th74.1%67.5%80.5%77.0%78.1%75.9%70.6%65.9%74.7%78.1%71.6%83.6%
Lincoln County9th59.0%54.2%66.7%***71.8%**73.8%70.0%77.3%
Lyon County9th73.8%61.7%86.7%76.5%69.3%84.0%84.6%79.8%89.2%87.6%88.2%86.9%
McLeod County9th81.3%57.1%100.0%******64.5%66.7%61.5%
Mahnomen County9th63.5%61.1%66.7%58.5%61.8%54.8%49.3%57.6%41.2%***
Marshall County9th77.9%73.8%81.1%91.5%83.9%97.5%58.6%*****
Martin County9th74.8%64.5%86.5%***68.8%56.9%75.9%80.2%72.7%85.5%
Meeker County9th72.6%67.8%78.0%77.2%74.3%80.4%77.4%**87.1%84.8%89.7%
Mille Lacs County9th73.4%72.1%74.9%69.6%60.1%77.9%73.1%71.1%74.8%75.0%74.4%76.0%
Morrison County9th74.3%73.1%75.4%78.8%68.2%90.6%68.1%60.8%75.0%73.9%74.8%73.6%
Mower County9th72.3%73.6%71.2%81.0%79.4%82.8%63.3%56.0%69.0%82.2%80.7%83.3%
Murray County9th73.9%60.0%88.2%73.7%68.3%80.0%74.2%51.5%97.0%74.1%72.0%75.8%
Nicollet County9th85.5%83.9%87.3%***70.9%64.4%76.5%78.1%79.5%75.8%
Nobles County9th64.3%59.1%69.2%79.3%80.6%77.6%77.1%80.2%74.4%***
Norman County9th82.7%77.8%87.2%80.3%83.9%76.7%******
Olmsted County9th75.9%66.4%85.6%80.6%76.7%84.0%79.4%75.2%83.2%85.4%83.2%87.3%
Otter Tail County9th79.3%74.2%84.1%80.3%81.4%79.2%70.8%67.1%73.9%82.7%77.4%87.4%
Pennington County9th65.0%63.0%67.1%***70.7%69.1%72.7%76.2%75.0%78.1%
Pine County9th59.0%54.5%62.8%74.6%64.0%85.4%60.7%58.4%63.1%76.3%77.6%74.6%
Pipestone County9th71.9%53.6%89.7%***67.3%**74.1%65.9%83.8%
Polk County9th74.4%63.7%83.6%75.9%69.2%83.3%76.7%74.0%79.3%79.8%82.1%77.3%
Pope County9th76.3%73.3%80.6%81.8%73.3%92.0%76.3%69.0%83.3%***
Ramsey County9th71.5%67.4%75.2%80.3%78.3%82.1%77.7%73.7%81.4%82.1%78.5%85.6%
Red Lake County9th57.6%65.6%48.1%75.0%78.3%71.4%72.2%72.0%72.4%65.4%68.4%57.1%
Redwood County9th70.8%59.7%84.3%79.2%79.7%78.8%81.7%76.6%86.6%77.1%78.0%75.9%
Renville County9th84.1%72.7%94.4%86.0%82.5%88.7%87.2%87.5%86.8%72.4%78.0%66.7%
Rice County9th79.4%78.6%80.3%86.2%87.1%85.4%78.7%77.9%79.5%83.9%83.8%84.2%
Rock County9th84.5%80.0%88.9%***69.6%59.6%84.4%***
Roseau County9th79.0%70.1%87.5%74.0%71.9%76.5%77.0%68.1%86.6%83.3%83.3%83.3%
St. Louis County9th70.4%64.5%75.9%78.4%75.9%80.9%73.7%70.7%76.5%75.9%76.2%75.9%
Scott County9th76.8%72.8%80.7%77.6%77.7%77.5%79.0%74.2%83.8%82.0%82.1%81.8%
Sherburne County9th72.2%65.4%78.5%76.9%74.4%79.4%75.7%73.7%77.5%82.0%82.2%81.8%
Sibley County9th71.4%66.7%77.1%72.5%66.0%78.2%75.8%65.6%85.7%78.8%77.8%79.6%
Stearns County9th75.0%71.0%78.9%80.9%75.9%85.9%76.2%71.1%80.4%84.4%84.6%84.2%
Steele County9th76.3%72.4%79.9%83.1%82.4%83.8%72.6%68.5%76.7%77.0%71.2%80.5%
Stevens County9th79.3%71.4%90.9%82.7%82.9%82.4%57.1%**79.7%81.8%77.8%
Swift County9th62.3%57.7%66.7%*********
Todd County9th66.7%52.4%77.0%73.9%66.0%82.8%63.9%52.8%74.5%67.7%63.9%73.1%
Traverse County9th87.0%91.7%81.8%***73.1%*****
Wabasha County9th82.1%78.6%85.3%74.3%68.8%78.9%77.9%79.0%76.9%82.1%78.9%85.0%
Wadena County9th79.6%75.8%82.6%80.9%76.2%84.9%84.3%86.0%82.8%81.7%87.2%77.4%
Waseca County9th80.6%79.1%82.3%70.9%64.1%78.0%65.7%60.6%71.4%80.1%83.3%76.7%
Washington County9th73.1%68.4%77.7%79.8%77.3%82.0%78.3%75.5%80.9%85.4%84.5%86.3%
Watonwan County9th72.7%71.4%73.8%72.6%63.2%82.1%71.7%64.7%79.2%62.3%63.6%61.4%
Wilkin County9th73.1%50.0%87.5%81.4%77.1%86.8%76.6%**69.6%63.6%75.0%
Winona County9th76.1%73.1%79.0%81.0%79.6%82.4%78.3%72.3%84.4%74.6%72.3%77.9%
Wright County9th78.7%74.7%82.6%85.5%80.9%90.3%79.8%77.1%82.4%83.4%84.1%82.6%
Yellow Medicine County9th63.8%62.8%64.9%76.3%71.4%81.6%76.1%78.4%74.5%74.4%64.9%81.6%

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 if they had five or more drinks of alcohol, 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 drink one or two drinks of alcohol nearly every day. 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.