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Youths Perception of Parents' or Guardians' Disapproval of Alcohol Use

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Percent of Students Reporting Their Parents Would Think It's Very Wrong or Wrong for Them to Have One or Two Drinks of an Alcohol Beverage Nearly Every Day, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

2013201620192022
FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota9th93.9%89.2%91.6%93.3%89.3%91.3%93.4%88.6%91.1%91.6%87.8%89.8%
Aitkin County9th91.0%81.0%86.2%86.4%85.1%85.8%93.9%80.0%87.3%83.3%80.0%81.8%
Anoka County9th95.5%90.5%93.2%96.0%91.5%93.8%92.6%87.0%90.0%93.6%89.0%91.5%
Becker County9th92.0%93.3%92.7%91.5%83.2%87.5%97.3%86.0%91.8%88.5%85.1%86.6%
Beltrami County9th91.9%87.9%89.9%85.3%85.6%85.5%91.3%86.7%89.1%86.4%82.8%84.5%
Benton County9th93.4%93.3%93.3%91.4%87.5%89.4%94.2%85.6%89.9%89.6%89.4%89.5%
Big Stone County9th93.3%97.0%95.2%******92.3%88.5%90.4%
Blue Earth County9th93.9%89.4%91.6%96.1%91.5%93.8%95.6%91.6%93.5%90.1%92.1%91.1%
Brown County9th92.1%82.2%87.4%93.6%90.9%92.2%89.0%83.8%86.5%95.2%92.2%93.5%
Carlton County9th97.3%87.7%92.7%93.3%92.6%92.9%93.7%93.4%93.6%90.1%84.8%87.5%
Carver County9th97.7%92.8%95.4%95.0%91.5%93.3%88.0%90.2%88.9%91.3%83.0%87.2%
Cass County9th93.2%83.1%88.1%92.5%84.6%88.5%89.9%83.5%86.7%82.4%95.1%89.3%
Chippewa County9thN/AN/AN/A***90.4%96.0%93.2%81.0%87.5%83.8%
Chisago County9th94.3%85.3%89.7%***92.5%81.9%87.8%87.5%81.3%84.6%
Clay County9th92.7%91.7%92.2%92.1%89.0%90.4%93.4%90.6%92.2%91.1%92.3%91.5%
Clearwater County9th97.4%92.2%94.4%88.1%83.9%85.6%******
Cook County9th95.2%88.9%92.3%*****89.3%76.9%76.9%76.9%
Cottonwood County9th97.6%83.7%90.0%93.5%81.3%87.2%95.5%87.1%90.8%91.8%87.7%89.6%
Crow Wing County9th93.8%93.2%93.5%***93.1%92.9%93.0%88.2%84.6%86.5%
Dakota County9th95.1%91.9%93.5%94.0%90.7%92.4%95.1%90.3%92.8%91.8%87.9%90.0%
Dodge County9th92.8%85.5%89.3%92.0%93.0%92.5%92.8%80.6%86.7%86.4%86.0%86.2%
Douglas County9th96.4%94.1%95.2%95.4%89.3%92.4%91.3%90.2%90.8%93.8%86.3%90.4%
Faribault County9th95.7%92.3%94.1%88.6%83.3%85.7%90.2%83.3%87.2%90.6%81.3%85.9%
Fillmore County9th92.6%78.2%85.3%97.2%78.5%88.2%***95.1%97.0%95.9%
Freeborn County9th88.2%70.5%81.2%91.0%85.0%87.8%94.8%87.4%91.2%94.0%92.1%93.1%
Goodhue County9th92.7%85.8%89.2%88.2%79.5%83.6%**80.0%89.7%88.8%89.2%
Grant County9th88.6%84.6%86.9%87.5%88.2%87.9%86.7%90.6%88.7%97.3%70.4%85.9%
Hennepin County9th94.9%93.0%94.0%94.2%90.9%92.6%94.1%89.1%91.8%92.6%89.0%90.9%
Houston County9th92.6%85.9%89.4%93.9%83.8%88.2%86.5%89.4%87.8%87.9%73.5%80.0%
Hubbard County9th90.8%82.2%87.3%87.4%82.9%85.4%85.0%71.2%79.5%88.9%82.6%86.0%
Isanti County9th90.7%88.0%89.3%91.5%83.9%87.8%92.8%87.3%90.2%85.6%89.9%87.8%
Itasca County9th88.8%77.8%83.2%87.6%82.4%85.1%93.5%91.7%92.7%90.6%90.9%90.8%
Jackson County9th93.3%78.9%85.3%86.4%80.0%83.3%97.3%85.9%90.1%80.6%94.4%87.5%
Kanabec County9th94.3%74.6%85.3%90.0%88.6%89.3%89.6%90.0%89.8%88.9%90.0%89.4%
Kandiyohi County9th94.5%88.8%91.6%94.6%84.4%89.4%90.8%87.9%89.3%92.1%87.8%90.0%
Kittson County9th96.7%96.3%96.5%94.4%75.0%85.3%**95.8%***
Koochiching County9th97.1%84.4%90.9%*****87.8%92.3%80.6%86.0%
Lac Qui Parle County9th88.6%81.0%84.4%91.9%88.9%90.4%96.3%92.7%94.1%94.6%86.3%89.8%
Lake County9th98.3%100.0%98.9%***94.3%97.9%96.3%***
Lake of the Woods County9th100.0%66.7%85.7%*****83.8%88.2%100.0%93.5%
Le Sueur County9th94.1%86.8%90.5%92.4%92.2%92.3%94.7%83.1%89.3%93.7%81.8%88.2%
Lincoln County9th92.9%87.5%89.5%*****92.5%87.0%85.0%86.0%
Lyon County9th92.9%82.5%87.6%90.1%81.0%85.4%95.1%88.7%92.0%95.1%85.7%90.1%
McLeod County9th88.9%85.7%87.5%******92.3%66.7%77.4%
Mahnomen County9th100.0%86.5%92.3%83.9%90.9%87.5%97.1%93.9%95.5%***
Marshall County9th92.5%92.9%92.6%90.0%93.5%91.5%**82.8%***
Martin County9th92.7%84.7%88.4%***90.9%88.2%89.9%90.6%95.5%92.6%
Meeker County9th90.0%79.1%84.2%84.5%87.6%86.1%**88.7%96.7%87.9%92.1%
Mille Lacs County9th92.4%88.8%90.6%91.6%81.6%86.9%91.1%89.2%90.2%87.2%79.8%83.9%
Morrison County9th89.8%86.8%88.3%91.3%82.7%86.8%90.4%83.0%86.8%81.3%82.3%81.4%
Mower County9th94.1%85.7%90.1%93.3%91.7%92.5%90.6%83.5%87.5%92.9%86.9%90.0%
Murray County9th91.2%88.6%89.9%94.3%76.2%84.4%100.0%90.9%95.4%85.7%92.3%88.5%
Nicollet County9th98.2%93.5%95.7%***94.1%79.3%87.3%81.3%83.3%82.6%
Nobles County9th88.1%81.8%85.1%81.8%88.8%85.7%89.0%90.6%89.7%***
Norman County9th92.3%91.7%92.0%90.0%83.9%86.9%******
Olmsted County9th97.3%87.9%92.5%94.0%89.4%91.9%94.5%89.3%92.0%94.0%88.7%91.5%
Otter Tail County9th94.8%89.8%92.3%91.6%89.2%90.4%93.8%84.1%89.3%95.2%87.1%91.4%
Pennington County9th95.7%90.3%92.9%***89.3%83.8%86.3%89.0%72.7%82.2%
Pine County9th88.2%77.3%83.1%94.3%84.9%89.6%86.5%85.2%85.8%88.7%79.3%83.5%
Pipestone County9th93.1%85.7%89.5%***92.0%85.7%88.7%89.2%67.4%77.1%
Polk County9th93.2%88.7%91.1%94.7%88.2%91.3%93.2%88.5%90.8%92.5%90.5%91.5%
Pope County9th93.5%88.9%90.8%100.0%76.7%87.3%96.7%82.8%89.8%***
Ramsey County9th93.2%86.4%89.9%92.3%89.7%91.1%92.0%87.7%89.9%93.0%87.6%90.3%
Red Lake County9th77.8%84.4%81.4%90.5%95.7%93.2%96.6%88.0%92.6%42.9%78.9%69.2%
Redwood County9th88.2%80.6%84.1%84.6%84.7%84.7%97.1%82.5%90.2%86.2%76.2%80.3%
Renville County9th94.4%97.0%95.7%92.5%87.5%90.3%94.7%87.5%91.0%83.7%81.6%82.7%
Rice County9th93.1%90.8%91.9%96.1%90.1%93.1%92.8%92.0%92.4%94.6%89.7%92.5%
Rock County9th91.7%88.6%90.1%***93.9%83.0%87.5%***
Roseau County9th96.3%85.7%91.1%90.6%84.4%87.3%91.0%86.3%88.6%87.5%93.3%90.7%
St. Louis County9th93.3%88.6%91.0%95.5%90.0%92.8%93.5%87.4%90.6%92.7%87.6%90.2%
Scott County9th93.9%92.2%93.0%91.3%88.3%89.7%95.3%90.1%92.7%90.8%89.2%90.1%
Sherburne County9th94.8%91.3%93.1%95.1%91.8%93.4%95.7%90.1%93.1%92.8%89.4%91.2%
Sibley County9th86.3%87.5%86.9%81.8%75.0%78.6%90.3%83.6%87.0%87.0%75.0%81.4%
Stearns County9th91.9%86.6%89.2%93.1%86.5%89.8%90.8%87.4%89.3%88.2%86.8%87.6%
Steele County9th92.9%85.4%89.3%96.0%89.7%92.7%93.5%87.0%90.3%89.5%85.2%87.9%
Stevens County9th93.9%91.8%92.7%91.2%88.1%89.5%**92.9%97.2%87.9%92.8%
Swift County9th92.6%88.5%90.6%*********
Todd County9th90.5%78.3%85.4%90.8%88.7%89.7%90.9%77.4%84.3%88.5%86.5%87.3%
Traverse County9th90.9%100.0%95.7%*****92.6%***
Wabasha County9th94.8%87.1%91.2%95.8%87.9%92.2%92.5%87.6%90.2%96.3%84.6%90.6%
Wadena County9th93.0%92.4%92.8%85.1%88.9%86.9%91.4%87.7%89.6%91.9%89.4%90.8%
Waseca County9th91.3%87.6%89.3%89.0%83.5%86.2%94.0%87.4%90.5%87.2%85.6%86.4%
Washington County9th94.6%91.1%92.9%93.2%92.6%92.9%93.9%91.4%92.7%93.5%91.1%92.3%
Watonwan County9th90.5%74.3%83.1%88.1%75.4%81.6%83.3%82.4%82.8%82.2%75.8%79.5%
Wilkin County9th97.9%86.7%93.6%89.5%87.5%88.4%**89.4%91.7%91.7%91.7%
Winona County9th93.8%93.1%93.4%92.1%88.4%90.2%95.3%89.2%92.2%91.9%84.5%88.0%
Wright County9th94.9%90.7%92.8%95.9%91.2%93.6%94.3%91.1%92.7%92.7%91.2%92.0%
Yellow Medicine County9th81.1%75.0%77.8%86.8%95.2%91.3%94.2%84.2%90.0%89.8%87.2%88.6%

About the Indicator: The Minnesota Student Survey question about parent disapproval changed considerably in 2013. In prior years, students were asked about the extent their parents would approve or disapprove of them drinking alcohol. In 2013, students were asked how wrong their parents would feel it would be for them to have one or two drinks 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.