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HENDERSON COUNTY - Eustace ISD - 2008 Texas School Survey of Drug and Alcohol Use
HENDERSON COUNTY - Eustace ISD - 2008 Texas School Survey of Drug and Alcohol Use
HENDERSON COUNTY - Eustace ISD - 2008 Texas School Survey of Drug and Alcohol Use
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Table of Contents
Tobacco
Alcohol
Drugs
Inhalants
Miscellaneous
Selected Substances:
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grade1 grade2
Cigarettes
10.5 11.8
Smokeless tobacco
11.1 13.2
Any Tobacco
10.6 11.9
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Table T-6: How do your parents feel about kids your age smoking cigarettes? 8
Table T-7: How dangerous do you think it is for kids your age to use tobacco?
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Table A-3: When you drink the following alcoholic beverages, how many drinks do 11
Table A-4: During the past 30 days, on how many days have you had five or more
drinks of alcohol at one time?
10 or
Never/None 1 day 2 days 3 to 5 days 6 to 9 days more days
Alcohol
All 75.4% 7.9% 4.1% 6.4% 2.0% 4.3%
Grades 7-8 84.3% 6.6% 1.7% 4.3% 1.8% 1.3%
Grades 9-12 70.6% 8.6% 5.3% 7.5% 2.0% 5.9%
grade1 grade2
Beer
10.8 12.6
Wine Coolers
11.0 12.8
Wine
10.9 13.0
Liquor
11.5 13.4
Any Alcohol
10.7 12.3
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Table A-7: Since school began in the fall, on how many days (if any) have you... 13
Table A-8: School year use of alcohol by absences and conduct problems:
Table A-9: During the past twelve months, how many times have you...
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Table A-11: During the past twelve months, how many times have you...
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Table A-12: Thinking of parties you attended this school year, how often was 15
alcohol used?
Table A-13: How often, if ever, do you get alcoholic beverages from..
Most of
Do Not Drink Never Seldom the Time Always
At home
All 34.9% 29.1% 25.5% 6.2% 4.3%
Grades 7-8 40.8% 34.2% 19.0% 4.3% 1.6%
Grades 9-12 31.6% 26.3% 29.1% 7.2% 5.8%
From friends
All 34.7% 16.4% 20.3% 18.7% 9.9%
Grades 7-8 44.4% 22.5% 17.0% 11.8% 4.3%
Grades 9-12 29.4% 13.1% 22.1% 22.5% 12.9%
From a store
All 36.9% 48.8% 7.5% 4.1% 2.7%
Grades 7-8 46.0% 47.7% 5.6% 0.7% 0.0%
Grades 9-12 31.8% 49.4% 8.5% 6.1% 4.2%
At parties
All 35.2% 19.2% 12.8% 15.5% 17.3%
Grades 7-8 44.7% 20.2% 14.8% 13.0% 7.3%
Grades 9-12 30.0% 18.6% 11.7% 16.9% 22.7%
Other source
All 35.5% 28.5% 15.9% 8.9% 11.2%
Grades 7-8 44.1% 28.5% 14.8% 8.3% 4.3%
Grades 9-12 30.7% 28.5% 16.5% 9.2% 15.0%
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Table A-14: How do your parents feel about kids your age drinking beer? 16
Table A-15: How dangerous do you think it is for kids your age to use alcohol?
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grade1 grade2
Marijuana
12.0 13.5
Cocaine
* 14.5
Crack
* *
Hallucinogens
11.6 14.3
Uppers
12.6 14.2
Downers
12.2 14.4
Rohypnol
* 13.8
Steroids
11.6 *
Ecstasy
* 15.5
Heroin
* *
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Table D-6: Since school began in the fall, on how many days (if any) have you.. 21
Table D-7: School year use of marijuana by absences and conduct problems:
Table D-8: During the past twelve months, how many times have you..
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Table D-9: About how many of your close friends use marijuana? 22
Table D-10: During the past twelve months, how many times have you..
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Table D-11: Thinking of parties you attended this school year, how often were 23
Half Most of
CATEGORY Never Seldom the Time the Time Always Don't know
Joints? All 79.4% 7.1% 4.0% 5.7% 2.7% 1.1%
Grades 7-8 88.6% 4.8% 1.3% 2.4% 0.6% 2.3%
Grades 9-12 74.2% 8.4% 5.5% 7.6% 3.9% 0.4%
Blunts? All 83.5% 5.0% 4.4% 3.5% 2.7% 0.9%
Grades 7-8 93.4% 1.2% 1.2% 1.7% 0.6% 1.8%
Grades 9-12 77.9% 7.1% 6.2% 4.5% 3.9% 0.4%
Bongs or water pipes? All 84.9% 5.3% 3.3% 3.2% 2.5% 0.9%
Grades 7-8 93.5% 2.3% 1.1% 0.6% 0.6% 1.8%
Grades 9-12 80.1% 7.0% 4.5% 4.6% 3.5% 0.3%
Pipes? All 82.5% 4.7% 4.3% 5.2% 2.6% 0.7%
Grades 7-8 91.5% 2.2% 1.8% 2.0% 0.7% 1.9%
Grades 9-12 77.6% 6.0% 5.7% 7.0% 3.7% 0.0%
Some other way? All 86.2% 7.5% 0.9% 1.7% 2.6% 1.1%
Grades 7-8 91.4% 4.3% 0.7% 0.0% 0.7% 3.0%
Grades 9-12 83.3% 9.3% 1.1% 2.7% 3.6% 0.0%
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Table D-13: How do your parents feel about kids your age using marijuana? 24
Table D-14: How dangerous do you think it is for kids your age to use...
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grade1 grade2
Inhalants
10.8 13.3
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Table I-4: Since school began in the fall, on how many days (if any) have you 27
Table I-5: School year use of inhalants by absences and conduct problems:
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Table I-6: About how many of your close friends use inhalants? 28
Table I-7: How dangerous do you think it is for kids your age to use inhalants?
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Table X-1: Since school began in the fall, have you gotten any information 29
CATEGORY Yes
A school health class All 44.3%
Grades 7-8 45.7%
Grades 9-12 43.5%
An assembly program All 54.8%
Grades 7-8 53.0%
Grades 9-12 55.7%
Guidance counselor All 15.2%
Grades 7-8 14.6%
Grades 9-12 15.5%
Science class All 34.8%
Grades 7-8 51.0%
Grades 9-12 25.2%
Social studies class All 10.3%
Grades 7-8 8.6%
Grades 9-12 11.2%
Student group session All 10.5%
Grades 7-8 10.7%
Grades 9-12 10.4%
An invited school guest All 48.0%
Grades 7-8 54.2%
Grades 9-12 44.4%
Another source at school All 26.0%
Grades 7-8 32.0%
Grades 9-12 22.7%
Any school source All 61.8%
Grades 7-8 64.7%
Grades 9-12 60.2%
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CATEGORY Yes
A counselor or program in All 37.0%
Grades 7-8 46.6%
Grades 9-12 31.9%
Another adult in school ( All 44.1%
Grades 7-8 44.9%
Grades 9-12 43.6%
A counselor or program ou All 33.4%
Grades 7-8 32.8%
Grades 9-12 33.7%
Your parents All 61.6%
Grades 7-8 63.4%
Grades 9-12 60.6%
A medical doctor All 41.6%
Grades 7-8 44.7%
Grades 9-12 39.9%
Your friends All 73.2%
Grades 7-8 67.3%
Grades 9-12 76.4%
Another adult (a relative All 63.3%
Grades 7-8 62.8%
Grades 9-12 63.5%
Table X-3: Since school began in the fall, have you sought help, other than
from family or friends, for problems in any way connected with your use of
alcohol, marijuana, or other drugs?
CATEGORY Yes
Seek Help All 6.1%
Grades 7-8 6.6%
Grades 9-12 5.9%
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Table X-6: Since school began in the fall, have you gotten any information
on drugs or alcohol from the following sources?
CATEGORY Yes
A website or online chat All 23.7%
Grades 7-8 14.8%
Grades 9-12 28.7%
Books, magazines, poster All 35.8%
Grades 7-8 29.6%
Grades 9-12 39.4%
TV, radio, or other audi All 43.0%
Grades 7-8 42.3%
Grades 9-12 43.4%
Your parents All 45.2%
Grades 7-8 49.6%
Grades 9-12 42.9%
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2. Prevalence Tables
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All students
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Male students
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Male students
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Female students
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Female students
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White students
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White students
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Black students
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Black students
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Mexican/American students
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Mexican/American students
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Students would seek help from adults for substance abuse problems
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Students would seek help from adults for substance abuse problems
(Continued)
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Students wouldn''t seek help from adults for substance abuse problems
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Students wouldn''t seek help from adults for substance abuse problems
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3. Margin Tables
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RECENT UPPER USE RECENT HEROIN USE COCAINE USE IN PAST MONTH
Q17F Frequency Percent Q17K Frequency Percent q18e Frequency Percent
Never Heard/Used 394 90.62 Never Heard/Used 441 97.91 Never Heard/Used 442 97.58
In Your Lifetime 14 3.29 In Your Lifetime 4 0.88 1-2 times 7 1.56
Since School Began 7 1.59 Since School Began 4 0.81 3-10 times 3 0.66
In the Past Month 20 4.50 In the Past Month 2 0.40 11+ times 1 0.20
RECENT DOWNER USE TOBACCO USE IN PAST MONTH CRACK USE IN PAST MONTH
Q17G Frequency Percent q18a Frequency Percent q18f Frequency Percent
Never Heard/Used 393 90.44 Never Heard/Used 343 75.80 Never Heard/Used 449 99.39
In Your Lifetime 17 3.91 1-2 times 25 5.49 1-2 times 2 0.39
Since School Began 7 1.71 3-10 times 23 5.02 3-10 times 1 0.22
In the Past Month 17 3.95 11+ times 62 13.69
DIFFICULT TO GET
CLOSE FRIENDS USE LIQUOR SMOKELESS TOBACCO DIFFICULT TO GET LIQUOR
q19f Frequency Percent q20b Frequency Percent q20f Frequency Percent
Never heard/None 150 34.24 Never heard of 54 12.21 Never heard of 24 5.53
A few 111 25.23 Impossible 79 18.04 Impossible 78 17.97
Some 65 14.75 Very difficult 31 7.01 Very difficult 45 10.22
Most 93 21.24 Somewhat diff 37 8.36 Somewhat diff 58 13.22
All 20 4.55 Somewhat easy 64 14.42 Somewhat easy 66 15.06
Very easy 176 39.95 Very easy 166 38.00
Frequency Missing = 25.920849204
Frequency Missing = 23.498761766 Frequency Missing = 28.113731263
DIFFICULT TO GET
DIFFICULT TO GET HALLUCINOGENS DIFFICULT TO GET STEROIDS
MARIJUANA q20l Frequency Percent q20p Frequency Percent
q20h Frequency Percent Never heard of 110 25.57 Never heard of 64 15.06
Never heard of 36 8.24 Impossible 133 30.86 Impossible 181 42.72
Impossible 133 30.75 Very difficult 52 11.98 Very difficult 57 13.52
Very difficult 47 10.97 Somewhat diff 53 12.30 Somewhat diff 49 11.65
Somewhat diff 53 12.31 Somewhat easy 34 7.81 Somewhat easy 24 5.54
Somewhat easy 50 11.62 Very easy 49 11.48 Very easy 49 11.51
Very easy 113 26.11
TAKE DXM, TRIPLE CS, ETC. TO Frequency Missing = 81.062606721 Frequency Missing = 83.259875916
GET HIGH
q29 Frequency Percent
Never heard/used 399 93.30 DANGEROUS FOR KIDS TO DANGEROUS FOR KIDS TO
At least once/month 7 1.74 USE MARIJUANA USE STEROIDS
At least once/year 7 1.56 q30d Frequency Percent q30h Frequency Percent
At least once/life 15 3.40 Very 235 61.17 Very 307 76.65
Somewhat 55 14.26 Somewhat 47 11.87
Not very 35 9.21 Not very 15 3.84
Frequency Missing = 36.828774221 Not at all 41 10.56 Not at all 8 2.07
Don't know 18 4.79 Don't know 22 5.57
DRUG/ALCOHOL INFO--
Frequency Missing = 35.797693475
BOOKS/MAGAZINES/POSTERS/PA
MPHLETS
q38b Frequency
PARENTS FEEL ABOUT KIDS
No 262 DRINKING BEER
Yes 146 q39b Frequency Percent
Strong disapprove 240 55.52
DRUG/ALCOHOL INFO--
Mild disapprove 74 17.02
BOOKS/MAGAZINES/POSTERS/PA
MPHLETS Neither 56 12.97
q38b Percent Mildly approve 21 4.79
No 64.23 Strongly approve 11 2.66
Yes 35.77 Don't know 30 7.05