Results - By County for 2004
Each chart presents a summary of percentages for a specific grade level
(6th, 8th, 10th, or 12th) for a specific county. The first three
columns on each chart show what percent of the youth
reported use of a substance in the past month. The
next four columns show the percent of youth who reported “moderate risk” or
“great risk” of harm if a person used alcohol, tobacco, or marijuana regularly
or if a person tried marijuana once or twice. The next three columns show the
percent of youth who said neighborhood
adults would disapprove (say it was “wrong” or “very wrong”) of youth use of a
substance. The next three columns show
the percent of youth who said there would be “little chance” or “no chance” of
appearing cool if the named substance was used. This serves as a measure of
peer disapproval of use. For the 8th and 12th
grades, there are then three additional columns showing mean age at first use
(tobacco or marijuana) and at initiation of regular use (alcohol).
Age at first use is easily misinterpreted, because the question does not measure
the same thing at one grade level as at another. The ages reported by 12th grade
youth come from a range of “10 or younger” to “17 or older”, while 8th grade youth are
only 13-14 years old, so are effectively responding from a smaller age
range. Many youth who have started use
by 12th grade had not started when they were in 8th
grade. Although
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