Alcohol Use
Related Indicators for page Student Reports of Substance Use: Page 4:
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% Ever Taken an Illegal Drug (EMH)
% of students who have taken an illegal drug (SurveyWorks: Elementary, Middle, and High)
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% Drank Alcohol Frequently (EMH)
% of students who drank alcohol on 10 or more days in past 30 days (SurveyWorks: Elementary, Middle, and High)
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Core City School (4)
Y/N flag for schools located in one of the four core cities
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% Belong at School - SALT ONLY
% students who had a sense of belonging at school during the past year
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% Drank Alcohol 1+ Days (EMH)
% of students who drank alcohol on 1 or more days in past 30 days (SurveyWorks: Elementary, Middle, and High)
Reports of alcohol use suggest it is less prevalent in suburban middle schools.
According to the charts, core urban middle school students appear to be experimenting with alcohol more than their suburban peers. Middle school students who experiment with alcohol are less likely to have a friend they can talk to at their school. However, by high school, alcohol use is about as common in suburban as in core urban schools. For high school students, having a friend they can talk to appears more aligned with attending school in a suburban area than with alcohol use.
