2010 Youth Survey Results

Of the 20,000 students surveyed in 2010:

• 1 percent of sixth-graders, 3 percent of eighth-graders, 7 percent of sophomores and 15 percent of seniors said it was “not wrong at all” for people their age to regularly drink alcohol.

• 52 percent of seniors, 70 percent of sophomores and 85 percent of eighth-graders  and 92 percent of sixth-graders had not consumed alcohol during the past month

• 29 percent of sophomores and 38 percent of seniors said if they drank alcohol without their parents’ permission, they would never get caught

• 29 percent of seniors, 14 percent of sophomores, 6 percent of eighth-graders and 2 percent of sixth-graders said they had consumed five or more alcoholic drinks in a row during the preceding two weeks

• 26 percent of seniors said they had never had more than a sip or two of alcohol

• 77 percent of seniors, 64 percent of sophomores, 40 percent of eighth-graders and 16 percent of sixth-graders thought it would be “sort of easy” or “very easy” to get alcohol if they wanted it

• 27 percent of sophomores and 42 percent of seniors said if they attended a party where alcohol was served, they would never get caught by their parents

• Students also expressed how they believed their parents felt about their kids’ alcohol, cigarette and marijuana use. Ninety percent of sixth-graders said their parents would think it was “very wrong” for them to drink alcohol regularly. That percent dropped to 80 percent for eighth-graders, 66 percent for sophomores and 47 percent for seniors.

• About 12 percent of eighth-graders, sophomores and seniors said they had used over-the-counter drugs for non-medical purposes during the previous year.

Complete survey results are attached at right. The survey is conducted every other year. This year's survey results will be released in the fall.

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