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Summary of the annual Delaware School Survey (DSS) assessing 5th, 8th, and 11th grade public school students' attitudes and experiences related to tobacco, drugs, alcohol, bullying, depression, and other issues. Includes statewide trends and charts.
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Delaware School SurveyTrend ChartsStatewide Trends Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice University of Delaware
Summary of the Delaware School Survey (DSS) • The DSS is an annual survey of 5th, 8th, and 11th grade public school students in Delaware. The survey is used to estimate students attitudes and experiences with tobacco, drugs, alcohol, bullying, depression, and a variety of issues facing Delaware's youth. • 2018 sample size was: • 5thGrade – 5,243 students • 8th Grade- 4,678 students • 11th Grade- 3,909 students State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ self reported alcohol use in the past 30 days by grade, 1999-Present State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ self reported binge alcohol use in the two weeks by grade, 1999-Present Note: *Binge alcohol use measured by “Had 3 alcoholic drinks or morein a row in past 2 weeks” State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ perceived “great risk” of alcohol use by grade, 1999-Present Note: Question was not asked in 2018 State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ perceived “great risk” of binge alcohol use by grade, 1999-Present Note: Binge alcohol use measured by “Had 3 alcoholic drinks or morein a row in past 2 weeks” State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ self reported cigarette use in the past 30 days by grade, 1999-Present State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ perceived “great risk” in smoking a pack of cigarettes daily by grade, 1999-Present Note: Answer option is “a lot of risk” and not great risk for 5th graders State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ self reported marijuana use in the past 30 days by grade, 1999-Present State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ perceived “great risk” in smoking marijuana regularly by grade, 1999-Present Note: Answer option is “a lot of risk” and not great risk for 5th graders State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ reporting feeling safe in school by grade, 1999-Present State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ reporting fighting/ violence is a problem in school by grade, 1999-Present State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ reporting taking a weapon to school in the past year by grade, 1999-Present State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ self reported prescription upper use in the past year by grade, 2007-Present Note: Question was first asked in 2007 State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ self reported downer use in the past year by grade, 1999-Present State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ self reported hallucinogen use in the past year by grade, 1999-Present State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ self reported heroin use in the past year by grade, 1999-Present State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ self reported crack or cocaine use in the past year by grade, 2005-Present Note: Question first asked in 2005 State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ self reported pain killer use in the past year by grade, 2002-Present Note: Question first asked in 2002 State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ self reported steroid use in the past year by grade, 2008-Present Note: Question first asked in 2008 State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ self reported ADHD medicine use in the past year by grade, 2008-Present Note: Question first asked in 2002 and 2003 for 5th graders State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ self reported over the counter drugs use in the past year by grade, 2008-Present State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018