Alcohol & Drug Abuse Prevention Team

182 Pages·2017·1.96 MB·English

Alcohol & Drug Abuse Prevention Team
Student Survey Report 2018
ADA
Student Survey Report
ALCOHOL&DRUGABUSE
PREVENTION TEAM
THEESSEXPREVENTIONCOALITION
Table of Contents
Introduction............................................................................................... 03
Study Design and Methods........................................................................... 05
Executive Summary.................................................................................... 08
Conclusions.............................................................................................. 11
Recommendations..................................................................................... 13
Core Measure........................................................................................... 15
Past Year UseData Findings......................................................................... 23
Risk and Protective Factor DataFindings..........................................................25
Access to Substances.................................................................................26
Consequences and Communication............................................................... 30
Role Modeling........................................................................................... 38
Views of "Cool".......................................................................................... 42
Breakdown by Gender................................................................................. 45
Breakdown by Grade.................................................................................. 70
Demographics.......................................................................................... 124
Appendix................................................................................................ 131
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Introduction
Student Survey Report
The needfor sucha survey is clear.The “drug problem”andthe context within which substanceuse andabuseoccurs
will not improve without intervention.
Like otherlocalandnationalstudiesof drug use, this survey attemptsto shed light on andmore accuratelydescribethe
ever changinguse of illicit drugs by youth. With prevalenceand trenddata, publicdebatecan be enhancedand
resourcesandpolicymakingcan be basedonevidence,not misconceptions.Informationreceivedthrough this survey
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has beenvery valuablein helpingcommunityorganizations,coalitions,andschoolsdevelopneededresearch and
evidence basedpreventionandinterventionservices throughoutEssex County, NJ.
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The 2018Youth Survey involved 2,983studentsfrom grades6-12.The survey was administeredduringthe monthof
Januaryin 2018.The studydescribesrecenttrendsin the use, perceivedharm,parentalandpeerdisapproval,
availability,andaccessassociatedwith a variety of drugs. Other contextualfeatures(perceivedsafety, physicaland
emotionalstatus, etc.) are also presented.Thisreport is dividedinto 6 sections. First, we outlinethe Study Design and
Methods usedin the implementationof the study, includinga descriptionof the populationofstudentsinvolved in the
study.Thisis followedby an Executive Summaryof the 2018survey.Thissectioncontainsa brief discussionof the
study. Basedon the fact that no two substancesareused, acquired,or perceivedin the same ways—andthat
significantdifferencesexist in the data betweenthedrug classes—weprovide Specific Results for 30Day Use,
Perception of Risk of Harm, Perceptionof ParentalDisapproval andPerception of PeerDisapproval, which are
the Core Measurestracked by the federalgovernmentforAlcohol,TobaccoandMarijuana,and PastYear Use for allof
the otherdrugs by combinedgrade level. Furtherinformationis providedon the Risk and Protective Factors identified
in the survey, schoolfactors,activity levelsand types, perceptionsof safety,and WhereYouth Obtain Drugs and
Alcohol.
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Study Design and Methods
Student Survey Report
TheAlcohol& DrugAbusePreventionTeamcontractedwith EpiphanyCommunityServices to deliverthe biannualdrug
andalcoholsurvey, basedon the CommunitiesThat Care Survey for a randomsampleof studentsin grades6-12.The
finalanalysiswas completedby EpiphanyCommunityService, LLC.The survey was given in Januaryof 2018.Atotalof
surveys were completedwith rejectionrate/ incompletionrateof 25.3%(756 surveys) fora total 2,227surveys being
used,providinga greater than95% confidencelevelof the results.
Surveys were rejectedwhen:
1.The studentansweredquestionsinconsistently,saying theydid not use in the past year but did use in the last 30
days;
2. The studentansweredthey took the “fake” drug;
3. The studentansweredthey took all of the drugs all of the time at the highestlevel possible
4. Surveys taken outsidethe time of administration
5. Surveys were consideredincompleteif anyquestionswere unanswered.
Because ofthe size of the 2018survey (N=2,227,representinga total populationof 3,367in grades6-12, the margin of
error forall respondentsis estimatedto be approximately1.2%with a 95%confidenceinterval. Sucha confidence
interval meansthat foranyparticularstatistic reportedthere is a 95% probabilitythat the true value fallsin a range from
1.2 to + 1.2 aroundthe value. For example,if 75%of respondentsendorsea particularitem, thenthe readercan
interpretthis to mean thereis a 95%chancethe true score fallsin the range of 73.8%to 76.2%.The confidence interval
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decreasesalongand the margin of error increasesas the grades are brokendown.The grade andgenderbreakdown is
depictedin the followingtable.
6th 6th 7th 7th 8th 8th 9th 9th 10th 10th 11th 11th 12th 12th
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
187 205 214 193 209 170 134 150 149 141 111 106 130 115
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Student Survey Report
• Limitations
• It is importantto notethat survey results are basedon the responsesof studentswho were in attendancethe day
the survey was administeredas well as the proportionof respondentsto eachindividualquestion.Sincesome
students were not presentandsomedid not answerevery questionon the survey, not every questionwas basedon
the same numberof respondents.
• It is also importantto notethat self reportedis sometimescriticized forbeinginaccurate;especiallywhen the target
populationis youth or the topicunderquestionis illicit drug use behavior.Self-reportscan be influencedby a variety of
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factors,includinglapsesin memory, the desireto appeara certainway (either“better” or “worse thanone’sactual
behaviormight indicate),andthe abilityto comprehendthe question.Specificresearchprocedurescanbe put in place
to increasethe chancesof studentsreportingtruthfully.It has beenfoundthat school based;self-administeredsurveys
like the 2018YouthSurvey “appearto yield higherprevalencethan eithertelephonesurveys or face to faceinterviews,
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but lower prevalencethanbiochemicalindicatorsof substanceuseor methodsthat provideeven greater anonymity. The
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most objectivecomparisondata, andlow self-reporteduse of a fictitiousdrugsuggest that most self reported behaviors
on school basedsurveys arelikely valid but some underreportingmay occur.”Whileself reportshave their weaknesses,
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they are perhapsoneof the best ways to determinemanyof the things we are seekingin this survey, like age of onset,
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perceptionsof harm, andperceptionsof availability.“Survey researchcan provide a more thoroughprofile of drug use
andabuseamonga broadercross sectionof the population;it can also provide a much greater rangeof informationfor
use in designinginterventionstrategies.”1
• Format of the Report
• The report is laid out in a graphicalformatdepictinguse forall grades, brokendown by grade andgenderforcore
measuresof substanceusing behavior.The report is brokendown intothe key categoriesof the fourcore measures,
past year use, access, risk factorsprotective factors,andfamily.
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Executive Summary
Student Survey Report
• Alcoholis the numberonedrug of choice,followedby e-cigarettesandmarijuana.
• Femaleshave a slightly higherrate of use than males.
• Older studentsare more likelyto use than youngerstudents.
• Veryfewstudentsare using harderdrugs, such as methamphetamine,ecstasy, LSD, heroin,or cocaine.
• Studentsperceive the most risk from drinking5 or moredrinks onceor twice a week andthe least amountof risk
from trying marijuana onceor twice.
• Femalesperceive higherrisk than males.
• Older studentsperceive less risk than youngerstudents.
• Studentsperceivedthe most parentaldisapprovalfortobaccoandthe least parentaldisapprovalforalcohol.
• Femalesperceivedmore parentaldisapprovalthan males
• Youngerstudentsperceivedmoreparentaldisapprovalthan olderstudents.
• Studentsperceivedthe least peerdisapprovalformarijuanause andthe most disapprovalforRx drugs.
• Malesandolderstudentsperceivedthe least amountof peerdisapproval
• Most studentsat least somewhatdisapproveof their peersdrinkingalcoholevery day.
Almost half of allrespondentsreportedenjoyingbeingin school.
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• Most respondentsreportedtrying their best in school.
Over half of all respondentssaidthe schooldoesnot let their parentsknowwhen they’ve donesomethingwell.
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Only 41.9% saidthe schoollets their parentsknowwhen they did somethingwell.
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Most respondentsdid not have anyfriendswho sold illegaldrugs or droppedout of school.
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Alittle over 30%of respondentshadat least onefriendwho tried alcoholin the past year.
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Most respondentsdo not believe usingsubstanceswouldmake them seem cool.
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• • 12thgraderswere morelikelythan otherstudentsto perceivebeingseenas coolforsmokingcigarettes, smoking
hookah,smokingmarijuana,andusingprescriptiondrugs not prescribedto them.
• • 9th graderswere morelikelythan otherstudentsto perceive beingseenas coolfor usinge-cigarettes,drinking
alcohol,andcarrying a handgun.
• • Over 98%of respondentshave not sold illegaldrugs or beendrunkor high at school.
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• Studentsperceivedalcoholto be the easiestto obtainsubstance,followingby e-cigarettes, andRx drugs.
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Older studentsperceivedmost substancesas beingeasierto obtainthan youngerstudents.
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• Whenaskedwhere they wouldget alcohol,the most commonresponsewas fromhomewithout permission,
followedby their parents,andtheirfriend’shomewithout permission.
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• • Whenaskedwhere they wouldaccess prescriptiondrugs,80.7%said from homewith permission.
• Studentsbelieveit is morelikely to get caught smokingmarijuanathan drinkingor taking Rx drugs.
• • Almost half of all respondentsreport knowing at least oneadult who hasgotten drunkor high in the past year.
• • Most studentshave not hada familymemberwith a severe alcoholor drugproblem.
• Almost 90%of all respondentssaid the rules in theirfamilyare clear andthat their familyhas rulesaboutalcohol
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anddruguse.
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• Youngerstudentswere morelikelyto reportthey wouldget caught by theirparentsif theydrankalcohol.
Older studentswere less likely to report that theirparentsaskedif they got their homeworkdone.
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