Fairfax County Youth Survey School Year 2011-2012: Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs

Fairfax County
Youth Survey
School Year
2011-2012

Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs
Fairfax County 2011 Youth Survey
Updated September 2012

About the Fairfax County Youth Survey

It provides DATA to county, school, and
community–based organizations to:

• Assess Youth Strengths and Needs
• Develop Programs and Services
• Monitor Trends
• Measure Community Indicators
• Guide Countywide Planning of Prevention Efforts


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More About the Fairfax County Youth Survey
• Comprehensive
• Anonymous
• Voluntary
It examines the
• Behaviors,
• Experiences, and
• Risk and Protective Factors that influence the well-
being of our county’s youth.

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Fairfax County Youth Survey Web Page

www.fairfaxcounty.gov/youthsurvey


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Fairfax County Youth Survey Participation

• 45,350 FCPS students

• Grades 6, 8, 10, and 12

• Representing 87% of enrolled students

6th grade students take a shortened,
modified survey.


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Three to Succeed


Three to Succeed
The Three to Succeed concept is based on the youth
survey analysis that shows how just having three assets (or
strengths) dramatically reduces risk behaviors and
promotes thriving youth.

Assets are strengths in young people, their families, schools
and communities that help them thrive in health, in school
and daily life, and in a safe environment. The more assets
an individual has in their lives, the fewer risk behaviors are
reported.


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Three to Succeed
Asset Graph for Fairfax County (Grades 8, 10, 12)
80 Bullied Someone (Year)
Sex (Ever)
Alcohol Use (30 Days)
70
Marijuana Use (30 Days)
Percent with Risky Behavior

Carried a Weapon (Year)
60 Binge Drinking (2 Weeks)
0 Assets Cigarette Use (30 Days)
50 Gang Member (Ever)

40
3 Assets
30
6 Assets
20

10

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Number of Assets
Having High Personal Integrity Having Community Adults to Talk to
Performing Community Service Participating in Extracurricular Activities
Having Teachers Recognize Good Work Having Parents Available for Help


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Asset Graph for Fairfax County (Grade 6)
60
Bullied Someone (year)
Carried a Weapon (year)
Percent with Risky Behaviors

50 Cyberbullied Someone (year)
Inhalant Use (30 days)
Alcohol Use (30 days)
40 Cigarettes (30 days)
Marijuana Use (30 days)

30

20

10

0
1 2 3 4 5 6
Number of Assets

High Personal Integrity Have Community Adults to Talk to
Perform Community Service Participate in Extracurricular Activities
Feel Safe at School Parents are Available for Help


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Alcohol, Tobacco and
Other Drugs:
Survey Questions and
Results

Fairfax County Youth Survey Question
Students were asked the following…

The next section asks about your thoughts about
and experiences with tobacco, alcohol, and other
drugs.


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ALCOHOL - On how many occasions (if any) have
you had beer, wine, or hard liquor during
the past 30 days?

• 0 occasions
• 1-2 occasions
• 3-5 occasions
• 6-9 occasions
• 10-19 occasions
• 20-39 occasions
• 40 or more occasions


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Percent Who Drank Alcohol in Last 30 Days
(Grades 8, 10, 12)
60

50

40
% Reporting

30

20

10

0
Other/
Overall 8th 10th 12th Female Male White Black Hispanic Asian
Multiple
FCPS 21.8 7.7 21.1 37.1 21.7 21.8 26.1 18.5 24.0 11.1 24.0
US 25.5 12.7 27.2 40.0

Note: 6th Grade Prevalence = 2.4%


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BINGE DRINKING - Think back over the last two
weeks. How many times have you had five or
more alcoholic drinks in a row?

• None
• Once
• Twice
• 3-5 times
• 6-9 times
• 10 or more times


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Percent Reporting Binge Drinking (Grades 8, 10, 12)
(Five or More Drinks in a Row, past 2 weeks)
60

50

40
% Reporting

30

20

10

0
Other/
Multiple
FCPS 10.9 2.7 9.9 20.7 10.2 11.7 13.5 8.9 12.1 4.8 12.4
US 13.6 6.4 14.7 21.6


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TOBACCO - How often have you smoked
cigarettes during the past 30 days?

• Not at all
• Less than one cigarette per day
• One to five cigarettes per day
• About one-half pack per day
• About one pack per day
• About one and one half packs per day
• Two or more packs per day


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Percent Who Smoked Cigarettes in Last 30
Days (Grades 8, 10, 12)
60

50

40
% Reporting

30

20

10

0
Other/
Multiple
FCPS 7.5 2.7 6.9 13.2 6.4 8.6 7.9 7.1 9.8 4.2 8.9
US 11.7 6.1 11.8 18.7



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Fairfax County Youth Survey Questions
OTHER DRUGS - On how many occasions (if any) have you:
• used marijuana,
• LSD or other hallucinogens (acid, angel dust, special k, shrooms)
• used cocaine or crack
• sniffed glue, breathed (huffed) the contents of an aerosol spray can, or
inhaled other gases or sprays in order to get high
• used methamphetamine (speed, crystal, crank, or ice)
• used Ecstasy
• taken steroids without a doctor’s order
• used heroin
• taken painkillers (such as Oxycontin, Vicodin, Percoset, Codeine, and Opium)
without a doctor’s order
• taken a prescription drug other than painkillers (such as Ritalin, Adderal, or
Xanax) without a doctor’s order
• taken over-the-counter drugs to get high

0, 1-2, 3-5, 6-9, 10-19,20-39, 40 or more occasions

Rates of use by selected demographics can be found in the appendix of this presentation.

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Percent Who Used Marijuana in Last 30 Days
(Grades 8, 10, 12)
60

50

40
% Reporting

30

20

10

0
Other/
Multiple
FCPS 11.8 3.0 12.7 20.0 9.5 14.3 12.6 15.5 13.4 5.9 14.4
US 15.2 7.2 17.6 22.6



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Percent Who Used Inhalants in Last 30 Days
(Grades 8, 10, 12)
60
The rate of inhalants use in Fairfax County is
50
higher than the rate reported nationally.
% Reporting

40

30

20

10

0
Other/
Multiple
FCPS 2.5 4.0 2.1 1.2 2.6 2.3 1.8 2.9 4.3 1.8 3.6
US 2.1 3.2 1.7 1.0


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Percent Who Used ATOD in the Past 30-Days
(Grades 8, 10, 12)
60

50

40
% Reporting

30

20

10

0
Other/
Multiple
FCPS % 29.9 14.7 29.5 45.3 28.9 31.0 32.7 30.1 34.4 17.8 34.2


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Percent Who Used ATOD in the Past 30-Days
(Grade 6)

60
% Reporting

50

40

30

20

10

0
Other/
Overall Female Male White Black Hispanic Asian
Multiple
FCPS % 6.0 5.2 6.7 4.9 7.7 7.8 5.0 8.2


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Violence and Aggression
Correlation to ATOD Use


Correlation Data

• Cross-tabulations are when we look at the
way students responded to multiple
questions, for example when we look at
results by demographics such as symptoms of
depression by gender or the cross of two
experiences such as symptoms of depression
by substance use.
Cross-tabulations of data do not imply cause
and effect.


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Correlation Data
• The results do not imply that being a certain gender
or using substances causes depression. The data
indicate there is a correlation of the female gender
reporting higher prevalence of reported depressive
symptoms.
• Similarly, youth who use substances are more likely
to report symptoms of depression, but the results do
NOT show if substance use causes depression or if
depression leads to substance use.


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ATOD (Grades 8, 10, 12)
Violence and Aggression Related Factors
80
Percent – Comparing ATOD Use and

70
No ATOD Use as sub-populations

60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Victim
Victim Racially or Cyber-
Racial or
Victim Cyber- Bullied Culturally bullied Carried a Ever Been
Cultural
Bullying bullying at Others Harrassed Others at Weapon in a Gang
Harrass-
School Others School
ment
Used
57.6 49.4 22.6 65.0 57.0 19.9 24.9 7.5
ATOD
No ATOD 50.5 39.6 11.9 45.5 33.6 6.6 7.1 1.0


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ATOD (Grade 6)
Violence and Aggression Related Factors
100

90

80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Victim
Victim Racially or Cyber-
Racial or
Victim Cyber- Bullied Culturally bullied Carried a
Cultural
Bullying bullying at Others Harrassed Others at Weapon
Harrass-
School Others School
ment
Used ATOD 56.7 33.6 26.0 37.8 19.1 8.6 37.9
No ATOD 44.9 17.8 12.2 20.6 5.8 1.1 14.0


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Health and Well-Being


Health and Well-Being Related Factors
80

70

60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Sleep (Fewer than 8 Ever Had Sexual
Depression Ever Had Oral Sex
hrs) Intercourse
ATOD Use 42.3 77.9 52.2 56.4
No ATOD 23.7 62.7 10.6 12.0


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School Performance


School Performance Related Factors
60
Percent – Comparing ATOD use and

50

40

30

20

10

0
Low Perceived
Don't Feel Safe Suspended in
Skipped School* Poor Grades Ability to Do Well
at School Past Year
in School
Used ATOD 52.2 17.9 15.6 5.1 7.9
No ATOD 21.1 11.0 5.3 1.4 1.4
*Data are from the 2010 Fairfax County Youth Survey


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ATOD(Grade 6)
School Performance Related Factors
60
Percent – Comparing ATOD use and
No ATOD Use as sub-populations 50
40
30
20
10
0
Low
Perceived Don't Feel
Poor
Ability to Safe At
Grades
Do Well in School
School
ATOD Use 3.0 8.1 20.0
No ATOD 1.1 5.2 6.1


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Risk and Protective
Factors


Risk and Protective Factors

Risk Factors help us explain
circumstances that may
increase the likelihood of
problem behaviors

Youth who exhibit increased amounts of a risk factor
are considered to be at “high risk” in that category


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Risk and Protective Factors

Protective Factors can help
increase resiliency to substance
use and problem behaviors,
buffering youth from risk
Youth who exhibit increased amounts of a protective factor
are considered to have “high protection” in that
category

Full Glossary of R&P questions can be found in the
2010 Fairfax County Youth Survey Report..


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Perceived Parental Acceptance of Alcohol Use
and Self-Reported Past 30-Day Alcohol Use
How wrong do your parents feel it would be for
you to drink beer, wine, or hard liquor?

100 11
32
80 55
% Reporting

60 64 Alcohol use

40 No Alcohol

20
0
Very Wrong Wrong A Little Bit Not Wrong
Wrong


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Perceived Parental Acceptance of Cigarette Use and
Self-Reported Past 30-Day Cigarette Use

How wrong do your parents feel it
would be for you to smoke cigarettes?
4
100 18
80 41
% Reporting

52
60 Cigarette use
40 No Cigarette

20
0
Very Wrong A Little Bit Not
Wrong Wrong Wrong


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Perceived Parental Acceptance of Marijuana Use and
Self-Reported Past 30-Day Marijuana Use

How wrong do your parents feel it
would be for you to smoke marijuana?

100 7
26
80 50
% Reporting

60 65 Marijuana use
40 No Marijuana

20
0
Very Wrong A Little Bit Not
Wrong Wrong Wrong


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Protective Factors


Protective Factors
100
90
No ATOD Use as Sub-populations

80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Have Participate
High Perform Teachers Parents are
Community in Extra-
Personal Community Recognize Available for
Adults to curricular
Integrity Service Good Work Help
Talk to Activities
ATOD Use 53.9 62.1 55.7 27.3 72.6 69.7
No ATOD 84.4 71.9 66.8 41.1 74.6 81.8


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ATOD (Grade 6)
Protective Factors
100
No ATOD use as Sub-populations

90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Participate Have
High Perform Parents are
in Extra- Feel Safe at Community
Personal Community Available for
curricular School Adults to
Integrity Service Help
Activities Talk to
ATOD Use 88.8 71.8 80.0 48.6 42.6 74.1
No ATOD 97.2 75.1 94.0 56.3 47.3 90.4


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Asset Graph for Caring Adults (Grades 8, 10, 12)
Bullied Someone (Year)
Sex (Ever)
70 Alcohol Use (30 Days)
Marijuana Use (30 Days)
Carried a Weapon (Year)
60
Percent with Risky Behavior

Binge Drinking (2 Weeks)
Cigarettes (30 Days)
50 Gang Member (Ever)

40

30

20

10

0
0 1 2 3
Number of Assets
Teachers Recognize Good Work Have Community Adults to Talk to Parents are Available for Help


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The Prevention Toolkit
The Prevention Toolkit • Alcohol, Tobacco and Other
provides presentations, Drugs
videos, fact sheets, links to • Bullying and Cyberbullying
helpful organizations and • Depression, Suicide &
resources, and ideas for
Unhealthy Weight Loss
taking action in your family
and community to address • Nutrition and Physical
Youth Survey related topics. Activity
• Teen Dating Abuse

The Prevention Toolkit Website
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/ncs/prevention/toolkit.htm

Contact Email
NCSPrevention@fairfaxcounty.gov


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Help and More Information
Find this and other organizations in the Prevention Toolkit
as resources for help and more information.
• Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board (CSB)
24-Hour CSB Emergency Services Phone: 703-383-8500 | TTY:
703-207-7737
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration
• NIDA for Teens, National Institute on Drug Abuse
• Parents, the Anti-Drug
• The Partnership for a Drug-Free America

www.fairfaxcounty.gov/ncs/prevention/toolkit_agencies_orgs.htm#atod


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Help and More Information from
Fairfax County Public Schools
Intervention and Prevention Services

 School Psychology Services

 School Social Work Services

 Student Safety and Wellness
• Programs and Services

 School Counseling Services


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Questions? Contact Us!
Sophia Dutton
Countywide Service Integration and Planning Management
Economic, Demographic and Statistical Research
Sophia.Dutton@fairfaxcounty.gov

Dede Bailer
Fairfax County Public Schools
Office of Intervention and Prevention Services

Dede.Bailer@fcps.edu

www.fairfaxcounty.gov/youthsurvey
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Appendix


Other Drug Use in the Past 30 Days
By Selected Demographics
Overall Grade Gender Race/Ethnicitya
Female Other/
Substance FCPS 8th 10th 12th Males White Black Hispanic Asian
s Multiple
Alcohol 21.8 7.7 21.1 37.1 21.7 21.8 26.1 18.5 24.0 11.1 24.0
Binge Drinking 10.9 2.7 9.9 20.7 10.2 11.7 13.5 8.9 12.1 4.8 12.4
Marijuana 11.8 3.0 12.7 20.0 9.5 14.3 12.6 15.5 13.4 5.9 14.4
Cigarettes 7.5 2.7 6.9 13.2 6.4 8.6 7.9 7.1 9.8 4.2 8.9
Painkillers without a
4.7 2.5 4.9 6.8 3.6 5.9 4.4 5.7 7.1 2.9 4.9
doctor’s order
Prescription drugs other
than painkillers without a 4.2 2.9 4.4 5.3 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.8 4.6 2.4 6.6
doctor’s order
Inhalants 3.1 1.6 2.9 5.1 2.9 3.4 3.7 3.3 3.1 1.7 4.0
Over-the-counter drugs
2.5 4.0 2.1 1.2 2.6 2.3 1.8 2.9 4.3 1.8 3.6
to get high
LSD or other
1.5 1.0 1.7 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.9 2.2 0.6 2.7
hallucinogens
Ecstasy 1.5 0.8 1.6 2.1 0.9 2.1 1.5 1.4 2.0 0.8 2.3
Cocaine or crack 1.2 0.6 1.3 1.6 0.7 1.6 1.1 1.5 1.4 0.7 1.8
Methamphetamine 0.9 0.6 1.0 1.1 0.6 1.2 0.7 1.1 1.3 0.5 1.7
Heroin 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.8 0.5 1.1 0.5 1.2 1.0 0.4 1.6
Steroids 0.6 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.3 1.0


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Other Drug Use in Lifetime
By Selected Demographics
Overall Grade Gender Race/Ethnicitya
Female Other/
Substance FCPS 8th 10th 12th Males White Black Hispanic Asian
s Multiple
Alcohol 45.5 25.8 46.9 64.6 45.1 46.0 48.1 41.8 55.3 31.6 49.1
Marijuana 22.0 6.2 22.6 37.8 18.9 25.2 23.0 27.0 27.1 11.3 24.9
Cigarettes 20.6 9.7 20.7 32.0 18.8 22.6 19.0 22.2 30.9 13.3 22.6
Painkillers without a
10.5 6.8 10.4 14.4 10.3 10.7 11.1 10.1 11.8 6.6 15.3
doctor’s order
Prescription drugs other
than painkillers without a 7.9 4.2 7.0 12.8 7.9 8.0 9.0 6.5 8.0 5.3 10.1
doctor’s order
Inhalants 8.9 12.8 7.7 6.2 9.2 8.6 7.2 10.1 13.7 6.5 11.6
Over-the-counter drugs
4.6 2.4 5.0 6.7 4.4 4.9 4.7 4.6 6.8 1.8 6.9
to get high
LSD or other
4.1 2.0 4.1 6.4 2.8 5.5 4.4 3.6 5.2 2.0 6.5
hallucinogens
Ecstasy 3.3 1.4 3.3 5.4 2.6 4.1 3.2 3.5 4.7 1.7 5.2
Cocaine or crack 2.6 1.7 2.5 3.5 1.9 3.3 2.2 2.8 4.1 1.5 3.7
Methamphetamine 1.7 1.4 1.8 2.0 1.3 2.2 1.4 2.1 2.3 1.2 3.3
Steroids 1.2 1.2 1.4 0.9 0.8 1.5 1.0 1.3 1.7 0.8 1.6
Heroin 1.1 0.7 1.2 1.4 0.8 1.5 1.0 1.2 1.6 0.6 1.9


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