2003 Primary Prevention Awareness, Attitude, and Use Survey

Self-Reported Use of Alcohol

(PPAAUS items 24) Sixteen percent of the Franklin County students in grades six through twelve (15 percent of the males and 16 percent of the females) reported drinking alcohol at least once a month. In sixth grade, two percent of the students reported drinking monthly or more often. In seventh and eighth grades, six percent drank regularly; in ninth and tenth grades, 21 percent; and in eleventh and twelfth grades, 35 percent. One-half percent of the sixth graders, two percent of the seventh and eighth graders, seven percent of the ninth and tenth graders, and 14 percent of the juniors and seniors drank alcohol at least once a week.
Eighty-five percent of the students in grade six, 70 percent in grades seven and eight, 47 percent in grades nine and ten, and 34 percent in grades eleven and twelve had never drunk alcohol.

Getting Drunk (PPAAUS item 88) An average of ten percent of the Franklin County middle-school students reported getting drunk in the past year. Six percent of the middle-school students had been drunk once or twice, two percent had been drunk three to ten times, and one percent had been drunk more than ten times in the past year. An average of 36 percent of the high-school students said they got drunk at least once in the past year. Thirteen percent of the high-school students had been drunk once or twice in the past year, 12 percent three to ten times, and 11 percent more than ten times. Ninety-six percent of the sixth graders, 88 percent of the seventh and eighth graders, 71 percent of the ninth and tenth graders, and 56 percent of the juniors and seniors had not been drunk in the last year.


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