2003 Primary Prevention Awareness, Attitude, and Use Survey

Problem Behaviors

(PPAAUS Items 83-87) An average of 14 percent of the Franklin County students in grades six through eight and 32 percent in grades nine through twelve had skipped school at least once in the past year; one percent of the middle-school students and four percent of the high-school students had been truant more than ten times. Thirty-six percent of the sixth through eighth graders had cheated on a class test at least once in the past year; two percent more than ten times. Fifty-four percent of the high-school students had cheated at least once; six percent had cheated more than ten times. An average of four percent of the middle-school students reported that they had sold drugs in the past year; one percent ten times or more. Eleven percent of the high-school students said they had sold drugs in the past year; three percent said they had done so more than ten times. An average of 18 percent of the middle-school students reported vandalizing property at least once in the past year; one percent more than ten times. Twenty-three percent of the high-school students said they had vandalized property in the past year, and three percent said they had done it more than ten times.

An average of 18 percent of the Franklin County middle-school students and 17 percent of the high-school students said they had been suspended from school at least once within the past year; two percent of the middle-school students and two percent of the high-school students reported being suspended more than ten times.

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