2003 Primary Prevention Awareness, Attitude, and Use Survey

Survey Participation

In the Franklin County Schools, 82,150 students in grades six through twelve completed questionnaires. Participation by district is found in Table A of Appendix A. After using a Questionable-Response filter, 79,492 surveys were included for the analyses in this report. The QR filter identifies students who may have been exaggerating or careless in their response patterns. For example, the questionnaire of any student claiming to have used “thermycin” (a bogus substance) within the past year was eliminated from analyses. Also eliminated was the questionnaire of any student claiming to be in a grade not served by the school being surveyed (grade 12 in a middle school, for instance). A QR point was “awarded” for the following inconsistencies: claiming an age-of-first-use much higher than appropriate for the grade in school, claiming to be drunk much more than claiming to drink; claiming not to have used a substance on the age-of-first-use item while claiming regular use of that substance on another item; claiming to drive after drinking (or smoking marijuana) much more often that claiming to drink (or smoke). Two or more QR points based on these criteria also were cause to eliminate a survey from analyses. In the Franklin County Schools, 2,658 questionnaires (3.2 percent) were not included in the final data set.

Tables and graphics included with this report show students’ response patterns to PPAAUS items. For those interested in more in-depth information, Appendix A contains frequencies of response by grade and gender for every PPAAUS item. A copy of PPAAUS is included with this report in Appendix B.

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