2006 Primary Prevention Awareness, Attitude, and Use Survey

Problem Behaviors

(PPAAUS Items 89-94) An average of sixteen percent of the Franklin County Schools students in grades six through eight and 39 percent in grades nine through twelve had skipped class at least once in the past year. An average of ten percent of the Franklin County Schools students in grades six through eight and 24 percent in grades nine through twelve had skipped school at least once in the past year; less than one percent of the middle-school students and three percent of the high-school students had been truant more than ten times. Thirty-three 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-two percent of the high-school students had cheated at least once; six percent had cheated more than ten times. An average of three percent of the middle-school students reported that they had sold drugs in the past year; less than one percent said they had done so ten times or more. Ten 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 16 percent of the middle-school students reported vandalizing property at least once in the past year; one percent more than ten times. Twenty-two percent of the high-school students said they had vandalized property in the past year, and two percent said they had done it more than ten times.

An average of seventeen percent of the Franklin County Schools middle-school students and sixteen 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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