Overall
 6th Grade (56)
 7th Grade (78)
 8th Grade (48)
 9th Grade
10th Grade
 11th Grade (38)
 12th Grade (41)
1. Do you smoke cigarettes or use other tobacco products?









Yes
 90
 6
 7
 14
 26
 14
 8
 11

No
 282
 50
 71
 34
 51
 43
 30
 30
2. Do you drink alcoholic beverages?









Yes
 126
 13
 12
 3
 42
 28
 20
 20

No
 264
 43
 66
 45
 39
 32
 18
 21
3. Do you use drugs such as Marijuana, cocaine, etc.?









Yes
 82
 3
 7
 4
 26
 26
 8
 8

No
 316
 53
 71
 44
 51
 34
 30
 30
4. Why do you think most teens take on this habit?









Peer Pressure
 137
 28
 28
 17
 27
 16
 11
 10

For fun
 134
 9
 13
 11
 34
 28
 18
 21

Everyone else is doing it
 114
 15
 30
 19
 14
 19
 7
 10

Brought up in a home around it
 47
 5
 9
 8
 5
 7
 7
 6

Significant "other" responses

know that they can get away with it.


People you hang out with.
5. What do you think will help reduce the use of these substances?

more commercials, peer pressure, more support, better role models, scared to say no, stores to quit selling it.
 teach the students what drugs will do to them, see or hear real life situations that were affected by these substances.
 Keep up with kids better, give harser punishments.
 Need more things to do in this town
 More activities for teenagers.
 Bring more stuff to the community for youth.  The more you tell someone not to, the more they want to do it.
 more things to do in town.  Less availability.  Harsher punishments.
6. Were you brought up with these substances in the home?









Yes
 99
 17
 14
 17
 16
 17
 8
 10

No
 266
 39
 64
 31
 60
 42
 30
 31
7. Have you been brought up with violence in the home?









Yes
 69
 14
 13
 10
 15
 17
 6
 9

No
 267
 42
 65
 41
 59
 37
 32
 32
8. On a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being the worst), how would you rate yourself as a violent person?









1
 81
 17
 24
 8
 10
 7
 6
 9

2
 52
 4
 12
 9
 11
 5
 6
 7

3
 89
 7
 9
 9
 19
 7
 4
 4

4
 39
 6
 5
 5
 10
 4
 4
 5

5
 42
 8
 5
 5
 6
 10
 10
 4

6
 24
 2
 4
 2
 4
 6
 2
 4

7
 17
 0
 0
 2
 6
 4
 3
 2

8
 18
 3
 3
 2
 2
 5
 2
 1

9
 11
 2
 4
 1
 1
 1
 0
 2

10
 19
 5
 5
 1
 1
 2
 3
 2
9. What do you think the cause of violence is today?  (Physical and cebal abuse also apply)









Brought up in the home around it
 122
 7
 13
 14
 25
 28
 15
 20

Drug and alcohol abuse
 195
 31
 39
 28
 30
 21
 27
 19

Media
 87
 10
 11
 6
 13
 17
 9
 11

Significant "other" responses
Color of people (2)
 Unhappy people take it out on happy people.




10. Do you have someone in the home you can talk to if in need?









Yes
 272
 46
 59
 37
 52
 26
 17
 35

No
 28
 3
 4
 3
 6
 5
 3
 2

some one out of the home
 78
 9
 3
 11
 18
 14
 11
 7
11. Do you feel comfortable talking to the following people?









Teacher
 55
 8
 15
 4
 4
 10
 4
 10

School Counselor
 50
 10
 14
 9
 3
 8
 4
 2

Parents
 238
 33
 54
 35
 39
 28
 22
 27

 Significant "other" responses
friends, cousins, big borther or sister
 Friend, big sibling
older siblings
 friends
 friends
12. Why do you think communication has been lost in the home and in the community?









scared to be judged
 148
 26
 36
 19
 25
 21
 4
 17

Embarrased
 133
 21
 28
 23
 22
 23
 4
 12

Significant "other" responses

Afraid Parent will snoop in their business.
scared to get in trouble.
 parents don't listen, scared no one will care.
 parents don't care, less privacy.
 parents are gone or don't care, scared to get in trouble, everyone's busy.