Table 6. Percentage of students ages 12-18 reporting availability of marijuana, uppers, and downers at school during the previous 6 months, by selected student and school characteristics: 2005

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Table 6. Percentage of students ages 12-18 reporting availability of marijuana, uppers, and downers at school during the previous 6 months, by selected student and school characteristics: 2005

	Marijuana				Uppers¹					Downers²
Student or school characteristic	Yes	No	Don’t know drug		Yes		No	Don’t know drug		Yes		No	Don’t know drug
Total	31.9	56.9	0.3		12.3		68.5	2.9		14.7		65.9	3.5

Sex
Male	32.8	55.2	0.4		12.0		69.0	3.0		14.5		66.3	3.4
Female	30.9	58.6	0.2	!	12.5		68.0	2.8		15.0		65.5	3.6

Race/ethnicity³
White, non-Hispanic	32.9	56.7	0.1	!	12.6		68.9	2.4		17.2		65.1	2.4
Black, non-Hispanic	30.9	56.6	0.6	!	11.6		68.8	3.0		12.5		67.1	3.9
Hispanic	30.9	56.3	0.6	!	13.3		68.4	3.2		10.6		67.9	5.1
Other, non-Hispanic	27.0	60.8	‡		8.5		64.5	6.5		7.9		65.5	8.0

Grade
6th	6.2	82.0	1.2	!	1.1	!	77.4	9.1		2.6	!	78.9	6.8
7th	12.0	76.1	0.5	!	3.5		79.3	5.1		6.4		75.7	6.2
8th	16.2	73.0	‡		3.8		80.1	2.7		6.4		77.8	3.3
9th	37.3	47.6	‡		14.5		62.7	1.6		16.5		60.2	2.6
10th	45.4	43.1	‡		17.3		62.7	1.3		19.6		59.7	2.8
11th	48.8	42.3	‡		20.5		59.2	1.2	!	22.5		56.4	2.3
12th	53.0	38.9	#		24.1		58.3	1.4	!	27.8		54.3	1.4	!

Household income
Less than $7,500	24.1	62.6	#		9.0	!	69.0	5.3	!	10.0	!	72.4	‡
$7,500–14,999	26.3	58.0	#		9.4		67.6	2.4	!	12.0		62.5	4.7
$15,000–24,999	29.1	60.7	1.1	!	10.1		73.4	3.5		14.9		69.1	4.7
$25,000–34,999	29.8	57.4	#		14.1		70.1	2.3		13.9		68.0	3.1
$35,000–49,999	29.6	57.2	0.7	!	10.4		68.2	3.6		13.3		65.9	3.8
$50,000 or more	35.3	54.7	0.2	!	13.8		67.2	2.4		16.7		64.4	3.0

Urbanicity⁴
Urban	31.3	58.0	0.3	!	13.6		69.0	2.8		13.8		66.7	4.1
Suburban	33.2	55.2	0.3		12.3		66.7	3.2		14.9		64.5	3.5
Rural	28.8	60.3	‡		10.3		73.3	2.0		15.7		69.0	2.4

Self-report of grades at school⁵
Mostly A's	28.2	60.6	0.2	!	11.0		69.3	3.1		13.7		67.2	3.3
Mostly B's	31.4	57.1	0.3		11.6		69.4	2.7		14.0		66.0	3.5
Mostly C's	36.7	51.9	‡		14.3		66.4	3.0		17.1		64.2	3.5
Mostly D's	51.5	42.2	‡		20.9		61.6	2.1	!	23.9		59.5	3.7
Mostly F's	36.0	53.6	#		16.0		69.9	#		18.2		63.8	‡

Student report of violent victimization at school⁶
Yes	46.9	47.4	#		26.7		60.2	5.0	!	24.0		60.6	5.1	!
No	31.7	57.0	0.3		12.1		68.6	2.8		14.6		66.0	3.5

Student report of theft victimization at school⁶
Yes	45.0	38.2	#		22.1		54.5	2.0	!	27.2		52.5	2.5	!
No	31.5	57.5	0.3		12.0		68.9	2.9		14.3		66.3	3.5

Sector
Public	33.3	54.9	0.3		13.0		67.1	2.7		15.5		64.4	3.5
Private	14.1	80.6	‡		3.7		85.6	4.4	!	5.9		83.9	3.8	!

# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is from 30 percent to 50 percent of the estimate’s value.
‡ Reporting standards not met. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 50 percent or more of the estimate's value.
¹ Examples of uppers provided to respondents were ecstasy, crystal methamphetamine, or other illegal stimulants.
² Examples of downers provided to respondents were gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) (central nervous system depressant) or sleeping pills.
³ "Other, non-Hispanic" includes Asians, Pacific Islanders, and American Indians (including Alaska Natives). Beginning in 2003, students were given the option of identifying themselves as more than one race. Non-Hispanic students who identified themselves as more than one race in 2005 (1 percent of all respondents) were included in the "other, non-Hispanic" category. Respondents who identified themselves as being of Hispanic origin were classified as Hispanic, regardless of their race.
⁴ Urbanicity refers to the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) status of the respondent's household as defined in 1990 by the U.S. Census Bureau.
⁵ Students who responded that their schools did not give grades or there was no alphabetical equivalent are not reported.
⁶ Victimization data are taken from the National Crime Victimization Survey Incident Report.
NOTE: "Violent" victimization includes serious violent crimes (rape, sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault) and simple assault. "At school" includes inside the school building, on school property, on a school bus, and on the way to and from school. Estimates include only the respondents who indicated that it was possible to obtain the specified substance at school. Population size for students ages 12–18 was 25,811,000 in 2005. Details may not sum to 100 percent because respondent-volunteered "don't know" responses are included in the base for the percentages listed.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), 2005.

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