Table 5. Percentage of students ages 12-18 reporting availability of alcohol at school during the previous 6 months, by selected student and school characteristics: 2005

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Table 5. Percentage of students ages 12-18 reporting availability of alcohol at school during the previous 6 months, by selected student and school characteristics: 2005

	Alcoholic beverages available at school
Student or school characteristic	Yes		No	Don't know drug
Total	17.5		72.0	0.2	!

Sex
Male	18.2		71.5	0.2	!
Female	16.8		72.6	‡

Race/ethnicity¹
White, non-Hispanic	19.7		71.1	‡
Black, non-Hispanic	15.4		71.9	‡
Hispanic	13.9		74.5	‡
Other, non-Hispanic	11.8		74.3	‡

Grade
6th	3.5		85.0	‡
7th	5.9		83.1	‡
8th	9.3		81.3	#
9th	19.8		65.2	‡
10th	24.6		65.7	#
11th	29.3		61.8	‡
12th	28.0		64.7	‡

Household income
Less than $7,500	12.9		75.4	#
$7,500–14,999	11.9		72.0	‡
$15,000–24,999	12.8		78.2	‡
$25,000–34,999	16.3		73.2	‡
$35,000–49,999	16.0		71.9	‡
$50,000 or more	20.0		70.5	‡

Urbanicity²
Urban	15.5		75.4	‡
Suburban	18.6		69.9	0.3	!
Rural	17.4		73.6	‡

Self-reports of grades at school³
Mostly A's	15.7		73.8	0.3	!
Mostly B's	17.8		72.0	‡
Mostly C's	19.6		69.9	‡
Mostly D's	26.7		61.6	‡
Mostly F's	14.6	!	76.9	#

Student report of violent victimization at school⁴
Yes	21.4		65.9	#
No	17.5		72.1	0.2	!

Student report of theft victimization at school⁴
Yes	27.7		60.4	#
No	17.2		72.4	0.2	!

Sector
Public	18.1		71.0	0.2	!
Private	11.3		84.6	#

# 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 "Other, non-Hispanic" includes Asians, Pacific Islanders, and American Indians (including Alaska Natives). Beginning in 2005, 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.
² Urbanicity refers to the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) status of the respondent's household as defined in 1990 by the U.S. Census Bureau.
³ Students who responded that their schools did not give grades or there was no alphabetical equivalent are not reported.
⁴ 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. 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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