the following charts illustrate the demographics of student survey respondents from cobb county...
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The following charts illustrate the demographics of student survey respondents from Cobb County School District. Graphs that follow illustrate a comparison of excerpted alcohol related survey questions and student response rates from Cobb County School District and all schools in Georgia. For the complete survey report, check out the following link www.cobbk12.org/preventionintervention The Georgia Student Health Survey is administered through the internet to students in grades 6, 8, 10, and 12 every year during the month of October. This section of the 2008 survey will serve as baseline data and comparison for 2009 for the Cobb Alcohol Taskforce and future survey results will become part of our evaluation data.
2008 and 2009 Georgia Student Health Survey II ExcerptsPrepared for the Cobb Alcohol Taskforce
by Jeff Inman, Coordinator Cobb Safe and Drug Free Schools
Demographics
Female Male Total0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
7000
3006 2913
5919
22822068
4350
Gender
2008
2009
Black Hispanic White Asian Other0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
1784
853
2625
255
402
1339
508
1995
185323
Ethnicity
2008
2009
Demographics
6-2008 6-2009 8-2008 8-2009 10-2008 10-2009 12-2008 12-20090
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
5 4
13 12
22 21
3028
4.5 3.5
14
8.7
2023
36
28
Alcohol use in the past 30 days
GeorgiaCobb
Grade for 2008 and 2009
%
8% DROP
Cobb 6th, 8th and 12th grades show a decrease in students’ past 30 day use of alcohol, from 2008 to 2009. Cobb 10th grades show a 3% increase.
Age of first use
13 1313 13
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
Georgia Cobb
Ag
e
2008
2009
6-2008 6-2009 8-2008 8-2009 10-2008 10-2009 12-2008 12-20090
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
83 8280 81
79 8078 78
8588
8082
80 7975
82
I think Alcohol is Harmful(% that answered yes)
GeorgiaCobb
Grade for 2008 and 2009
%
Cobb 6th, 8th and 12th grades show an increase in students’ belief that alcohol is harmful, from 2008 to 2009. Cobb 10th grades show a decrease.
6-2008 6-2009 8-2008 8-2009 10-2008 10-2009 12-2008 12-20090
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
81 79
66 68
49 49
39 40
8285
6570
51
45
36 38
Friends would disapprove of my alcohol use(% that answered yes)
GeorgiaCobb
Grade for 2008 and 2009
%
Generally the perception of peer disapproval of alcohol use decreases with age. Cobb 6th, 8th and 12th grades show increases, from 2008 to 2009.
Cobb 10th grades show a 6% decrease.
6-2008 6-2009 8-2008 8-2009 10-2008 10-2009 12-2008 12-20090
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
83 82 81 8380 81
77 76
85 8681
85 83 81
7579
Adults would disapprove of my alcohol use(% that answered yes)
GeorgiaCobb
Grade for 2008 and 2009
%
Adults disapproval of student alcohol use remains fairly consistent.
6-2008 6-2009 8-2008 8-2009 10-2008 10-2009 12-2008 12-20090
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
25 24
44 44
66 64
76 74
28
35
53
46
68
74 76 75
Alcohol is easy to get(% that answered yes)
GeorgiaCobb
Grade for 2008 and 2009
%
6%
Generally students’ belief that alcohol is easy to get increases with age. Cobb 6th and 10th grades show increases from 2008 to 2009. Cobb 8th and 12th grades show decreases from 2008 to 2009.
6-2008 6-2009 8-2008 8-2009 10-2008 10-2009 12-2008 12-20090
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
2 27 6
12 12
19 18
1 27 5
11 11
25
17
Binge drinking(% that answered yes to having 5 or more drinks at one sitting)
GeorgiaCobb
Grade for 2008 and 2009
% 8% Decrease
Cobb 12th grade show a 8% decrease in binge drinking, from 2008 to 2009.
6-2008 6-2009 8-2008 8-2009 10-2008 10-2009 12-2008 12-20090
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
24
1214
28
23
35
26
4 3
16
11
2125
27 26
3
8
20
32
43
59
50
70
7 7
33
24
59
65
7472
Times friends use alcohol
Georgia WeeknightCobb WeeknightGeorgia WeekendCobb Weekend
Grade for 2008 and 2009
%
6%
Georgia 10th and 12th grades show dramatic increases (16% and 20%) in weekend alcohol use, from 2008 to 2009. Cobb 10th grade show a 6% increase and 8th and
12th grades show decreases in weekend alcohol use, from 2008 to 2009.
6-2008 6-2009 8-2008 8-2009 10-2008 10-2009 12-2008 12-20090
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
4 5
21 21
46 44
57 55
4 4
23
16
5053
61 61
Alcohol use at a friends house(% that answered yes)
GeorgiaCobb
Grade for 2008 and 2009
%
Cobb 10th and 12th grades show more students’ use alcohol at a friends house than Georgia 10th and 12th grade students, in 2008 and 2009.
6-2008 6-2009 8-2008 8-2009 10-2008 10-2009 12-2008 12-20090
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
6 6
22 22
40 40
47 47
6 7
25
19
40 40
5348
Friends use Alcohol at home(% that answered yes)
GeorgiaCobb
Grade for 2008 and 2009
%
Georgia and Cobb 10th grade report same rate of peer use of alcohol at home. Cobb 12th grade report higher rates of peer use of alcohol at home
than Georgia 12th grade, in 2008 and 2009.
6-2008 6-2009 8-2008 8-2009 10-2008 10-2009 12-2008 12-20090
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
1 15 5
13 1317 16
1 15
2
1115
1715
Alcohol use in a car(% that answered yes)
GeorgiaCobb
Grade for 2008 and 2009
%
Generally students’ use of alcohol in a car is far less than at a friend’s house or at their own home. Cobb 10th grades show a 4% increase
in students’ use of alcohol in a car, from 2008 to 2009.
6-2008 6-2009 8-2008 8-2009 10-2008 10-2009 12-2008 12-20090
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
9 9
16 15 17 16 16 16
7 9
16 14 14 14 15 14
Ridden in a car with an intoxicated driver(% that answered yes)
GeorgiaCobb
Grade for 2008 and 2009
%
No significant changes.
10-2008 10-2009 12-2008 12-20090
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
4 47 7
3 49
6
Drove while drinking(% that ansered yes)
GeorgiaCobb%
No significant changes.
Survey Limitations
• Convenience survey methodology• Sample size changes each year• Not necessarily following same students over
time• Trends may be more meaningful using 2 yr.
comparisons