Comparison of 9 Substance Use Behaviors from the 2000 Survey Aggregate Population with Youth Who Report Having 0-10 Assets

Risk-Taking Behaviors		% Total Sample	% 0-10 Asset Youth
Category	Definition	% Total Sample	% 0-10 Asset Youth
Alcohol	Used Alcohol once or more in the last 30 days	47	68
Alcohol	Got drunk once or more in the last two weeks	34	54
Tobacco	Smoked cigarettes once or more in the last 30 days	35	61
Tobacco	Used smokeless tobacco once or more in the last 12 months	18	30
Inhalants	Sniffed or inhaled substances to get high once or more in the last 12 months	8	18
Marijuana	Used marijuana once or more in the last 12 months	34	61
Other Drug Use	Use other illicit drugs once or more in the last 12 months	17	39
Driving and Alcohol	Drove after drinking once or more in the last 12 months	18	33
Driving and Alcohol	Rode (once or more in the last 12 months) with a driver who had been drinking	43	63

From Developmental Assets: A Profile of Your Youth for Marquette Alger Intermediate School District, 2000, by Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN. Data collected with the survey Search Institute Profiles of Student Life: Attitudes and Behaviors, copyright © 1996, Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN.

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