Below is just some of the information gathered from the Arkansas Prevention Needs Assessment Survey Conducted in all Conway County school districts in 2007:
Risk Factors
2007 Data
Age of onset of drug use (This number represents the average age that Conway County youth report starting use)
= younger than state average
Alcohol
Marijuana
Tobacco*
Conway County
State
6th graders:
10.5
11.3
10.8
10.6
10.4
8th graders:
11.5
11.6
12.1
12
11.2
10th graders:
12.4
12.9
13.1
13.3
12th graders:
13.8
14
14.2
14.5
13.2
Frequency of use in the past 30 days (This number represents the percentage of youth who report using the drug in the past 30 days)
= worse than state average
1.7%
3.6%
0%
.5%
1.8%
1.9%
12.9%
15.5%
4.5%
4.1%
8%
8.1%
36.8%
30.3%
15%
10.4%
15.3%
45.9%
40.3%
12.8%
22%
23.5%
Perception of risk or harm
(This number represents the percentage of youth who perceive that use of this drug is harmful)
63.5%
65.6%
70.6%
69.1%
80%
80.9%
55.6%
62.4%
62.7%
64.5%
82.8%
86.3%
61.3%
48.2%
51.8%
85.5%
88.3%
62.6%
38%
42.9%
89.3%
Perception of disapproval of use by parents
(This number represents the number of youth who report that their parents would disaprove of their use of the drug)
97.2%
96.2%
100%
99.2%
99.3%
97.6%
91.6%
90.2%
98.9%
97%
95%
77.3%
83.3%
94.9%
94.4%
87.4%
91.3%
71.3%
76.5%
92.3%
91.7%
82.5%
83.5%
*does not include spit tobacco data
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