1. Delaware School Survey Trend Charts Statewide Trends
Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
University of Delaware

2. Summary of the Delaware School Survey (DSS)
The DSS is an annual survey of 5th, 8th, and 11th grade public school students in Delaware. The survey is used to estimate​ students attitudes and experiences with tobacco, drugs, alcohol, bullying, depression, and a variety of issues facing Delaware's youth. 
2018 sample size was:
5th Grade – 5,243 students
8th Grade- 4,678 students
11th Grade- 3,909 students
State Trends
Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

3. State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ self reported alcohol use in the past 30 days by grade, 1999-Present
State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

4. State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ self reported binge alcohol use in the two weeks by grade, 1999-Present
Note: *Binge alcohol use measured by “Had 3 alcoholic drinks or more in a row in past 2 weeks”
State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

5. State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ perceived “great risk” of alcohol use by grade, 1999-Present
Note: Question was not asked in 2018
State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

6. State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ perceived “great risk” of binge alcohol use by grade, 1999-Present
Note: Binge alcohol use measured by “Had 3 alcoholic drinks or more in a row in past 2 weeks”
State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

7. State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ self reported cigarette use in the past 30 days by grade, 1999-Present
State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

8. State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ perceived “great risk” in smoking a pack of cigarettes daily by grade, 1999-Present
Note: Answer option is “a lot of risk”
and not great risk for 5th graders
State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

9. State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ self reported marijuana use in the past 30 days by grade, 1999-Present
State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

10. State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ perceived “great risk” in smoking marijuana regularly by grade, 1999-Present
Note: Answer option is “a lot of risk”
and not great risk for 5th graders
State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

11. State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ reporting feeling safe in school by grade, 1999-Present
State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

12. State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ reporting fighting/ violence is a problem in school by grade, 1999-Present
State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

13. State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ reporting taking a weapon to school in the past year by grade, 1999-Present
Use the variable takwep and not the Variable Weapon
State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

14. State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ self reported prescription upper use in the past year by grade, 2007-Present
Note: Question was first asked in 2007
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15. State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ self reported downer use in the past year by grade, 1999-Present
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16. State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ self reported hallucinogen use in the past year by grade, 1999-Present
State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

17. State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ self reported heroin use in the past year by grade, 1999-Present
State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

18. State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ self reported crack or cocaine use in the past year by grade, 2005-Present
Note: Question first asked in 2005
State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

19. State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ self reported pain killer use in the past year by grade, 2002-Present
Note: Question first asked in 2002
State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

20. State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ self reported steroid use in the past year by grade, 2008-Present
Note: Question first asked in 2008
State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

21. State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ self reported ADHD medicine use in the past year by grade, 2008-Present
Note: Question first asked in 2002 and 2003 for 5th graders
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22. State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Delaware students’ self reported over the counter drugs use in the past year by grade, 2008-Present
State Trends Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018