Grade 11 Drinking Beer? Grade 12 Fig 28 "How do your All parents feel about kids Grade 7 your age. . .", 1990 Texas Grade 8 School Grade 9 Survey Grade 10 Using Marijuana? All Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 * Less than 0.5% Parental attitude toward substance use is closely related to beer students’ and marijuana consumption (Figure 29). Twenty-eight percent of students whose parents strongly or mildly disapprove of alcohol consumption drank during the previous month, whereas 58 percent of those whose parents strongly or mildly approve drank during that period. The same pattern can be observed for marijuana: 30-day prevalence among students whose parents strongly or mildly approve of marijuana use is 17 percent compared to only 7 percent for those whose parents disapprove. Beer Marijuana DISAPPROVE 28% 7% APPROVE 58% 17% NEITHER 54% 30% DON'T KNOW 33% 11% Fig 29 30-Day Prevalence of Beer and Marijuana by Parental Approval
Drinking Beer? All Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Fig 28 "How do your parents feel about kids your age. . .", 1990 Texas School Survey Using Marijuana? All Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 * Less than 0.5% Parental attitude toward substance use is closely related to students’ beer and marijuana consumption (Figure 29). Twenty-eight percent of students whose parents strongly or mildly disapprove of alcohol consumption drank during the previous month, whereas 58 percent of those whose parents strongly or mildly approve drank during that period. The same pattern can be observed for marijuana: 30-day prevalence among students whose parents strongly or mildly approve of marijuana use is 17 percent compared to only 7 percent for those whose parents disapprove. Beer Marijuana DISAPPROVE 28% 7% APPROVE 58% 17% NEITHER 54% 30% DON'T KNOW 33% 11% Fig 29 30-Day Prevalence of Beer and Marijuana by Parental Approval