Education Working Paper
No. 4  January 2004


Sex, Drugs, and Delinquency in Urban and Suburban Public Schools

Table 1
“Have you ever had sexual intercourse? When we say sexual intercourse, we mean when a male inserts his penis into a female’s vagina.”

Have had sexual intercourse:

 

Urban

Suburban

Grades 9-12

49.0%

50.2%

9th grade

31.4%

36.6%

10th grade

45.0%

43.9%

11th grade

55.4%

56.0%

12th grade

66.9%

64.8%

Table 2
“Have you ever touched another person’s genitals, that is, their private parts, or has another person ever touched your genitals in a sexual way?” [students who have had sexual intercourse counted as “yes”]

Have touched another person’s genitals sexually:

 

Urban

Suburban

Grades 9-12

66.6%

70.5%

9th grade

58.6%

58.8%

10th grade

58.1%

69.9%

11th grade

75.3%

75.5%

12th grade

76.9%

80.6%

Table 3
“Not counting the people you have described as romantic relationships, have you ever had a sexual relationship with anyone?”

Have had a non-romantic sexual relationship:

 

Urban

Suburban

Grades 9-12

29.2%

33.3%

9th grade

18.1%

26.4%

10th grade

25.8%

27.9%

11th grade

36.4%

36.6%

12th grade

38.7%

42.7%

Table 4
“Have you ever had anal intercourse? When we say anal intercourse, we mean when a male inserts his penis into another person’s anus.”

Have had anal intercourse: [of all students]

 

Urban

Suburban

Grades 9-12

7.6%

8.2%

9th grade

7.2%

6.2%

10th grade

4.1%

6.9%

11th grade

9.7%

8.7%

12th grade

10.2%

11.5%

Table 5
“Have you ever been told by a doctor or a nurse that you had chlamydia, syphilis, gonorrhea, HIV or AIDS, genital herpes, genital warts, trichomoniasis, or hepatits B? [if student is female:] “Have you ever been told by a doctor or a nurse that you had bacterial vaginosis or non-gonococcal vaginitis?”

Have been diagnosed with a venereal disease: [of students who have had sexual intercourse]

 

Urban

Suburban

Grades 9-12

9.4%

7.0%

9th grade

2.7%

7.5%

10th grade

7.9%

6.0%

11th grade

8.6%

6.6%

12th grade

14.5%

7.8%

Have been diagnosed with a venereal disease: [of all students]

 

Urban

Suburban

Grades 9-12

4.6%

3.5%

9th grade

0.8%

2.7%

10th grade

3.6%

2.6%

11th grade

4.8%

3.7%

12th grade

9.7%

5.0%

Table 6
“Have you ever been pregnant? Be sure to include if you are currently pregnant and any past pregnancy that ended in an abortion, stillbirth, miscarriage, or a live birth after which the baby died.”

Have been pregnant: [of female students who have had sexual intercourse]

 

Urban

Suburban

Grades 9-12

23.3%

18.1%

9th grade

16.5%

14.4%

10th grade

17.1%

16.9%

11th grade

23.6%

18.5%

12th grade

29.8%

20.6%

Have been pregnant: [of all female students]

 

Urban

Suburban

Grades 9-12

10.5%

9.1%

9th grade

4.2%

5.1%

10th grade

7.1%

7.7%

11th grade

11.8%

10.6%

12th grade

20.2%

13.7%

Table 7
“Please indicate the outcome of this pregnancy.” [asked separately for each reported pregnancy]

Had an abortion when 18 or younger:
[of all female students]

 

Urban

Suburban

 

3.3%

3.5%

Table 8
“Have you ever tried cigarette smoking, even just one or two puffs?”

Have smoked cigarettes:

 

Urban

Suburban

Grades 9-12

52.7%

59.7%

9th grade

49.0%

57.6%

10th grade

53.5%

58.9%

11th grade

54.7%

60.4%

12th grade

54.3%

61.9%

Table 9
“Have you ever smoked regularly, that is, at least one cigarette every day for 30 days?”

Have smoked regularly (once a day for 30 days): [of students who have smoked]

 

Urban

Suburban

Grades 9-12

49.8%

52.9%

9th grade

49.3%

45.0%

10th grade

45.2%

52.4%

11th grade

48.9%

53.6%

12th grade

55.5%

60.5%

Have smoked regularly (once a day for 30 days): [of all students]

 

Urban

Suburban

Grades 9-12

26.2%

31.6%

9th grade

24.1%

25.9%

10th grade

24.2%

30.9%

11th grade

26.7%

32.4%

12th grade

30.2%

37.4%

Table 10
“Have you had a drink of beer, wine, or liquor—not just a sip or a taste of someone else’s drink—more than two or three times in your life?”

Have drunk alcohol more than 2-3 times:

 

Urban

Suburban

Grades 9-12

62.7%

66.3%

9th grade

51.9%

58.6%

10th grade

64.1%

63.2%

11th grade

65.5%

69.8%

12th grade

70.9%

73.9%

Table 11
“Do you ever drink beer, wine, or liquor when you are not with your parents or other adults in your family?”

Drink alcohol without adult family members present: [of students who have drunk alcohol]

 

Urban

Suburban

Grades 9-12

73.4%

78.9%

9th grade

64.0%

71.8%

10th grade

75.3%

76.9%

11th grade

73.0%

80.1%

12th grade

79.9%

85.1%

Drink alcohol without adult family members present: [of all students]

 

Urban

Suburban

Grades 9-12

46.0%

52.3%

9th grade

33.2%

42.1%

10th grade

48.3%

48.6%

11th grade

47.8%

55.9%

12th grade

56.7%

62.9%

Table 12
“Have you ever been drunk at school?”

Have been drunk at school: [of students who have drunk alcohol]

 

Urban

Suburban

Grades 9-12

13.8%

11.9%

9th grade

8.6%

11.1%

10th grade

11.6%

9.0%

11th grade

15.0%

12.5%

12th grade

19.1%

14.4%

Have been drunk at school: [of all students]

 

Urban

Suburban

Grades 9-12

8.7%

7.9%

9th grade

4.5%

6.5%

10th grade

7.5%

5.7%

11th grade

9.8%

8.7%

12th grade

13.6%

10.6%

Table 13
“Have you ever driven while drunk?”

Have driven while drunk: [of students who have drunk alcohol]

 

Urban

Suburban

Grades 9-12

12.4%

16.9%

9th grade

2.1%

4.3%

10th grade

6.8%

7.9%

11th grade

16.4%

22.5%

12th grade

22.6%

29.6%

Have driven while drunk: [of all students]

 

Urban

Suburban

Grades 9-12

7.8%

11.2%

9th grade

1.1%

2.5%

10th grade

4.4%

5.0%

11th grade