Definition: Estimated percentage of public school students in grades 7, 9, 11, and non-traditional programs who have ever driven a car when they had been drinking alcohol, or ridden in a car driven by someone who had been drinking alcohol, by grade level and number of occasions (e.g., in 2013-2015, an estimated 5.6% of California students in grades 7, 9, 11, and non-traditional programs whose parents did not finish high school had either driven when they had been drinking, or ridden with a driver who had been drinking, on seven or more occasions in their lifetimes).
Data Source: WestEd, California Healthy Kids Survey. California Department of Education (Jul. 2017).
Footnote: Years presented comprise two school years (e.g., 2013-14 and 2014-15 school years are shown as 2013-2015). County- and state-level data are weighted estimates; school district-level data are unweighted. Students in non-traditional programs are those enrolled in community day schools or continuation education. The notation S refers to (a) data for school districts that have been suppressed because there were fewer than 10 respondents in that group, and (b) data for counties that have been suppressed because the sample was too small to be representative. N/A means that data are not available.