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Table 158: Has anyone offered or encouraged you to try any drugs in the last three
months by gender and school year (years 7 to 10 only), with comparisons to Hull 2002
School
year
Percentage of pupils offered or encouraged to try drugs in
the last three months
Males Females All
2008 2002 2008 2002 2008 2002
Year 7 6.0 10.0 5.0 8.7 5.4 9.3
Year 8 3.9 9.2 3.4 13.2 3.6 11.5
Year 9 8.8 22.2 13 31.3 10.9 26.7
Year 10 11.5 46.2 14.3 48.3 12.9 47.5
Years 7-10 7.7 21.2 8.9 25.3 8.3 23.4
Similar large decreases were seen in the percentages of year 7 to 10 boys and girls
reporting they had ever used drugs (Table 159), where the percentage of boys
decreased by 71% since 2002 and the percentage of girls decreased by 67%. These
decreases are so great, that it seems probable that the change in the format of the
drugs questions had a very large impact on the results.
Table 159: Have you ever used or tried any drugs, by gender and school year (years 7
to 11 only), with comparisons to Hull 2002
School
year
Percentage of pupils that ever used or tried drugs
Males Females All
2008 2002 2008 2002 2008 2002
Year 7 0.0 2.9 1.1 6.0 0.5 4.6
Year 8 1.7 4.7 1.2 8.1 1.4 6.7
Year 9 5.0 12.3 9.6 22.5 7.3 17.4
Year 10 7.2 29.9 12.3 37.2 9.9 34.1
Years 7-10 3.5 11.9 6.1 18.5 4.8 15.5
This impression is reinforced when comparing with the level of drug use among young
people reported for England in 2007, as well as changes in these percentages for
England between 2001 and 2007, which are presented in Figure 149. Between 2001
and 2007 the overall percentage of young people in England aged 11 to 15 years that
reported using drugs decreased by 13% in boys and 14% in girls, with percentages for
both years substantially higher than Hull 2008-09. The underlying data are given in the
APPENDIX on page 887.
Consequently, comparisons with the previous Hull Health and Lifestyle Survey, and
indeed with the England Survey, should be undertaken with extreme caution.
Nonetheless, the comparisons have been included here for completeness.
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