Focus on Teens
Younger Teens Are More Wary of Underage Drinking and Other Behaviors Younger teens – those ages 15-16 – tend to project a greater sense of caution around most of the behaviors surveyed. In fact, they are significantly more likely than teens ages 17-18 to see everything but consuming marijuana in any form as high risk. Younger teens are also more likely to expect strong disapproval from parents on things like alcohol consumption, binge drinking, and mixing alcohol and marijuana. By contrast, older teens ages 17-18 are twice as likely as 15-16 year-olds to report their parents allowing them to consume alcohol without them (11% vs. 5%). Notably, there are no differences by age of teen when it comes to believing their friends would strongly disapprove of the behaviors surveyed.
15-16 Year Old
17-18 Year Old
Yes, without them
Yes, with them
No, but discussed
No, never come up
Underlining (X) represents a statistically higher figure at the 95% confidence level.
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Mothers Against Drunk Driving
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