Table 1.
Student characteristics by past month binge drank, California Healthy Kids Statewide Survey, 2017–18 and 2018–19 (n = 951,995)
| Past month binge drinking | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total, N (%)a | Yes, N (%)b 45,801 (4.8) |
No, N (%)b 906,194 (95.2) |
|
| Gender identity | |||
| Cisgender | 926,795 (97.3) | 43,444 (4.7) | 883,351 (95.3) |
| Transgender | 8,703 (0.9) | 1,232 (14.2) | 7,471 (85.8) |
| Not sure | 16,497 (1.7) | 1,125 (6.8) | 15,372 (93.2) |
| Race and ethnicity | |||
| Non-Hispanic or Latinx | |||
| White | 207,756 (21.8) | 13,456 (6.5) | 194,300 (93.5) |
| American Indian or Alaskan Native | 9,353 (1.0) | 567 (6.1) | 8,786 (93.9) |
| Asian | 104,004 (10.9) | 1,690 (1.6) | 102,314 (98.4) |
| Black or African American | 32,477 (3.4) | 980 (3.0) | 3,1497 (97.0) |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 11,547 (1.2) | 517 (4.5) | 11,030 (95.5) |
| Multiracial | 97,050 (10.2) | 4,093 (4.2) | 92,957 (95.8) |
| Hispanic or Latinx | |||
| No race selected | 75,976 (8) | 3,851 (5.1) | 72,125 (94.9) |
| White | 71,542 (7.5) | 3,705 (5.2) | 67,837 (94.8) |
| American Indian or Alaskan Native | 26,363 (2.8) | 1,273 (4.8) | 25,090 (95.2) |
| Asian | 3,811 (0.4) | 218 (5.7) | 3,593 (94.3) |
| Black or African American | 6,541 (0.7) | 479 (7.3) | 6,062 (92.7) |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3,062 (0.3) | 226 (7.4) | 2,836 (92.6) |
| Multiracial | 302,513 (31.8) | 14,746 (4.9) | 287,767 (95.1) |
| Grade | |||
| 6–8th grade | 334,924 (35.2) | 4,379 (1.3) | 330,545 (98.7) |
| 9–10th grade | 322,150 (33.8) | 13,159 (4.1) | 308,991 (95.9) |
| 11–12th grade | 270,943 (28.5) | 23,731 (8.8) | 247,212 (91.2) |
| Nontraditional | 23,978 (2.5) | 4,532 (18.9) | 19,446 (81.1) |
| Parents education | |||
| Did not finish high school | 125,447 (13.2) | 8,887 (7.1) | 116,560 (92.9) |
| Graduated high school | 150,120 (15.8) | 8,448 (5.6) | 141,672 (94.4) |
| Some college | 120,211 (12.6) | 6,940 (5.8) | 113,271 (94.2) |
| College graduate | 383,440 (40.3) | 16,851 (4.4) | 366,589 (95.6) |
| Don’t know | 172,777 (18.1) | 4,675 (2.7) | 168,102 (97.3) |
| Sexual orientation | |||
| Heterosexual | 799,874 (84) | 36,345 (4.5) | 763,529 (95.5) |
| Gay or lesbian | 14,802 (1.6) | 1,413 (9.6) | 13,389 (90.5) |
| Bisexual | 52,254 (5.5) | 4,729 (9.1) | 47,525 (91) |
| Not sure | 43,372 (4.6) | 1,749 (4) | 41,623 (96) |
| Other | 14,048 (1.5) | 878 (6.3) | 13,170 (93.8) |
| Decline | 27,645 (2.9) | 687 (2.5) | 26,958 (97.5) |
| Survey year | |||
| 2017–18 | 518,069 (54.4) | 25,735 (5.0) | 492,334 (95.0) |
| 2018–19 | 433,926 (45.6) | 20,066 (4.6) | 413,860 (95.4) |
Past month binge drinking = reported drinking 5 or more drinks in a row in at least once in the past month.
a
Column percentage.
b
Row percentage.