Table 3.
Type of weapon carried by type of school or region and number of drugs used. Values are numbers (percentages) of students
| Group | Total No | Males
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Total No | Females
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Total No | All students
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blade | Non-blade | Blade | Non-blade | Blade | Non-blade | ||||||
| Overall | 1452 | 281 (19.4) | 321 (22.1) | 1669 | 94 (5.6) | 74 (4.4) | 3121 | 375 (12.0) | 395 (12.7) | ||
| School year: | |||||||||||
| S1 | 374 | 40 (10.7) | 69 (18.5) | 442 | 9 (2.0) | 15 (3.4) | 816 | 49 (6.0) | 84 (10.3) | ||
| S2 | 366 | 78 (21.3) | 68 (18.6) | 444 | 29 (6.5) | 21 (4.7) | 810 | 107 (13.2) | 89 (11.0) | ||
| S3 | 390 | 87 (22.3) | 87 (22.2) | 399 | 32 (8.0) | 16 (4.0) | 789 | 119 (15.1) | 103 (13.1) | ||
| S4 | 322 | 76 (23.6) | 97 (30.1) | 384 | 24 (6.3) | 22 (5.7) | 706 | 100 (14.2) | 119 (16.9) | ||
| School type and region: | |||||||||||
| Independent | 92 | 27 (29.4) | 7 (7.6) | 349 | 25 (7.2) | 10 (2.9) | 441 | 52 (11.8) | 17 (3.9) | ||
| Perth and Kinross | 389 | 66 (17.0) | 43 (11.1) | 358 | 9 (2.5) | 13 (3.6) | 747 | 75 (10.0) | 56 (7.5) | ||
| Lanarkshire | 971 | 188 (19.4) | 271 (27.9) | 962 | 60 (6.2) | 51 (5.3) | 1933 | 248 (12.8) | 322 (16.7) | ||
| No of drugs*: | |||||||||||
| 0 | 987 | 108 (10.9) | 114 (11.6) | 1239 | 25 (2.0) | 27 (2.2) | 2226 | 133 (6.0) | 141 (6.3) | ||
| 1 | 239 | 65 (27.2) | 86 (36.0) | 235 | 21 (8.9) | 18 (7.7) | 474 | 86 (18.1) | 104 (21.9) | ||
| >1 | 221 | 107 (48.4) | 120 (54.3) | 190 | 47 (24.7) | 29 (15.3) | 411 | 154 (37.5) | 149 (36.3) | ||
*
Data missing for five males and five females.