Q53. How old were you when you tried marijuana
for the first time?
Weighted Column Percents
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Total Grade
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9th 10th 11th 12th
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I have never tried
marijuana 56.2 62.9 54.3 52.9 52.7
8 years old or younger 1.6 1.7 1.9 1.3 1.1
9 or 10 years old 1.8 2.4 2.1 1.5 1.0
11 or 12 years old 7.1 9.9 8.0 5.3 3.5
13 or 14 years old 19.4 20.7 22.2 18.5 14.5
15 or 16 years old 12.2 2.4 11.2 19.1 20.6
17 years old or older 1.7 .0 .3 1.4 6.6
Female
I have never tried
marijuana 57.9 64.0 56.5 53.8 55.5
8 years old or younger 1.0 1.2 1.5 .9 .5
9 or 10 years old 1.3 1.9 1.4 1.0 .6
11 or 12 years old 6.2 9.0 7.0 4.7 2.6
13 or 14 years old 19.8 21.8 22.7 18.3 14.4
15 or 16 years old 12.2 2.1 10.8 20.1 20.2
17 years old or older 1.6 .0 .2 1.2 6.3
Male
I have never tried
marijuana 54.4 61.7 52.2 51.9 49.8
8 years old or younger 2.1 2.2 2.4 1.9 1.7
9 or 10 years old 2.4 2.9 2.8 2.1 1.5
11 or 12 years old 8.0 10.9 9.1 5.9 4.5
13 or 14 years old 19.0 19.5 21.7 18.7 14.6
15 or 16 years old 12.2 2.7 11.6 18.0 20.9
17 years old or older 1.8 .0 .3 1.6 7.0
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Total N =
31,854
Q53. How old were you when you tried marijuana
for the first time?
Unweighted Frequencies
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Total Grade
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9th 10th 11th 12th
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I have never tried
marijuana 17,668 5,879 4,744 3,830 3,215
8 years old or younger 538 175 179 101 83
9 or 10 years old 621 248 193 114 66
11 or 12 years old 2,322 976 716 396 234
13 or 14 years old 6,174 1,990 1,932 1,330 922
15 or 16 years old 3,961 255 992 1,433 1,281
17 years old or older 570 0 21 113 436
Female
I have never tried
marijuana 9,243 3,043 2,471 2,011 1,718
8 years old or younger 185 62 65 35 23
9 or 10 years old 226 103 62 42 19
11 or 12 years old 1,027 453 310 177 87
13 or 14 years old 3,228 1,069 1,010 684 465
15 or 16 years old 2,058 123 485 783 667
17 years old or older 262 0 9 50 203
Male
I have never tried
marijuana 8,425 2,836 2,273 1,819 1,497
8 years old or younger 353 113 114 66 60
9 or 10 years old 395 145 131 72 47
11 or 12 years old 1,295 523 406 219 147
13 or 14 years old 2,946 921 922 646 457
15 or 16 years old 1,903 132 507 650 614
17 years old or older 308 0 12 63 233
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Total N =
31,854
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