Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS): Drug Use Report 2015

Appendix B: Base Tables

Table B.1 Bases for Figure 2.4 Proportion of pupils who had used drugs in the last month, by sex and age (1998-2015)

	All 13 year old boys	All 13 year old girls	All 15 year old boys	All 15 year old girls
1998	303	314	561	552
2000	624	582	592	571
2002	6027	6274	5278	5271
2004	1810	1736	1672	1742
2006	5821	5834	5649	5451
2008	2655	2710	2310	2337
2010	9788	9532	9118	8746
2013	8703	8657	8203	8047
2015	6209	6550	5496	5498

Table B.2 Bases for Figure 2.6 Proportion of pupils who were drinking alcohol the last time they used drugs, by sex and age (2002-2015)

	13 year old boys who have ever used drugs	13 year old girls who have ever used drugs	15 year old boys who have ever used drugs	15 year old girls who have ever used drugs
2002	948	710	2013	1873
2004	268	210	568	595
2006	434	369	1458	1322
2008	189	147	581	501
2010	512	418	2076	1512
2013	419	322	1478	1260
2015	320	241	1056	803

Table B.3: Bases for Figure 3.1 Proportion of pupils ever offered drugs, by sex and age (1998-2015)

	All 13 year old boys	All 13 year old girls	All 15 year old boys	All 15 year old girls
1998	306	315	562	554
2000	619	577	593	570
2002	5862	6155	5242	5240
2004	1784	1732	1673	1732
2006	5573	5690	5484	5368
2008	2423	2584	2229	2301
2010	9081	9142	8761	8562
2013	8164	8322	7930	7894
2015	6325	6651	5625	5605

Table B.4: Bases for Figure 3.4 Proportion of pupils who think it would be very or fairly easy to get drugs, by age and sex (2002-2015)

	All 13 year old boys	All 13 year old girls	All 15 year old boys	All 15 year old girls
2002	5808	6103	5202	5217
2004	1761	1708	1647	1731
2006	5405	5552	5339	5299
2008	2453	2572	2217	2278
2010	8885	8879	8534	8372
2013	8114	8276	7854	7822
2015	6097	6464	5446	5504

Table B.5: Bases for Figure 4.1 Acceptability of trying cannabis, by age and gender (2006-2015)

	All 13 year old boys	All 13 year old girls	All 15 year old boys	All 15 year old girls
2006	5917	5900	5714	5491
2008	2655	2710	2310	2337
2010	9788	9532	9118	8746
2013	8703	8657	8203	8047
2015	6067	6463	5379	5449

Table B.6: Bases for Figure 4.2 Acceptability of trying cocaine, by age and gender (2006-2015)

	All 13 year old boys	All 13 year old girls	All 15 year old boys	All 15 year old girls
2006	5917	5900	5714	5491
2008	2655	2710	2310	2337
2010	9788	9532	9118	8746
2013	8703	8657	8203	8047
2015	6068	6481	5371	5464

Table B.7: Bases for Figure 4.3 Acceptability of trying glue sniffing, by age and gender (2006-2015)

	All 13 year old boys	All 13 year old girls	All 15 year old boys	All 15 year old girls
2006	5917	5900	5714	5491
2008	2655	2710	2310	2337
2010	9788	9532	9118	8746
2013	8703	8657	8203	8047
2015	6070	6481	5386	5457

Table B.8: Bases for Figure 4.6 15 year olds who "don't know" if statements are true or false, by age and gender (2006-2015)

	All 15 year olds
2006	11274
2008	4671
2010	17936
2013	16288
2015	11697

Table B.9: Bases for Figure 5.3 Proportion of pupils who took drugs in the last month, by whether they agree that their school provides them with enough advice and support about taking drugs (2015)

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Agree	8171	6999
Disagree	1657	1332

Table B.10: Bases for Figure 5.5 Proportion of pupils who took drugs in the last month, by how much they said they had learned about drug topics at school (2015)

The risks to your health from drugs

	13 year olds	15 year olds
A lot	6716	6064
A little	3122	2929
Not much/not at all	1495	1001

The effects that taking drugs can have on other areas of your life

	13 year olds	15 year olds
A lot	5790	5323
A little	3434	3302
Not much/not at all	1840	1259

That your ability to make decisions can be affected by taking drugs

	13 year olds	15 year olds
A lot	5469	5280
A little	3459	3283
Not much/not at all	2029	1285

That people's views about smoking, drinking and taking drugs can be affected by the things their friends say or do

	13 year olds	15 year olds
A lot	5644	4952
A little	3544	3438
Not much/not at all	1682	1380

Table B.11: Bases for Figure 5.7 Proportion of pupils who took drugs in the last month, by confidence in future health and wellbeing choices (2015)

Having the information you need to make the right choices about your health and wellbeing

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Confident	10796	9197
Not very/not at all confident	549	793

Saying no to doing something that you don't want to do

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Confident	10683	9386
Not very/not at all confident	644	605

Knowing where to go for information and support about substance related issues

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Confident	9920	8233
Not very/not at all confident	1152	1581

Avoid getting into risky situations due to drugs

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Confident	10714	9224
Not very/not at all confident	420	635

Table B.12: Bases for Figure 6.1 Proportion of pupils who took drugs in the last month, by family variables (2015)

Family status

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Single parent	2596	2448
Step parent	1034	979
Both parents	8633	7174

Maternal awareness

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Median and above	8480	6182
Below median	3957	4603

Paternal awareness

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Median and above	7245	4969
Below median	4559	5203

Family communication

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Likely to talk	11328	9073
Not likely to talk	1406	1909

Caring responsibilities

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Yes	1473	937
No	10925	9942

Table B.13: Bases for Figure 6.2 Proportion of pupils who took drugs in the last month, by friend variables (2015)

Number of friends

	13 year olds	15 year olds
0	197	263
1	421	422
2	1383	1461
3+	10336	8562

Age of friends

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Older	503	516
Younger	189	184
Same aged	8265	7018
Mixed	3396	2983

Number of evenings spent with friends

	13 year olds	15 year olds
None	1223	1104
1-2 evenings	3379	3392
3-4 evenings	3988	3584
5+ evenings	3398	2406

Own cash to spend

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Less than £5 a week	2861	1595
£5 or more, but less than £20 a week	8257	7215
£20 or more a week	1214	1847

Table B.14: Proportion of 13 year olds who had used drugs in the last month, by weekly activities (2015) - Percentages (Figure 6.3)

	Weekly	Less than weekly
Playing sport	2%	4%
Going to a gig or concert	11%	2%
Doing a hobby	3%	3%
Hanging out in the street	6%	1%
Reading books	2%	4%
Do nothing	5%	2%

Table B.15: Proportion of 15 year olds who had used drugs in the last month, by weekly activities (2015) - Percentages (Figure 6.3)

	Weekly	Less than weekly
Reading books	8%	12%
Hanging out in the street	21%	5%
Doing a hobby	9%	12%
Going to a gig or concert	20%	10%
Going to a friend's home	14%	5%

Table B.16: Proportion of 13 year olds who had used drugs in the last month, by weekly activities (2015) - Bases (Figure 6.3)

	Weekly	Less than weekly
Playing sport	8847	3608
Going to a gig or concert	718	11659
Doing a hobby	7437	4967
Hanging out in the street	4783	7612
Reading books	5818	6661
Do nothing	2784	9230

Table B.17: Proportion of 15 year olds who had used drugs in the last month, by weekly activities (2015) - Bases (Figure 6.3)

	Weekly	Less than weekly
Reading books	3499	7247
Hanging out in the street	3622	7094
Doing a hobby	5543	5160
Going to a gig or concert	816	9889
Going to a friend's home	7031	3691

Table B.18: Bases for Figure 6.4 Proportion of pupils who had used drugs in the last month, by school variables (2015)

How much do you like school at the moment?

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Like it a lot	2914	1538
Like it a little	6098	5022
Not very much	1970	2429
Not at all	1142	1595

Feeling pressured by schoolwork

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Never	2007	631
Sometimes	7355	4438
A lot of the time	2688	5482

Exclusion

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Has been excluded	1139	1049
Has not been excluded	10808	9481

Truanting

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Not at all	7990	6122
4-10 times	2784	2584
1-3 times	731	988
More than 10 times	365	683

Post-school expectations and age

	13 year olds	15 year olds
University	7216	6094
FE college	1354	1646
Apprenticeship	320	847
Working	1232	873

Table B.19: Bases for Figure 6.5 Proportion of pupils who had used drugs in the last month, by inequalities and geography variables (2015)

Self-rated health

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Good	11119	9032
Fair	1431	1716
Bad	223	326

Illness or disability

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Yes	1743	1866
No	10459	8715

Emotional and behavioural difficulties (overall SDQ score)

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Normal	8228	6562
Borderline	1594	1767
Abnormal	1533	1671

Mental wellbeing ( WEMWBS Score)

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Below average	1393	1806
Average	7777	7238
Above average	1946	1134

SIMD Band

	13 year olds	15 year olds
1- most deprived	2260	1997
2	2765	2419
3	2187	1704
4	3134	2647
5 - least deprived	2522	2349