These data from the 2015-2016 Michigan Profile for Healthy Youth indicate the percentage of students indicating that it is “sort of easy” or “very easy” to get alcohol/marijuana.
By Gender
These results indicate that just over half of high school respondents indicated that it was easy to obtain alcohol while less than half indicated that it was easy to obtain marijuana. Males were more likely than females to indicate that it was easy to obtain marijuana.
By Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian and American Indian students were more likely to indicate that it was easy to obtain alcohol than the other race/ethnic groups. Hispanic and American Indian students were more likely to indicate the it was easy to obtain marijuana than the other race/ethnic groups. The sample size for American Indian students was relatively small, however, so it is difficult to confidently compare the results to the other race/ethnic groups.
By Gender
These results suggest that female middle school students are slightly more likely to indicate that it is easy to obtain alcohol than male students while male students are more likely to indicate that it is easy to obtain marijuana.
By Race/Ethnicity
These results suggest that Hispanic and Indian students are more likely to indicate that it is easy to obtain alcohol and marijuana than students of other races/ethnicities. The sample size for American Indian students was relatively small, however, so it is difficult to confidently compare this result to the other race/ethnic groups.
