Suburban Adolescent Behavior

By the 12th grade over 60% of suburban high school students have tried smoking. This is a higher rate then the urban high school students who clock in at least 54%. This was close as far as distance goes percentage wise for underage drinking. With suburban high school students leading at 74% and urban students leaving at 71%. And the sad yet common thing about it as well is that four out of ten 12th graders in both suburban and urban schools have used illegal drugs. Not to mention that both are as likely to engage in illegal activities such as fighting and stealing.
All of this data and more is the largest most detailed studies of adolescent behavior to date. In wave one in 1995 20,000 students in grades seven through twelve were chosen to