In 1998, around 44.5 percent of 12th graders in the U.S. said that they believed steroids were easy to get, compared to 17.4 percent in 2022. Steroids are performance-enhancing drugs that are sometimes used by athletes illegally. This statistic shows the percentage of 12th graders in the U.S. who believed that steroids were easy or fairly easy to obtain from 1991 to 2023.
Percentage of U.S. students in grade 12 that perceived steroids as being easy to get from 1991 to 2022
Monitoring the Future is an ongoing study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American secondary school students, college students, and young adults. Each year, a total of approximately 50,000 8th, 10th and 12th grade students are surveyed (12th graders since 1975, and 8th and 10th graders since 1991).
Percentage saying fairly easy or very easy to get.
* Results may not be comparable to previous years. In 2021 MTF conducted survey administrations via the internet for the first time, and responses, especially on attitudes, can be sensitive to mode effect.
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NIDA, & NIH. (May 31, 2024). Percentage of U.S. students in grade 12 that perceived steroids as being easy to get from 1991 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/696733/us-12th-graders-perception-of-steroids-as-easy-to-obtain/
NIDA, und NIH. "Percentage of U.S. students in grade 12 that perceived steroids as being easy to get from 1991 to 2022." Chart. May 31, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/696733/us-12th-graders-perception-of-steroids-as-easy-to-obtain/
NIDA, NIH. (2024). Percentage of U.S. students in grade 12 that perceived steroids as being easy to get from 1991 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/696733/us-12th-graders-perception-of-steroids-as-easy-to-obtain/
NIDA, and NIH. "Percentage of U.S. Students in Grade 12 That Perceived Steroids as Being Easy to Get from 1991 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 May 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/696733/us-12th-graders-perception-of-steroids-as-easy-to-obtain/
NIDA & NIH, Percentage of U.S. students in grade 12 that perceived steroids as being easy to get from 1991 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/696733/us-12th-graders-perception-of-steroids-as-easy-to-obtain/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Percentage of U.S. students in grade 12 that perceived steroids as being easy to get from 1991 to 2022 [Graph], NIDA, & NIH, May 31, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/696733/us-12th-graders-perception-of-steroids-as-easy-to-obtain/
