The Michigan Profile for Healthy Youth (MiPHY) was completed by 7, 9, and 11 grade students in Michigan. Students completed an on-line, anonymous questionnaire. Participation is voluntary for both schools and youth. Surveying is facilitated by the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) and occurs biannually.

Explore the data by clicking through each tab in the visualization and using the filters to show by year, county, or grade level.

About the Data

Survey procedures were designed to protect the privacy of students by allowing for anonymous and voluntary participation. Local parental notification procedures were followed before survey administration. Responses are reported as an unweighted percentage of reported response by youth which is aggregated anonymously. The MiPHY data reflect student survey responses from high schools that voluntarily participated in the county, thus may not be representative of all schools in the county.

Data Limitations

Voluntary and Anonymous Participation. Due to the voluntary nature of MiPHY surveying participation, counties who opted to not participate will be left blank on all data table charting. Additionally counties with more than one district may report for one district but not another. Due to the anonymity of the survey, there is no way to determine which districts are represented.

Combined Counties. In smaller counties that have fewer school districts, data has been combined by MDE. Combined counties include:

Alpena, Montmorency, and Alcona
Chippewa, Luce, and Mackinac
Crawford, Ogemaw, Oscoda, and Roscommon
Mason and Lake
Delta and Schoolcraft

View The Full Survey

The complete Michigan Profile for Healthy Youth (MiPHY) survey is available online through the Michigan Department of Education.

Alcohol & Other Drugs

Alcohol & Other Drug Indicator Definitions

Ease of Access to Alcohol: Percentage of students who reported sort of easy or very easy to get alcohol
Risk of Alcohol Use: Percentage of students who reported having five or more drinks of alcohol once or twice each weekend to be a moderate or great risk
Parents Disapprove of Alcohol Use: Percentage of students who reported their parents felt having one or two drinks of an alcoholic beverage nearly every day to be wrong or very wrong
Alcohol Use Past 30 Days: Percentage of students who had at least one drink of alcohol in the past 30 days
Binge Drinking Past 30 Days: Percentage of students who had five or more drinks of alcohol in a row, that is, within a couple of hours, during the past 30 days
Ease of Access to marijuana: Percentage of students who reported sort of easy or very easy to get marijuana
Risk of marijuana Use: Percentage of students who reported smoking marijuana once or twice a week to be of moderate or great risk
Parents Disapprove of marijuana Use: Percentage of students who reported their parents felt marijuana use to be wrong or very wrong
Risk of Prescription Drugs: Percentage of students who reported using prescription drugs that are not prescribed to them has moderate or great risk
marijuana Use Past 30 Days: Percentage of students who used marijuana during the past 30 days
Cocaine Use Past 30 Days: Percentage of students who used any form of cocaine during the past 30 days
Heroin Use Past 30 Days: Percentage of students who used heroin one or more times during the past 30 days
Club Drug Use Past 30 Days: Percentage of students who used club drugs one or more times during the past 30 days
Inhalant Use Past 30 Days: Percentage of students who sniffed glue, or breathed the contents of spray cans, or inhaled any paints or sprays to get high during the past 30 days
Methamphetamine Use Past 30 Days: Percentage of students who used methamphetamines one or more times during the past 30 days
Needle Use Past 30 Days: Percentage of students who used a needle to inject any illegal drug into their body one or more times during the past 30 days
Prescription Drug Use Past 30 Days: Percentage of students who took a prescription drug such as Ritalin, Adderall, or Xanax without a doctor’s prescription during the past 30 days
Painkiller Use Past 30 Days: Percentage of students who took painkillers such as OxyContin, Codeine, Vicodin, or Percocet without a doctor’s prescription during the past 30 days
Lifetime Use of Cocaine: Percentage of students who ever used any form of cocaine
Lifetime Use of Methamphetamine: Percentage of students who ever used methamphetamines
Lifetime Use of Injectable Drugs: Percentage of students who ever used a needle to inject any illegal drug into their body

Tobacco

Tobacco Indicator Definitions

Ease of Access Cigarettes: Percentage of students who reported sort of easy or very easy to get cigarettes
Risk of Cigarette Use: Percentage of students who reported smoking one or more packs of cigarettes per day to be a moderate or great risk
Peers Disapprove of Cigarette Use: Percentage of students who reported cigarette use by peers to be wrong or very wrong
Parents Disapprove of Cigarette Use: Percentage of students who reported their parents felt cigarette use to be wrong or very wrong
Cigarette Use Past 30 Days: Percentage of students who smoked cigarettes during the past 30 days
Electronic Vapor Use: Percentage of students who used an electronic vapor product during the past 30 days

Risk & Protective Factors

Risk & Protective Factors Indicator Definitions

Parents Notice Good Job: Percentage of students whose parents notice when they are doing a good job and let them know
Parents Are Proud: Percentage of students whose parents tell them they’re proud for something they’ve done
Enjoy Time With Mother: Percentage of students who enjoy spending time with their mother
Enjoy Time With Father: Percentage of students who enjoy spending time with their father
Involved in Family Decisions: Percentage of students whose parents include them in family decisions
Parents Helpful: Percentage of students who could ask their mom or dad for help with personal problems
Offer Time For Fun: Percentage of students whose parents give them lots of chances to do fun things with them
Felt Unsafe at School: Percentage of students who reported feeling unsafe or very unsafe at school
Hate School: Percentage of students who often or almost always hated being at school during the past year
Uninvolved in Classroom Decisions: Percentage of students who reported not at all or a little true that they help decide things like class activities or rules at school
One to One Time With Teacher: Percentage of students who have lots of chances to talk with a teacher one-on-one at school
Work on Special Projects in School: Percentage of students whose teachers ask them to work on special classroom projects at school
Involved in Extra Curricular Activities: Percentage of students who have lots of chances to get involved in sports, clubs, and other school activities outside of class
Apart of Class Discussions: Percentage of students who have lots of chances to be part of class discussions or activities
Teacher Notices a Job Well Done: Percentage of students whose teachers notice when they are doing a good job and let them know about it
School Communicates With Parents: Percentage of students whose school lets their parents know when they have done something well
Teachers Praise Students: Percentage of students whose teachers praise them when they work hard in school

Violence

Violence Indicator Definitions

Do Not Wear a Seatbelt: Percentage of students who never or rarely wore a seat belt when riding in a car driven by someone else
Witnessed Bullying: Percentage of students who have seen students get pushed, hit, or punched one or more times during the past 12 months
Witnessed Cyber Bullying: Percentage of students who have read e-mail or website messages that spread rumors about other students one or more times during the past 12 months
Experienced Major Depression in Past Year: Percentage of students who felt so sad or hopeless almost every day for two weeks or more in a row that they stopped doing some usual activities during the past 12 months
Planned Suicide in Past Year: Percentage of students who made a plan about how they would attempt suicide during the past 12 months
Attempted Suicide in Past Year: Percentage of students who actually attempted suicide one or more times during the past 12 months
Ever Planned Suicide: Percentage of students who ever made a plan about how they would attempt suicide
Ever Attempted Suicide: Percentage of students who ever tried to kill themselves