Perception of steroid use as harmful among U.S. 12th grade students 2021

This statistic shows the percentage of 12th graders in the U.S. that believed taking steroids could put them at great risk of harm from 1991 to 2021. According to the survey, in 2021, around 46 percent of 12th graders said that they believed steroids were harmful, compared to 61.1 percent in 2011. Steroids are performance enhancing drugs that are sometimes used by athletes illegally.

Percentage of U.S. students in grade 12 that perceived steroids as being a great risk for harm from 1991 to 2021

Characteristic	Percentage of respondents
2021	45.8%
2019	50.8%
2018	50.1%
2017	49.1%
2016	54.5%
2015	54.4%
2014	54.6%
2013	54.2%
2012	58.6%
2011	61.1%
2010	59.2%
2009	60.2%
2008	60.8%
2007	57.4%
2006	60.2%
2005	56.8%
2004	55.7%
2003	55%
2002	57.1%
2001	58.9%
2000	57.9%
1999	62.1%
1998	68.1%
1997	67.2%
1996	67.6%
1995	66.4%
1994	66.1%
1993	69.1%
1992	70.7%
1991	65.6%

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Release date

January 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1991 to 2021

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12th-grade students

Supplementary notes

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).

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