Reality Check: How much drinking is going on? Flash Game - Text Description Reality Check: How much drinking is going on? Many kids in middle school (and older people for that matter) don’t have the real story. Take this quiz--based on a new national survey--for a reality check about drinking in the United States. It might surprise you. The quiz has three questions, and each question has three answer choices. 1. How many 13-year-olds drank in the past month? On average: The correct answer is: “Very few: Less than 1 out of 10.” Only about 7 in 100 13-year-olds drank in the past month. So MOST--93 out of 100--did not. 2. Among kids ages 12 to 17, how many drank in the past month? On average: The correct answer is: “A few: Less than 2 out of 10.” About 18 in 100 kids ages 12-17 drank in the past month. So MOST--82 out of 100--did not. 3. How many adults aged 35 and older drank in the past month? (most parents of middle schoolers are this old.) On average: • Most: 8 out of 10 The correct answer is “About Half: 5 out of 10.” 52% of adults aged 35 and up drank in the past month. So nearly half drank less recently or not at all. The final frame reads: “Get it? If you choose not to drink, you’re not alone.”
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