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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 May 4.
Published in final edited form as: Subst Use Misuse. 2023 May 4;58(8):1062–1068. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2023.2205539

Table 1.

Demographics of College Student Sample

Overall sample (N = 345) Low effort (n = 114) Medium effort (n = 115) High effort (n = 116)

Age (M(SD)) 21.61 (6.06) 22.44 (7.35) 21.24 (5.42) 21.15 (5.16)
 Age (M(SD)) 21.47 (5.73)
Male 94 (27.2%) 30 (26.3%) 30 (26.1%) 34(29.3%)
 Age (M(SD)) 21.89 (6.85)
Other 2 (0.6%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.9%) 1 (0.9%)
Greek-life (“yes”) 30 (8.7%) 11 (9.6%) 9 (7.8%) 10 (8.6%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 21 (6.1%) 8 (7.0%) 7 (6.1%) 6 (5.2%)
Asian 17 (4.9%) 6 (5.3%) 5 (4.3%) 6 (5.2%)
Black or African American 15 (4.3%) 7 (6.1%) 6 (5.2%) 2 (1.7%)
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 8 (2.3%) 3 (2.6%) 4 (3.5%) 1 (0.9%)
White 266 (77.1%) 95 (83.3%) 87 (75.7%) 84 (72.4%)
Other 48 (13.9%) 10 (8.8%) 15 (13.0%) 23 (19.8%)
Hispanic 192 (55.7%) 61 (53.5%) 58 (50.4%) 73 (62.9%)
 Mexican or Mexican American 153 (74.5%) 45 (73.4%) 38 (65.5%) 60 (82.2%)
 Cuban 2 (1.0%) 1 (1.6%) 1 (1.7%) 0 (0.0%)
 Puerto Rican 3 (1.6%) 1 (1.6%) 1 (1.7%) 1 (1.4%)
 Other 52 (27.1%) 15 (24.6%) 21 (36.2%) 16 (21.9%)
Lifetime substance use (past month substance use)
 Alcohol 98.0% (85.2%) 99.1% 98.3% 96.6%
 Cannabis 76.2% (42.0%) 77.2% 82.6% 69.0%
 Cocaine 15.7% (3.5%) 14.0% 15.7% 17.2%
 Amphetamine type stimulants 22.6% (2.6%) 17.5% 26.1% 24.1%
 Inhalants 6.7% (1.2%) 7.0% 4.3% 8.6%
 Opioids 11.6% (1.7%) 6.1% 11.3% 17.2%
 Sedatives or sleeping pills 15.9% (3.2%) 13.2% 13.9% 20.7%
 Hallucinogens 27.2% (3.2%) 25.4% 27.8% 28.4%
 Other 3.8% (2.0%) 3.5% 2.6% 5.2%

Note: Participants were able to select one or more categories for race/ethnicity, therefore, percentages may not add up to 100%.