Table 1.

Coalitions’ descriptive statistics at time 1 (n = 63)

Variable	Mean or %	Standard deviation	Minimum	Maximum
Coalition age (years)	11	8.5	1	37
Coalition size (number of survey participants)	16	9.6	2	53
Poverty level in the region	12%	.06	.02	.33
State—Pennsylvania or Missouri	86% PA	NA
Number of sector representatives
Elementary, middle, high schools, school districts	2.8	2.9	0	13
Substance use-related organizations	1.9	2.1	0	9
Mental/behavioral health services	1.6	2.0	0	9
Other (including national guard or other military)	1.4	1.4	0	5
Healthcare, hospitals, other health organizations	1.0	1.4	0	6
Law enforcement	0.7	1.0	0	4
Youth serving organizations	0.6	0.9	0	3
Child welfare	0.6	1.1	0	6
Other education (e.g., universities, technical colleges)	0.6	1.2	0	7
Religious/faith organizations	0.5	0.8	0	4
Other local government	0.5	1.1	0	7
Unaffiliated parent or community resident	0.5	1.1	0	6
Local government; parks and recreation	0.5	0.7	0	3
Child/family advocacy	0.4	0.8	0	4
Business	0.4	0.7	0	3
Judicial System	0.4	1.0	0	6
Civic or volunteer groups	0.2	0.5	0	2
Other federal or state government agencies	0.2	0.5	0	2
Cooperative Extension	0.2	0.6	0	3
Public health departments (local or state)	0.1	0.5	0	3
Media	0.1	0.3	0	2
Youth (represent individuals under age 18)	0.1	0.3	0	2
Firefighters or paramedics	0.0	0.3	0	2
Sectoral diversity (entropy)	1.7	0.5	0.6	2.4
Density
Information	0.6	0.1	0.3	0.9
Personnel	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.5
Monetary resources	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.3
Multiplexity	1.2	0.3	0.5	2.1
Degree centralization
Information	0.7	0.1	0.4	0.9
Personnel	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.9
Monetary resources	0.3	0.2	0.0	1.0
Multiplexity	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.7
Perceived community improvement	3.4	0.3	2.7	4.1
Perceived coalition sustainability	3.5	0.4	2.4	4.0
Sustainability planning	1.9	0.4	0.8		2.6

PA, Pennsylvania, NA not applicable