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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Dec 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2025 Jan 30;64(11):1237–1242. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2025.01.018

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for the Full Sample and Stratified by Black non-Latiné and White non-Latiné adolescents

Full Sample Black non-Latiné White non-Latiné
n/M %/SD n/M %/SD n/M %/SD X 2 p-value

All Participants 834 348 352
School
 School A 206 25% 183 53% 2 1%
 School B 173 21% 60 17% 86 24%
 School C 443 54% 103 30% 264 75%
Sex at Birth
 Male 379 47% 173 50% 150 43%
 Female 431 53% 174 50% 200 57%
Grade
 9 221 27% 90 26% 101 29%
 10 266 33% 102 29% 119 34%
 11 215 26% 81 23% 103 29%
 12 111 14% 74 21% 28 8%
Substance Use
 Been Drunk 190 23% 67 20% 87 25% 2.79 0.095
 Used Cannabis 176 22% 76 22% 68 19% 0.86 0.355
 Used Cigarettes 81 10% 23 7% 37 11% 3.30 0.069
 Vaped 197 24% 62 18% 94 27% 7.77 0.005
Experiences of Racism
 Online 2.59 1.03 2.93 1.11 2.27 0.82 81.50 0.000
 Peer 1.43 0.84 1.52 0.92 1.27 0.67 16.67 0.000
 School 1.26 0.71 1.33 0.79 1.11 0.48 19.82 0.000
 Institutional 1.34 0.81 1.53 0.95 1.10 0.41 59.02 0.000
 Teacher 1.28 0.76 1.37 0.82 1.10 0.45 28.64 0.000
Caring Adult Relationships 3.18 0.58 3.11 0.58 3.29 0.57 18.41 0.000
Neighborhood Social Cohesion 3.45 0.83 3.22 0.87 3.65 0.72 50.39 0.000

Note. n/M = frequencies for categorical variables or means for continuous variables; %/SD = percentages for categorical variable or standard deviations for continuous variables

Wald chi-squared difference (X2) test compared Black non-Latiné and White non-Latiné participants on mean levels of substance use endorsement, experiences of racism, and protective factors. A significant p-value for the chi-squared difference (X2) test indicates significant differences across race. Students with other racial or ethnic identities were excluded from comparisons due to low rates (i.e., <5% of sample).