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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2006 Nov 28;90(Suppl 1):S4–15. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2006.11.008

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of survey population

Total Included Excluded Total vs Included Included vs Excluded
N % N % N % p-valuea p-valueb
Total 1570 1355 215
Age
 18–24 157 14.7 144 16.0 13 8.7 0.999 0.297
 25–34 414 27.0 357 27.8 57 23.3
 35–44 329 19.6 279 18.3 50 25.9
 45–54 286 18.3 248 18.0 38 19.8
 55–64 175 11.2 148 11.0 27 12.3
 65+ 190 9.2 134 9.0 26 10.0
Gender
 Male 697 44.1 616 43.8 81 45.3 0.961 0.804
 Female 873 55.9 739 56.2 134 54.7
Race/Ethnicity
 White 774 35.8 682 35.7 92 36.6 0.978 0.117
 Asian 118 6.3 102 6.3 16 6.6
 African American 264 23.7 220 24.2 44 21.1
 Hispanic 332 28.7 291 29.7 41 23.8
 Other 53 5.5 40 4.2 13 12.0
Income
 $100,000 + 233 10.7 213 11.3 20 6.9 0.9999 0.333
 $75,000–$99,999 119 10.3 102 9.8 17 13.3
 $50,000–$74,999 221 16.5 196 16.1 25 18.9
 $40,000–$49,999 110 7.3 93 6.7 17 10.8
 $30,000–$39,999 155 14.7 134 14.9 21 13.5
 $20,000–$29,999 161 16.9 142 16.5 19 19.2
 < $20,000 303 23.6 265 24.7 38 17.4
Education
 Graduate Degree 282 10.1 255 10.6 30 7.9 0.9996 0.674
 College Degree 504 27.4 442 27.9 62 24.9
 Some College 273 22.0 239 21.6 34 23.9
High School Graduate/GED 295 24.7 248 24.0 47 28.1
 < High School Graduate 207 15.9 169 16.0 38 15.2
Directly affected by Sept 11
 No 1074 70.2 909 69.6 165 73.1 0.898 0.540
 Yes 496 29.8 446 30.4 50 26.9
Any cigarettes in last 30 days
 No 1194 75.2 1037 76.1 157 70.4 0.825 0.299
 Yes 361 24.8 308 23.9 53 29.6
Any alcoholic drink in last 30 days
 No 794 60.7 673 60.6 121 61.1 0.989 0.937
 Yes 747 39.3 661 39.4 86 38.9
Any marijuana in last 30 days
 No 1448 94.8 1245 94.6 203 96.1 0.905 0.507
 Yes 102 5.2 92 5.4 10 3.9

Mean S.D. Median Range
Neighborhood characteristics
 Mean education 12.60 1.47 12.42 10.06–16.10
 Education Gini 0.16 0.04 0.16 0.09–0.26
a

Two-tailed chi-square p-value comparing those included in the analysis and the entire sample

b

Two-tailed chi-square p-value comparing those included in the analysis and those excluded from the analysis