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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Feb 5.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Behav. 2009;33(1):91–100. doi: 10.5993/ajhb.33.1.9

Table 1. Characteristics of the Study Sample of Incoming Freshmen.

Characteristic Participants Nonparticipants x2 (P-value)
Sex
 Male 206 (40.5%) 366 (56.7%) 29.83 (<0.001)
 Female 303 (59.5%) 280 (43.3%)
Age (years)
 17 57 (11.2%) 74 (11.5%) 1.43 (0.488)
 18 423 (83.1%) 524 (81.1%)
 19+ 29 ( 5.7%) 48 ( 7.4%)
Ethnicity/Race
 Hispanic/Latino 38 (7.5%) 48 ( 7.4%) 36.68 (<0.001)
 Asian/PacificIslander 85 (16.7%) 68 (10.5%)
 Black/AfricanAmerican 43 ( 8.4%) 132 (20.4%)
 White 312 (61.3%) 363 (56.2%)
 Other/Mixed 31 ( 6.1%) 35 ( 5.4%)
Living-Learning membership
 Non-LL 177 (34.8%) 405 (63.8%) 88.77 (<0.001)
 LL 332 (65.2%) 241 (36.2%)
Study Condition
 Control 186 (36.5%) 200 (31.0%) 4.43 (0.109)
 Single gender 173 (34.0%) 228 (35.3%)
 Mixed gender 150 (29.5%) 218 (33.7%)
Used Alcohol in Last 30 Days
 Yes 309 (60.7%) N/A N/A
 No 200 (39.3%)