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Published in final edited form as: Addict Behav. 2006 Jul 24;32(4):819–835. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2006.06.024

Table 4.

Cross-sectional models of precollege heavy drinking: standardized regression coefficients and adjusted R² values

	Full sample					Retained sample
	Step 1, n=3713	Step 2, n=3704	Step 3, n=3628	Step 4, n=3605	Step 5, n=3543	Step 3, n=2554	Step 5, n=2470
Demographic domain (Step 1)
Sex (male=1; female=0)	.12^*	.08^*	.06^*	.05^**	.05^*	.06^*	.05^*
Ethnicity (white=1; non-white=0)	.13^*	.08^*	.06^*	.04^**	.02	.06^*	.01
Age on first day of classes	.03	.03^***	.02	.02	.02	.01	.01
Precollege substance use domain (added Step 2)
Precollege cigarette use frequency (past year)		.38^*	.36^*	.30^*	.21^*	.36^*	.21^*
Precollege other drug use frequency (past year)		.31^*	.30^*	.27^*	.21^*	.28^*	.19^*
Background variable domain (added Step 3)
Precollege academic performance			-.06^*	-.04^**	-.02	-.05^*	-.01
First-generation college status			.00	.01	.01	.00	.01
Precollege wellness			.05^*	.04^**	.02	.05^**	.02
Precollege Catholic religion (yes=1; no=0)			.21^*	.12^*	.08^*	.20^*	.07^**
Precollege other Christian religion (yes=1; no=0)			.12^*	.06^**	.05^**	.13^*	.05^***
Precollege religiosity			-.14^*	-.09^*	-.04^**	-.13^*	-.03
High school sports/athletics			.10^*	.05	.02	.10^*	.01
Precollege college-related motivation domain (added Step 4)
Precollege college-party motivation				.28^*	.14^*		.14^*
Precollege college-arts/activism/altruism motivation				-.07^*	-.03^***		-.03^***
Precollege college-sports motivation				.01^*	.01		.01
Precollege college-career motivation				.00	.00		.00
Precollege college-edification motivation				-.04^*	-.03^***		-.03^***
Precollege college-date/mate motivation				-.02	.00		.00
Precollege drinking environment domain (added Step 5)
Precollege peer drinking norms					.39^*		.40^*
Precollege ease of obtaining alcohol					.04^*		.04^**
Adjusted R²	.04	.39	.43	.50	.58	.39	.54

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