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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2009 May 14;104(1-2):65–72. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.03.017

Table 1.

Sample characteristics, broken down by the primary outcome, substance use disorders – 1,421 participants in the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods.

Sample Distribution N (%)a (n=1,421) Among those with SUDs at Wave III (n=283) n (%)b Among those with SUDs at Wave III (n=1,138) n (%)b

Wave I Demographics
 Gender
  Male 696 (49.0) 174 (25.0) 522 (75.0)
  Female 725 (51.0) 109 (15.0) 616 (85.0)
 Race/Ethnicity
  Hispanic 635 (44.8) 119 (18.7) 516 (81.3)
   Black 532 (37.4) 107 (21.4) 425 (78.6)
  White 199 (14.0) 47 (23.6) 152 (76.4)
  Other 55 (3.8) 10 (18.2) 45 (81.8)
 Age Cohort
  12 811 (57.1) 144 (17.8) 667 (82.2)
  15 610 (42.9) 139 (27.8) 471 (26.8)
Wave I Parental and Family Characteristics
 Standardized mean Family Conflict score (SD) 0.00 (1.00) 0.17 (1.05) −0.04 (0.98)
Median: −0.35 Median: 0.15 Median: −0.35
Min: −1.36;Max: 3.17 Min: −1.36; Max: 3.17 Min: −1.36; Max: 3.17
 Family structure
  Two parent household 905 (63.7) 186 (20.6) 719 (79.4)
  One parent household 426 (30.0) 82 (19.2) 344 (80.8)
  Living with guardian (not parent) 90 (6.3) 15 (16.7) 75 (83.3)
 Caregiver marital status
  Married 776 (54.6) 150 (19.3) 626 (80.7)
  Single 483 (34.0) 92 (19.0) 391 (81.0)
  Partnered 162 (11.4) 41 (25.3) 121 (74.7)
 Average family SESc −0.16 (1.39) 0.05 (1.4) −0.21 (1.4)
 Family history of substance use
  No 1199 (84.4) 228 (19.0) 971 (81.0)
  Yes 222 (15.6) 55 (24.8) 167 (75.2)
 Family history of depression
  No 1232 (86.7) 236 (19.2) 996 (80.8)
  Yes 189 (13.3) 47 (24.9) 142 (75.1)
Participant Mental Health
 History of parent-child physical abuse
  No
  Yes
  Mean internalizing problem score (SD) (Wave II) 11.3 (7.6) 12.6 (7.8) 11.0 (7.5)
Median: 10 Median: 11 Median: 10
Min: 0; Max: 55 Min: 0; Max: 55 Min: 0; Max: 55
  Mean externalizing problem score (SD) (Wave II) 9.13 (5.3) 11.8 (5.6) 8.45 (5.0)
Median: 8 Median: 12 Median: 8
Min: 0; Max: 31 Min: 0; Max: 31 Min: 0; Max: 31
  External social support (Wave I)
  None 420 (29.6) 77 (18.3) 343 (81.7)
  1 person 500 (35.2) 87 (17.4) 413 (82.6)
  2 people 325 (22.9) 82 (25.2) 243 (74.8)
  3 people 176 (12.3) 37 (21.0) 139 (79.0)
a

Column number and percent

b

Column number and row percent

c

Family SES is a standardized composite of parental education, income, and occupation, derived through principal components analysis, with a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1.