. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 8.

Published in final edited form as: J Drug Educ. 2008;38(3):273–284. doi: 10.2190/DE.38.3.e

Table 3.

Mean Perceived Ease of Obtaining Alcohol^a

Source of alcohol	Native American	White	F	p
Overall	2.39 (1.15)	2.10 (1.14)	15.04	<.001
Social Sources
Parents	1.65 (.88)	1.70 (.91)	1.07	.30
Home	2.41 (1.02)	2.41 (1.12)	.005	.94
Sibling	2.48 (1.11)	2.30 (1.09)	8.63	< .003
Older person	2.44 (1.06)	2.18 (1.09)	16.67	<.001
Party	3.04 (1.05)	2.80 (1.15)	13.33	<.001
Commercial Sources
Bar	1.65 (.86)	1.42 (.72)	26.86	<.001
Store	1.99 (1.03)	1.55 (.81)	79.75	<.001

Note: Standard deviations are in parentheses.

Responses are on 4-point scales: 1 (very hard) to 4 (very easy)