TABLE 1.

Characteristics of Black and Latino Adolescent Participants, by Report of Discrimination and Smoking Status: Moving to Opportunity for Fair Housing Study, 2002

	Total (N = 2559), %	Does Not Report Discrimination (n = 1885), %	Does Report Discrimination (n = 674), %	Not Current Smoker (n = 2230), %	Current Smoker (n = 331), %
Male gender	50	49	53	51	42
Age, y
12–13	31	32	27	34	7
14–15	25	25	26	27	12
16–17	24	23	26	23	33
18–19	20	20	22	16	47
Black race/ethnicity	68	68	67	67	72
School status
In school	73	74	70	78	34
Graduated	11	11	11	11	13
Dropout	16	15	20	11	53
Current smoker	12	11	16	0	100
Peers use drugsa	28	25	38	24	53
Family characteristics
Mother currently smokes	38	38	40	36	51
Mother has ≥ high school graduation/GED	54	53	57	56	42
Mother works ≥ 35 h/wk	39	38	42	40	31
Household income, % FPL
< 50	37	37	36	37	38
50–99	35	35	33	34	36
100–149	16	15	17	16	12
≥ 150	13	12	14	13	13
Moving to Opportunity intervention groups
Remain in public housing	30	30	31	31	26
Move to any neighborhood	30	29	34	33	35
Move to a low-poverty neighborhood	40	42	35	40	40

Note. GED = general equivalency diploma; FPL = federal poverty level.

^a1 or more friends use marijuana or other drugs as reported by the adolescent.