TABLE 1.
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.
1 or more friends use marijuana or other drugs as reported by the adolescent.