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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Soc Behav. 2009 Dec;50(4):443. doi: 10.1177/002214650905000405

TABLE 2. Standardized Multiple Regression Coefficients (Standard Errors), Predicting Substance Use Behaviors and Attitudes.

Alcohol Cigarettes Marijuana Inhalants Substance Use Intentions Personal Norms Positive Drug Expectancies Peer Approval of Drug Use
Age −.002 −.012 .014 −.011 .042 .050+ .009 −.052
(.031) (.025) (.025) (.027) (.023) (.023) (.030) (.070)
Lunch program −.009 −.015 −.027 −.046 −.009 .008 −.017 .004
(.031) (.026) (.025) (.028) (.023) (.024) (.030) (.070)
Female −.079** −.049+ −.032 −.008 −.058* −.072* −.055* −.112***
(.037) (.030) (.030) (.033) (.027) (.028) (.035) (.083)
Usual grades −.097** −.068* −.094** −.014 −.096** −.042 −.033 .009
(.010) (.009) (.008) (.009) (.008) (.008) (.010) (.024)
Spanish dominant −.010 −.020 −.044 −.024 −.057+ −.072* −.087** −.099**
(.055) (.046) (.045) (.049) (.041) (.042) (.053) (.125)
Bilingual .040 .013 −.017 .011 −.059+ −.041 −.046 −.033
(.042) (.034) (.034) (.037) (.031) (.032) (.040) (.094)
Time in U.S. .068+ .081* .033 .010 −.084* −.057 −.046 .049
(.021) (.017) (.017) (.018) (.015) (.016) (.0120) (.046)
Foreign born −.032 .046 .003 −.012 −.087* −.025 −.070+ −.001
(.059) (.049) (.048) (.053) (.044) (.045) (.057) (.133)
Perceived discrimination .141*** .141*** .158*** .125*** .251*** .183*** .300*** .121***
(.027) (.022) (.022) (.024) (.020) (.020) (.026) (.061)
Acculturation stress .019 .027 −.014 .021 .108*** .093** .058* −.023
(.069) (.056) (.055) (.061) (.050) (.052) (.066) (.156)
Constant 1.099*** .931*** 1.059*** 1.022*** .989*** .864*** 1.078*** 2.292***
(.212) (.174) (.170) (.188) (.155) (.161) (.204) (.485)
N 1,238 1,246 1,248 1,243 1,246 1,247 1,242 1,219

Adjusted R2 .043 .029 .034 .013 .118 .066 .111 .035
+

p < .10;

*

p < .05;

**

p <.01;

***

p < .001 (two-tailed tests)