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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc. 2009 Aug 8;33(3):419–427. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2009.07.006

Table 4. Bivariate Analyses of the Association of Mental Health Disturbance and Place based Social Network Quality to Substance Use by Gender and Age (n=301).

Female Male

13-16 (n=78) 17-20 (n=105) 13-16 (n=58) 17-20 (n=60)

Non Users (n=57) Users (n=21) Non Users (n=44) Users (n=61) Non Users (n=38) Users (n=20) Non Users (n=12) Users (n=48)

PTSD 37.0 46.1 51.0 54.4 26.9 34.4 29.2 30.8
U = 460 U = 1255 U = 281 U = 273
School Problems 37.3 43.4 37.1 38.5 25.6 35.7 25.1 24.3
U = 494 U = 633 U = 233* U = 139
Home Place Network 41.9 32.9 57.3 49.8 30.6 27.4 33.3 29.7
U = 461 U = 1152 U = 338 U = 254
Important Place Network 42.8 30.3 60.48 47.6 32.3 24.1 38.4 28.5
U = 406* U = 1015* U = 273 U = 192
Safe Place Network 44.0 27.1 59.2 48.5 29.5 29.4 36.9 28.8
U = 338** U = 1068 U = 378 U = 210
Risky Place Network 44.3 26.2 62.7 46.0 32.9 22.9 45.1 26.8
U = 320** U = 915** U = 249* U = 112***
Favorite Place Network 44.6 25.5 59.2 48.5 32.6 23.5 39.6 28.2
U = 304*** U = 1068 U = 260* U = 178*

Mann-Whitney U analyses: Mean ranks and U values

*

p<.05

**

p<.005

***

p<.001