Table 1.
Characteristics of participants of the Wave 3 survey.
| Male (N=2253, 50.7%a) |
Female (N=2629, 49.3%a |
Total (N=4882) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| N (%)a | N (%)a | N (%)a | |
| Ageb (Mean, SE) | 21.9 (0.12) | 21.7 (0.12) | 21.8 (0.12) |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| White | 1365 (67.9) | 1579 (68.7) | 2944 (68.3) |
| Black | 504 (15.5) | 649 (16.1) | 1151 (15.8) |
| Hispanic | 249 (11.6) | 265 (10.8) | 514 (11.2) |
| Other | 131 (5.1) | 130 (4.4) | 261 (4.7) |
| Participant's marital status | |||
| Not married | 1972 (87.3) | 2107 (79.0) | 4079 (83.2) |
| Married | 280(12.7) | 522 (21.0) | 802 (16.8) |
| Participant's employment status | |||
| Unemployed | 644 (28.2) | 896 (33.0) | 1540 (30.6) |
| Employed | 1609 (71.8) | 1733 (67.0) | 3342 (69.4) |
| Physical abusec | 319 (15.2) | 335 (13.4) | 654 (14.3) |
| Sexual abusec | 89 (4.4) | 111 (4.3) | 200 (4.3) |
| Neglectc | 439 (21.3) | 499 (20.2) | 938 (20.7) |
| Wave 3 past year any illicit drug use* | 887 (40.1) | 740 (29.1) | 1627 (34.6) |
| Wave 3 past year marijuana use* | 848 (38.5) | 708 (27.8) | 1556 (33.2) |
| Wave 3 past year cocaine use* | 190 (9.0) | 109 (4.4) | 299 (6.7) |
| Wave 3 past year crystal methamphetamines use* | 76 (3.6) | 44 (1.7) | 120 (2.7) |
| Wave 3 past year used other illicit drugs (LSD, PCP, ecstasy, mushrooms, inhalants, “ice”, heroin)* | 260 (12.4) | 181 (7.0) | 441 (9.7) |
| Wave 3 past year used any illegal injection drug | 12 (0.4) | 10 (0.5) | 22 (0.5) |
| Wave 3 past 30-day any illicit drug use* | 631 (29.0) | 472 (18.9) | 1103 (24.0) |
| Wave 3 past 30-day marijuana use* | 608 (28.1) | 454 (18.2) | 1062 (23.2) |
| Wave 3 past 30-day cocaine use* | 92 (4.3) | 51 (2.0) | 143 (3.2) |
| Wave 3 past 30-day crystal methamphetamines use* | 43 (2.0) | 23 (0.8) | 66 (1.4) |
| Wave 3 past 30-day used other illicit drugs (LSD, PCP, ecstasy, mushrooms, inhalants, “ice”, heroin)* | 121 (5.6) | 86 (3.5) | 207 (4.5) |
| Wave 3 past 30-day used any illegal injection drug* | 9 (0.4) | 3 (0.1) | 12 (0.2) |
| Wave 3 past year drug-related problems* | 334 (15.5) | 170 (6.3) | 504 (11.0) |
| Perceived peer drug use | 715 (32.8) | 809 (31.5) | 1524 (32.2) |
| Wave 1 adolescent illicit drug use* | |||
| 0 times | 1590 (70.0) | 1943 (73.2) | 3533 (71.6) |
| 1~10 times | 368 (16.9) | 4359 (16.8) | 803 (16.9) |
| >10 times | 271 (13.1) | 241 (10.0) | 512 (11.5) |
a
Reflects the representative proportion in the target US population. Percentages may not total 100% because of rounding.
b
Mean and standard error (SE) were presented because age is continuous.
c
Occurred in isolation or with other types of maltreatment.
*
Significant differences in the prevalence of illicit drug use between boys and girls.