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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 17.
Published in final edited form as: Sociol Perspect. 2007 SUMMER;50(2):273–301. doi: 10.1525/sop.2007.50.2.273

Table 3.

Neighborhood and Individual Level Predictors of Recent Substance Use, Total Sample

Alcohol Cigarettes Marijuana
Neighborhood Predictors
% Mexican Background .079
(.047)		 .051
(.044)		 .002
(.028)
% Recent Immigrants −.030
(.047)		 −.076
(.044)		 −.006
(.028)
% Below Poverty Line −.034
(.044)		 .039
(.042)		 .016
(.027)
Violent Crime Rate .036
(.019)		 .014
(.018)		 .015
(.012)
% Different Residence .011
(.029)		 .057*
(.028)		 −.007
(.018)
% Single Mother Family .015
(.027)		 −.036
(.026)		 .013
(.016)
Individual Predictors
Gender: M=1; F=0 .022
(.021)		 .096***
(.023)		 .050***
(.014)
Usual Grades −.042***
(.006)		 −.064***
(.006)		 −.036***
(.004)
In School Lunch Program −.132***
(.033)		 −.053
(.035)		 −.098***
(.022)
Age in Years .048**
(.015)		 .097***
(.016)		 .049***
(.010)
Spanish Dominant −.010
(.043)		 −.157***
(.046)		 .012
(.028)
Bilingual .079*
(.037)		 .050
(.040)		 .057*
(.024)
English Dominant .152***
(.034)		 .118**
(.037)		 .132***
(.022)
Intercept .364***
(.042)		 .410***
(.044)		 .101***
(.027)
N 3570 3575 3557
−2 Res. Log Likelihood 6921.6 7465.6 3758.5
*

p < .05

**

p<.01

***

p<.001