Table I.
Respondent and school sample characteristics (N = 342)
| Characteristic | % or mean | 95% CI |
| Respondent | ||
| Female | 76.65 | 72.15–81.16 |
| White non-Hispanic | 85.23 | 82.10–88.36 |
| African American non-Hispanic | 9.20 | 6.85–11.54 |
| Other race/ethnicity non-Hispanic | 2.76 | 0.81–4.71 |
| Hispanic | 2.61 | 1.12–4.10 |
| Mean age | 44.20 years | 43.12–45.28 |
| Mean years teaching substance use prevention | 11.50 years | 10.60–12.29 |
| School regiona | ||
| Northeast | 18.02 | 14.32–21.72 |
| Midwest | 28.89 | 24.08–33.69 |
| South | 32.31 | 27.56–37.05 |
| West | 20.79 | 16.49–25.08 |
| Population density of geographic area servedb | ||
| Urban | 21.92 | 17.39–26.47 |
| Suburban | 30.43 | 25.47–35.39 |
| Rural | 47.64 | 41.55–53.73 |
| School poverty (% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch)b | ||
| Low (0–14%) | 23.09 | 19.96–26.22 |
| Medium (15–39%) | 31.76 | 27.91–35.61 |
| High (>39%) | 45.15 | 42.02–48.28 |
| School size (number of students in Grades 5–8)b | ||
| Small (20–199) | 26.11 | 20.76–31.46 |
| Medium (200–599) | 36.94 | 31.08–42.80 |
| Large (600+) | 36.95 | 31.25–42.64 |
| School race/ethnicity compositionb | ||
| Majority white | 76.87 | 73.27–80.47 |
| Majority African American | 5.52 | 3.24–7.8 |
| Majority Hispanic | 9.29 | 6.9–11.68 |
| Other majority | 2.29 | 0.28–4.3 |
| No majority | 6.03 | 3.73–8.34 |
N is unweighted and proportions calculated using weighted data.
a
Defined by US Census regions.
b
Defined based on school data available from the 2004–05 Common Core of Data school file.