. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 15.

Published in final edited form as: Subst Use Misuse. 2011 Mar 15;46(9):1105–1112. doi: 10.3109/10826084.2010.548436

TABLE 2.

Bivariate associations between demographic variables, substance use variables, and recanting

	Recanted cigarette use Yes (%)	Recanted alcohol use Yes (%)	Recanted marijuana use Yes (%)
Gender
Male	25.03^*	24.97^**	11.52^ns
Female	20.00	19.92	8.38
Race/ethnicity
Black	25.26^***	20.31^***	10.15^**
Hispanic	32.81	27.11	14.20
non-Black, non-Hispanic	13.48	19.11	6.27
Age of first use Mean (SD)	10.99 (2.69)^***	10.39 (2.58)^***	12.52 (2.74)^***
Total no. wave responses Mean (SD)	4.13 (1.01)^***	3.81 (1.07)^ns	3.86 (1.05)^ns

Note: ns, nonsignificant; SD, standard deviation.

p < .05.

^**

p < .01.

^***

p < .001.