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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2012 Mar 3;51(4):325–331. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.12.030

Table 3.

Five Multiple Linear Regression Models for Adolescents’ Cigarette and Alcohol Use

Cigarettes
Alcohol
Lifetime 30 Day Lifetime 30 Day Binge


B β B β B β B β B β


Community Attachments
Social trust −0.16* −0.07 −0.12* −0.06 −0.21* −0.06 −0.12* −0.05 −0.09* −0.05
Social responsibility −0.03* −0.02 −0.02* −0.01 −0.06* −0.02 −0.03* −0.01 −0.02 −0.01
Religiosity −0.22* −0.14 −0.18* −0.13 −0.46* −0.19 −0.24* −0.14 −0.14* −0.10


Control Variables
Gender: Male −0.27* −0.10 −0.16* −0.06 0.23* 0.06 0.30* 0.10 0.39* 0.17
Race: Whitea 0.69* 0.16 0.51* 0.14 1.25* 0.20 0.70* 0.15 0.51* 0.14
High school grades −0.16* −0.21 −0.12* −0.19 −0.14* −0.13 −0.10* −0.13 −0.08* −0.13
No college plansb 0.25* 0.09 0.23* 0.09 −0.06* −0.01 −0.01 0.00 0.03 0.01
Two-year collegeb 0.19* 0.04 0.15* 0.03 −0.12* −0.02 −0.06 −0.01 −0.02 0.00
Parents’ education 0.00 0.00 −0.01 −0.01 0.11* 0.07 0.07* 0.06 0.02* 0.02


R2 total .14 .11 .17 .12 .10
N (weighted) 63,641 61,373 62,595 62,592 60,648

Note. Unstandardized (B) and standardized (β) beta coefficients are reported. Not pictured in tables but included in analyses are 32 dummy variables for survey year. Sample weights were used.

*

p < .001.

a

Reference group = Black.

b

Reference group = Four-year college plans.