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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Sci. 2013 Dec;14(6):581–592. doi: 10.1007/s11121-012-0340-z

Table 3.

Weighted Percentage of Students Receiving Various Prevention Programs by School Demographic Characteristics: Bivariate and Multivariate Logistic Regression Results

Local State Commercial D.A.R.E

Odds Ratio Odds Ratio Odds Ratio Odds Ratio

N % Bivariate Multi-
variate
% Bivariate Multi-
variate
% Bivariate Multi-
variate
% Bivariate Multi-
variate
Total sample 1206 63.6 13.6 22.0 55.6
Grade
 8 (Reference)
458 59.9 9.1 29.2 57.6
 10 408 64.8 1.24 1.13 13.9 1.61* 1.79* 21.7 .67* .72* 51.5 .78 .67**
 12 339 67.1 1.37* 1.29 16.5 1.97** 2.20*** 15.6 .45*** .47*** 58.0 1.01 .90
Year (2001 to 2007) 1206 63.6 .89*** .89*** 13.6 1.14** 1.15** 22.0 .94 .94 55.6 .93** .91**
Type of school
 Public (Reference)
1092 63.0 13.9 23.5 57.4
 Private 114 69.4 1.33 1.17 2.3 .14** .22* 16.3 .64 .56 38.7 .47*** .51**
School size
 Small (Reference)
183 58.9 9.1 27.1 51.7
 Medium 440 64.6 1.27 1.38 12.7 1.45 1.01 24.5 .87 .82 53.2 1.06 1.13
 Large 583 64.3 1.26 1.36 14.0 1.63 1.39 20.2 .68* .62 58.7 1.33 1.71*
School racial composition
 Predominantly White
 ( Reference)
768 67.6 10.7 21.9 60.9
 Majority African
 American
87 58.0 .66 .74 23.0 2.49*** 2.24* 28.1 1.40 1.18 43.3 .45*** .47*
 Majority Hispanic 90 47.1 .43*** .43** 14.2 1.38 1.93 34.9 1.92** 1.76 41.6 .52** .58
 Other 261 59.3 .70* .80 15.1 1.49 1.32 19.5 .87 .90 49.0 .64** .67*
SES (Percent of students
on free and reduced lunch)
1206 .90*** 1.0 1.10** .97 1.09** 1.03 .96 .99
Population Density
Non-MSA (Reference)
290 57.8 17.8 23.3 61.2
 SR-MSA 347 65.3 1.38 1.35 8.7 .44*** .37** 20.4 .85 1.01 50.7 .65** .72
 NSR-MSA 569 65.5 1.39* 1.38 12.7 .68* .57* 24.0 1.04 1.30 55.8 .80 .81
Region of the country
West (Reference)
237 60.6 8.1 24.3 46.9
 Northeastern 219 68.8 1.43 1.23 8.6 1.08 1.43 23.8 .97 1.10 47.7 1.03 1.07
 Midwest 320 74.8 1.93*** 1.68** 4.1 .49 .52 24.3 1.00 1.07 66.2 2.22*** 2.12***
 South 430 54.4 .77 .72 24.0 3.06*** 3.45*** 20.4 .80 .81 56.6 1.48* 1.52*

Notes. 1. Column 1 includes the number of schools indicating the category within each categorical variable.

2. Year of participation and percent students on free and reduced-cost lunch are treated as continuous variables.

3. B represent unstandardized regression coefficients.

*

p < .05

**

p < .01

***

p < .001