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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Community Appl Soc Psychol. 2009 Jun 5;20(1):57–71. doi: 10.1002/casp.1014

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for measures

N MEAN STD MIN MAX
CL Perceived Norms 28 2.61 0.30 2.16 3.31
 In this community, how wrong do most adults think it is for adolescents to drink alcohol?+ 28 2.47 0.28 2.00 3.25
 Adults in [community name] think the use of alcohol is a normal part of growing up.# 28 2.91 0.40 2.00 3.56
 In this community, how wrong do most adults think it is for adolescents to smoke cigarettes? + 28 2.47 0.47 1.55 3.75
 Adults in [community name] think the use of tobacco is a normal part of growing up.# 28 2.59 0.35 2.00 3.25
CL Perceived Access 28 3.11 0.26 2.69 3.75
 How easy is it for adolescents in your community to obtain alcohol?^ 28 2.95 0.27 2.40 3.50
 How easy is it for adolescents in your community to obtain tobacco?^ 28 3.28 0.32 2.75 4.00
Geographic Access 28 1.53 1.39 0.15 5.99
 The number of alcohol retail locations per 10km of roadway 28 0.94 0.88 0.07 3.97
 The number of tobacco retail locations per 10km of roadway 28 0.59 0.52 0.02 2.02
Student Perceived Norms 28 2.83 0.37 2.29 3.49
 In general, how many people your age do you think drink beer, wine or liquor?~ 28 2.96 0.33 2.43 3.70
 In general, how many people your age do you think smoke cigarettes?~ 28 2.69 0.45 1.98 3.48
Community Substance Use Environment (aggregate of standardized subscales) 28
Community Rate of Adolescent Alcohol Use 28 0.45 0.07 0.31 0.59
Community Rate of Adolescent Cigarette Use 28 0.32 0.09 0.17 0.53

Table Note. Response options for questions include:

+

(1)Very Wrong, to (4) Not Wrong at All;

#

(1) Strongly Disagree, to (4) Strongly Agree;

^

(1) Very Difficult, to (4) Very Easy;

~

(1)= None or almost none to (5)= All or almost all