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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 10.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Behav. 2009 Nov-Dec;33(6):718–727. doi: 10.5993/ajhb.33.6.9

Table 1.

Sample Characteristics

Characteristics N (1332) Frequency (%)
Gender
 Male 646 49
 Female 686 51
Generational Status
 1st generation in U.S. 196 14.7
 2nd generation in U.S. 990 74.3
 3rd or more generations in U.S. 146 11.0
Originsa
 Central America 197 14.8
 South America 25 1.9
 Mexico 1148 86.2
 U.S. 357 26.8
 Other 84 6.3
Age (Mean[SD]) 14.0 (0.41)
 13 108 8.1
 14 1121 84.2
 15 99 7.4
 16 4 0.3
Mean PD score (SD) 1.71 (0.58)
Mean Rooms per people (SES) 0.86 (0.46)
Lifetime Drug Use
 Cigarettes 352 26.4
 Alcohol 634 47.6
 Marijuana 257 19.3
 Inhalants 166 12.4
Past 30 Day Use
 Cigarettes 90 6.8
 Alcohol 328 24.6
 Binge Drinking 169 12.7
 Marijuana 141 10.6
 Inhalants 108 8.1

Note.

a

Students were allowed to select as many countries as applied for this question; therefore, the total will equal more than 100.

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