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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 23.
Published in final edited form as: Subst Use Misuse. 2004 Jun;39(7):1061–1094. doi: 10.1081/ja-120038030

Table 3.

Means, standard deviations, and selected correlations for variables used in analysis.

N Mean SD Age Male Correlationa with
School
lunch
Ethnic
identity
Grades English
Lifetime alcohol use (no. drinks) [log] 4323 0.88 0.76 0.072 0.098 −0.146 0.085 −0.053 −0.012
Lifetime cigarette use (no. smoked) [log] 4340 0.52 0.70 0.102 0.078 −0.196 0.046 0.003 −0.047
Lifetime marijuana use (no “hits”) [log] 4326 0.30 0.58 0.118 0.088 −0.229 0.090 0.009 −0.076
Number of different drugs used 4364 1.21 1.59 0.098 0.093 −0.214 0.049 −0.011 −0.074
Drinks of alcohol last 30 days [log] 4335 0.37 0.64 0.067 0.039 −0.134 0.017 −0.050 −0.028
Number of cigarettes last 30 days [log] 4341 0.15 0.42 0.087 0.044 −0.160 −0.007 −0.022 −0.072
Marijuana “hits” last 30 days [log] 4330 0.21 0.54 0.113 0.087 −0.191 0.042 −0.022 −0.064
Frequency used alc./cig./mar. last 30 days 4349 0.17 0.34 0.102 0.069 −0.190 0.021 −0.048 −0.065
Antidrug personal norms 4349 3.06 0.53 −0.105 −0.091 0.154 −0.065 0.026 0.108
Antidrug injunctive norms—friends 4139 3.04 0.75 −0.070 −0.111 0.156 −0.013 −0.012 0.063
Descriptive school norms (proportion using) 4319 2.56 0.88 0.082 −0.045 −0.111 0.101 0.037 −0.050
Age 4364 13.12 0.73 1.000 0.064 −0.106 0.001 0.037 −0.054
Gender (M = 1, F = 0) 4364 0.52 0.50 0.064 1.000 −0.149 −0.007 −0.035 −0.014
Usual grades 4328 6.56 1.83 −0.106 −0.149 1.000 0.045 −0.135 0.130
English: extent used with family and friends 4361 3.62 1.22 0.001 −0.007 0.045 1.000 −0.269 −0.103
School lunch 4364 0.81 0.39 0.037 −0.035 −0.135 −0.269 1.000 0.023
Mexican only 4364 0.55 0.50 0.029 0.006 −0.085 −0.469 0.303 0.091
Other Latino only 4364 0.03 0.17 0.022 −0.018 0.000 −0.083 0.018 −0.023
African American only 4364 0.06 0.24 −0.008 0.032 −0.005 0.235 0.058 −0.022
American Indian only 4364 0.03 0.17 0.011 0.001 −0.041 0.112 −0.013 −0.002
Mexican–mixed ethnic identity 4364 0.12 0.32 −0.006 −0.023 −0.024 0.005 −0.028 −0.055
Other mixed ethnic identity 4364 0.05 0.22 −0.028 −0.015 0.017 0.156 −0.064 −0.022
White only 4364 0.16 0.36 −0.027 0.007 0.150 0.371 −0.391 −0.036
Ethnic identity factor score 4240 0.00 1.00 −0.054 −0.014 0.130 −0.103 0.023 1.000
a

Each correlation is based on 4240 or more cases, and is statistically significant at p<0.05 if |r|>0.03; at p<0.01 if |r|>0.04; and at p<0.001 if |r| >0.052.