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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 9.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Mar Q. 2013 Jul 4;19(3):172–187. doi: 10.1177/1524500413495401

Table 4.

Sociodemographics, Psychosocial Factors, and Substance Use Across Market Segments of Male College Students.

Variable Total
M (SD)
or N (%)
Safe
Responsibles
M (SD)
or N (%)
Stoic
Individualists
M (SD)
or N (%)
Thrill-Seeking
Socializers
M (SD)
or N (%)
p Value
Sociodemographics
Age (SD) 21.69 (3.15) 22.05 (3.41) 21.54 (3.08) 21.57 (2.98) .08
Ethnicity (%) <.001
 White 507 (51.3) 136 (48.6) 197 (51.4) 174 (53.4)
 Black 297 (30.0) 102 (36.4) 92 (24.0) 103 (31.6)
 Other 185 (18.7) 42 (15.0) 94 (24.5) 49 (15.0)
School type (%) .55
 4 year 680 (68.8) 199 (71.1) 257 (67.1) 224 (68.7)
 2 year 309 (31.2) 81 (28.9) 126 (32.9) 102 (31.3)
Substance use, past 30 days
Cigarette use (%) .19
 No 703 (71.1) 207 (73.9) 260 (67.9) 236 (72.4)
 Yes 286 (28.9) 73 (26.1) 123 (32.1) 90 (27.6)
Other tobacco product use (%) .12
 No 683 (70.4) 209 (75.2) 257 (68.5) 217 (68.5)
 Yes 287 (29.6) 69 (24.8) 257 (68.5) 100 (31.5)
Chew or snus use (%) .69
 No 885 (90.4) 255 (91.4) 339 (89.4) 291 (90.7)
 Yes 94 (9.6) 24 (8.6) 40 (10.6) 30 (9.3)
Cigar product use (%) .28
 No 765 (78.4) 227 (81.7) 289 (76.7) 249 (77.6)
 Yes 211 (21.6) 51 (18.3) 88 (23.3) 72 (22.4)
Hookah use (%) .20
 No 912 (93.1) 266 (95.3) 350 (92.3) 296 (91.9)
 Yes 68 (6.9) 13 (4.7) 29 (7.7) 26 (8.1)
Number of days of alcohol use (SD) 4.26 (6.18) 3.49 (5.92) 4.72 (6.77) 4.38 (5.62) .04
Binge drink (%) .04
 No 657 (66.4) 203 (72.5) 246 (64.2) 208 (63.8)
 Yes 332 (33.6) 77 (27.5) 137 (35.8) 118 (36.2)
Marijuana use (%) <.001
 No 767 (78.2) 239 (85.4) 276 (73.0) 252 (78.0)
 Yes 214 (21.8) 41 (14.6) 102 (27.0) 71 (22.0)
Overall drug use (%) .01
 No 445 (46.1) 149 (53.6) 159 (42.9) 137 (43.2)
 Yes 521 (53.9) 129 (46.4) 212 (57.1) 180 (56.8)

Note. M = mean; SD = standard deviation.