Table 3.
Cohort Characteristics of Woodlawn Study Substance Users by age 32 (N=522).
| Variables | Percent or Mean(SD) |
|---|---|
| Female | 43.49 |
| Early Social Behavior | |
| First Grade Classroom Behavior | |
| Aggressive | 33.89 |
| Shy | 31.67 |
| Underachieving | 43.19 |
| Restless | 33.82 |
| Immature | 35.53 |
| Adolescent Delinquency (0-72) | 17.87 (15.61) |
| Early Family Environment | |
| Poverty | |
| No Poverty | 31.81 |
| Poverty at 1 Time Point | 36.60 |
| Persistent Poverty | 31.59 |
| Parent Education | |
| <HS Diploma | 57.57 |
| HS Diploma | 42.43 |
| Family Involvement (5-30) | 16.37 (15.59) |
| Family Conflict (5-30) | 20.78 (16.34) |
| Academic Achievement | |
| Readiness to Learn (0-100) | 58.38 (19.62) |
| School Bonds (5-28) | 12.66 (7.82) |
| High school diploma | 74.52 |
| Mental Health | |
| Mother's Symptom Inventory (1st grade) | |
| Low | 39.20 |
| Medium | 33.41 |
| High | 27.39 |
| Help Received in Adolescence | 29.48 |
| Adolescent Mental Health | |
| Anxious | 21.83 (14.46) |
| Depressed | 19.54 (13.40) |
| Adolescent Substance Use | |
| Other substance use by age 14 | 22.80 |
| Alcohol Use | |
| No Use | 9.62 |
| Experimental Use | 35.20 |
| Regular Use | 55.28 |
| Adolescent-onset of SUD (by age 18) | 15.71 |
| Lifetime substance use by age 32 | |
| Alcohol use | 91.95 |
| Illegal substance use | 89.08 |
| Marijuana use | 86.78 |
| Cocaine use | 48.47 |
| Heroin use | 10.73 |
| Substance use severity (# of SUD symptoms) | 1.44 (2.36) |
| Socioeconomic status at age 32 | |
| Health insurance | 76.44 |
| Poverty | 44.26 |
| Unemployment | 35.06 |