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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Drug Issues. 2013 Jan;43(1):69–84. doi: 10.1177/0022042612462218

Table 1.

Sample Means and Standard Deviations for the Full Sample and by Race/Ethnicity

Full samplea African Americanb Hispanicc Caucasiand




M SD M SD M SD M SD
Substance use (Wave 2)
 Cigarette use 0.19 0.39 0.15 0.35 0.20 0.40 0.28 0.45
 Alcohol use 0.23 0.42 0.19 0.39 0.24 0.43 0.29 0.45
 Binge drinking 0.06 0.23 0.03 0.18 0.06 0.24 0.10 0.30
 Marijuana use 0.11 0.31 0.12 0.32 0.10 0.29 0.13 0.34
Individual level
 Age 11.94 2.42 11.96 2.37 11.91 2.43 12.02 2.47
 Male 0.51 0.50 0.48 0.50 0.52 0.50 0.52 0.50
 Household salary 4.73 2.51 4.36 2.48 4.25 1.98 6.93 2.82
 African American 0.35 0.48
 Hispanic 0.47 0.50
 Caucasian 0.15 0.35
 Other race/ethnicity 0.04 0.19
 Peer substance use −0.02 0.98 0.03 0.98 −0.04 1.00 −0.03 0.95
 Parental problem drug use 0.16 0.37 0.21 0.41 0.12 0.33 0.19 0.39
 Parental warmth 6.18 2.02 5.93 2.00 6.31 2.07 6.36 1.82
 Prior (Wave 1) cigarette use 0.10 0.30 0.08 0.27 0.09 0.29 0.17 0.38
 Prior (Wave 1) alcohol use 0.13 0.34 0.09 0.29 0.14 0.35 0.20 0.40
 Prior (Wave 1) binge drinking 0.02 0.15 0.01 0.10 0.03 0.16 0.03 0.18
 Prior (Wave 1) marijuana use 0.07 0.25 0.07 0.26 0.06 0.23 0.08 0.27
Neighborhood level
 Disadvantage −0.01 1.00 0.28 1.00 −0.16 0.84 −0.48 0.80
a

The full sample included 1,856 individuals residing in 79 neighborhood clusters.

b

The African American sample included 644 individuals residing in 54 neighborhood clusters.

c

The Hispanic sample included 870 individuals residing in 65 neighborhood clusters.

d

The Caucasian sample included 272 individuals residing in 46 neighborhood clusters.