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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 7.
Published in final edited form as: Subst Use Misuse. 2013 Aug 8;49(1-2):95–102. doi: 10.3109/10826084.2013.821659

TABLE 1.

Sample characteristics by ethnicity, mean (SD)

Variable Total (N = 5,845) African American (N = 394) White (N = 5,451) Cohen’s d (CI)
Age 18.5 (0.76) 18.63 (0.91)* 18.53 (0.75) .13 (.11, .15)
Gender (male, %) 39.32 35.03 39.63
Dorm (living in dorm, %) 84.57 77.66** 85.07
GPA 3.30 (0.57) 3.00 (0.61)** 3.32 (0.56) .57 (.55, .58)
Past-30-day drinking behaviors
 Drinking frequency (days) 4.79 (4.90) 3.19 (4.29)** 4.90 (4.92) .35 (.23, .48)
 Greatest number of drinks 6.03 (5.30) 3.50 (4.37)** 6.22 (5.31) .52 (.38, .65)
 Average number of drinks 3.70 (3.12) 2.07 (2.13)** 3.76 (3.15) .55 (.47, .63)
 Binge drinking (days) 2.17 (1.39) 1.58 (1.06)** 2.20 (1.41) .45 (.41, .48)
Positive expectancies 3.23 (0.69) 3.00 (0.81)** 3.25 (0.68) .36 (.35, .38)
Negative expectancies 1.74 (0.64) 1.86 (0.77)** 1.73 (0.63) .20 (.19, .22)
Injunctive norms 3.23 (0.80) 3.57 (0.86)** 3.21 (0.79) .45 (.43, .47)
Descriptive norms 0.00 (0.88) −0.43 (0.90)** 0.03 (0.87) .52 (.51, .55)
Disapproval of others drinking 3.72 (0.86) 4.00 (0.82)** 3.70 (0.86) .35 (.33, .37)
*

p < .05,

**

p < .00.