Table 1. Prevalence of Demographic, Mental Health, and Substance Use Variables for Traditional and Nontraditional Students (N = 1187).

	Traditional n =557		Non-Traditional n = 630		t/χ2
Demographic Variables	M/n	SD/%	M/n	SD/%
Age (M/SD)	20.21	2.30	27.30	8.51	-18.97***
Sex (n/%)
Male	209	37.7	178	28.4	11.64***
Female	345	62.3	449	71.6
Socioeconomic Status (n/%)
Lower	27	4.9	33	5.3	34.87***
Working	133	24.0	244	38.9
Middle	303	54.7	281	44.7
Upper Middle	84	15.2	59	9.4
Upper	7	1.3	11	1.8
Ethnicity (n/%)
African American	124	22.4	135	21.5	4.73
Caucasian	198	35.7	198	31.6
Latino	147	26.5	201	32.1
Asian American	23	4.2	26	4.1
Other	62	11.2	67	10.7
Mental Health (M/SD)
Life stress	6.64	5.10	7.66	6.25	-3.05**
Anxiety	10.43	9.45	11.77	11.17	-2.20*
Depression	14.47	9.82	15.81	10.74	-2.22*
Substance Use (M/SD)
Alcohol	2.88	2.61	2.92	2.45	-0.28

^*p < .05.

^**p <.01.

^***p < .001.