. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: Health Educ Behav. 2015 Jul 23;43(2):145–155. doi: 10.1177/1090198115596165

Table 1.

Characteristics of respondents and coalitions from Mexico and the United States.

Characteristic	Mexico	United States
Gender	54% female	67% female
	46% male	33% male
Age	40 years	49 years
Years in prevention	7 years	13 years
Prior coalition involvement	17% yes	39% yes
	83% no	61% no
Educational attainment
Elementary school	10%	0%
Middle school	27%	0%
High school or GED	18%	9%
Associates or trade school	12%	3%
Bachelors degree	27%	42%
Masters degree	4%	36%
MD, JD, PhD, or other terminal degree	1%	9%
Community sector representation
Business	17%	5%
Education	12%	16%
Local Government	12%	9%
Health Services	9%	7%
Human services	22%	43%
Judicial system	2%	6%
Law enforcement	3%	5%
Faith community	6%	4%
Concerned citizen	19%	5%
Amount of primary funding award	$5,000	$40,000
Population density (persons per km²)	578	98