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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 19.
Published in final edited form as: Subst Use Misuse. 2015 Nov 19;50(12):1518–1528. doi: 10.3109/10826084.2015.1023449

Table 2.

Individual Student Characteristics

Middle School
(n = 12,798)
N (%)
HS 9th and 10th
(n = 6,189)
N (%)
HS 11th and 12th
(n = 4,628)
N (%)
Male 5,961 (49%) 2,746 (46%) 1,947 (44%)
Female 6,287 (51%) 3,261 (54%) 2,534 (57%)
African American students 7,081 (56%) 3,194 (52%) 2,230 (49%)
White 4,893 (38%) 2,569 (42%) 2,107 (46%)
Other 767 (6%) 361 (6%) 248 (5%)
Smoked cigarettes in last 12 months 1,882 (15%) 1,573 (24%) 1,293 (28%)
Used alcohol in last 12 months 4,070 (32%) 3,310 (51%) 2,730 (59%)
Used marijuana in last 12 months 1,266 (10%) 1,553 (24%) 1,335 (29%)
Used no substances in last 12 months 8,186 (65%) 2,564 (42%) 1,705 (38%)
Used one substance in last 12 months 2,418 (19%) 1,500 (25%) 1,118 (25%)
Used two substances in last 12 months 1,273 (10%) 1,062 (18%) 924 (20%)
Used three substance in last 12 months 711 (6%) 898 (15%) 771 (17%)

Note: HS = high school.