Table 4.

Multilevel Logistic Regressions Modeling Student Substance Use from School-Level Variables

	Cigarette use		Alcohol use		Marijuana use		Number of substances
	Simple b	Adjusted b	Simple b	Adjusted b	Simple b	Adjusted b	Simple b	Adjusted b
Middle School
Non-White	.000	−.003	.005**	.000	.007***	.000	.004**	.000
Poverty	.001	.004	.008***	.012*	.012***	.010	.005***	.005
Achievement	−.007	−.004	−.008	.009	−.020**	.001	−.009**	.001
Student-teacher	.000	.011	−.019	.020	−.047**	−.002	−.012	.006
Absenteeism	.134***	.132***	.106***	.105**	.201***	.176***	.110***	.093***
Small school	.030	−.072	.214	.115	.232	−.036	.095	.027
Large school	.089	.007	−.104	−.006	−.276	−.055	−.084	.010
High School 9th and 10th
Non-White	−.006***	−.004	.003*	.004	.006***	.003	.001	.001
Poverty	−.007***	−.010	.004*	−.002	.011***	−.002	.002*	−.003
Achievement	.007	−.007	−.003	.009	−.018***	−.009	−.003*	−.001
Student-teacher	.021	.010	−.010	−.001	−.027	.007	−.005	.002
Absenteeism	−.041	.096*	.065***	.074*	.129***	.092	.029**	.047*
Small school	−.037	.269	−.113	−.082	.009	.251	−.041	.060
Large school	−.131	−.097	−.062	−.100	−.033	.052	−.072	−.046
High School 11th and 12th
Non-White	−.013***	−.010*	−.001	−.002	.005***	.001	−.001	−.002
Poverty	−.017***	−.009	−.001	.002	.009***	.007	−.001	−.001
Achievement	.020	.002	.005	.014	−.011*	.005	.002	.003
Student-teacher	.085**	.038	.020	.010	−.003	.017	.011	.005
Absenteeism	−.092	.159*	.033	.102*	.110***	.056	.007	.049
Small school	−.525	.057	−.230	−.130	−.194	−.073	−.134	−.056
Large school	−.168	−.162	.016	.023	−.015	.042	−.037	−.031

Note:

^*p<.05,

^**p<.01,

^***p<.001.

Significant effects are printed in boldface. Simple models test one predictor at a time; adjusted models test all predictors simultaneously.