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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 25.
Published in final edited form as: Biodemography Soc Biol. 2014;60(2):117–136. doi: 10.1080/19485565.2014.946590

Table 1. Proportion Using Substances by Wave and School-Level Descriptive Statistics.

Individual Characteristics N Mean SD Min. Max.
Gender 55,084
Male 0.480 -- 0 1
Female 0.520 -- 0 1
Race 55,044
White 0.530 -- 0 1
Black 0.219 -- 0 1
Hispanic 0.160 -- 0 1
Asian 0.075 -- 0 1
Other 0.015 -- 0 1
Parental Education 47,316
<HS 0.113 -- 0 1
HS 0.244 -- 0 1
Some College 0.306 -- 0 1
BA+ 0.337 -- 0 1
CES-D 55,016 10.9 7.45 0 56
Delinquency Scale 54,820 4.12 5.03 0 45
Age by Wave
Wave 1 13,765 15.2 1.65 13 20
Wave 2 9,702 16.2 1.57 13 21
Wave 3 10,239 21.9 1.70 18 27
Wave 4 10,600 28.4 1.70 24 31
5HTTLPR 44,941
L′/L′ 0.237 -- 0 1
S′/L′ 0.482 -- 0 1
S′/S′ 0.280 -- 0 1

School Variables N Mean SD Min. Max.

School Mean Tobacco Use 133
Any Use 35.4 8.2 5.6 53.6
Heavy Use 10.4 4.9 0.0 25.7
School Mean Alcohol Use 133
Any Use 53.9 9.5 12.0 72.9
Heavy Use 10.8 3.9 0.0 22.9
School Excess Proportion (EP) 133
Any Use 9.08 2.5 1.2 15.6
Heavy Use 2.75 1.2 -0.2 8.3
School Proportion Co-Users (PC) 129
Any Use 29.0 7.5 5.6 49.9
Heavy Use 4.02 1.9 0.0 14.2

Note: All school variable values are multiplied by 100, here and in regression models. The analytical sample includes 13,773 individuals, observed across four in-home waves of the Add Health dataset. Sample sizes for individual characteristics reflect pooled person*wave observations (with the exception of age by wave). Sample sizes for schools are the number of discrete schools, and descriptive statistics are calculated at the school level.