Table 1.

Descriptive Characteristics for Overall Sample, Girls, Boys, Miami and Los Angeles Youth

Variables	Overall Sample N=302 N(%) or M (SD)		Girls n=141 N(%) or M (SD)		Boys n=160 N(%) or M (SD)			Miami n=152 N(%) or M (SD)		Los Angeles n=150 N(%) or M (SD)
Age
13 years	26	8.6	15	10.6	11	6.9		15	9.8	11	7.3
14 years	141	46.5	60	42.6	81	50.6		64	41.8	77	51.3
15 years	93	30.7	46	32.6	45	28.1		48	31.4	45	30.0
16 years	33	10.9	15	10.6	18	11.3		19	12.4	14	9.3
17 years	6	2.0	3	2.1	3	1.9		5	3.3	1	0.7
Missing	3	1.3	2	1.4	2	1.3		1	1.3	2	1.3
U.S.Practices	27.82	10.08	27.72	10.15	28.04	9.98		26.63	9.91	29.03	10.15	*
U.S. Identity	27.05	8.35	26.33	8.08	27.78	8.55		28.61	8.01	25.45	8.41	*
Individualistic Values	19.71	4.90	19.52	5.30	19.84	4.55		20.79	4.76	18.6	4.81	**
Latino/a Practices	33.17	8.50	34.32	8.03	32.27	8.66	*	34.58	7.65	31.73	9.09	*
Latino/a Identity	32.01	7.90	32.70	7.31	31.44	8.41		33.22	7.82	30.79	7.82	*
Collectivistic Values	24.47	4.07	25.62	3.69	23.79	4.29	*	25.69	3.83	23.23	3.93	**
Perceived Drinking Risk	1.30	1.53	1.11	1.40	1.49	1.63	*	1.28	1.57	1.32	1.48
Disapproval of Drinking	8.53	2.96	9.11	2.77	8.01	3.06	*	6.14	2.74	6.42	2.43
Intention to Drink
Definitely Not	192	63.4	96	68.1	95	59.4		112	73.7	80	53.3
Probably Not	27	8.9	9	6.4	18	11.3		11	7.2	16	10.7
Probably Will	27	8.9	11	7.8	16	10.0		14	9.2	13	8.7
Definitely Will	10	3.3	7	5.0	2	1.3		4	2.6	6	4.0
Missing	46	15.2	18	12.8	28	17.6		11	7.2	35	23.3
Past-90-Day Alcohol Use
Yes	27	8.9	12	8.5	14	8.8		14	9.2	13	8.7
No	225	74.3	110	78.0	114	71.3		123	80.9	102	68.0
Missing	50	16.6	19	13.5	31	19.5		15	9.9	35	23.3

^*p<.05.

^**p<.01.

Note: Significance levels refer to differences between boys and girls, and between Miami and Los Angeles youth. We lost 1 case due to missing cases for the gender variable. The variable Social Disapproval of Drinking had 24 cases missing and the variable Perceived Drinking Risk had 31 cases missing.