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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2018 Aug;63(2):205–212. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.02.014

Table 1:

Descriptive statistics by G2 father’s and G2 mother’s lifetime substance use disorder status

G2 Father’s Lifetime Disorder Status G2 Mother’s Lifetime Disorder Status
No Disorder Disorder p-value No Disorder Disorder p-value
N 195 51 151 16
Child is male (%) 49.2 45.1 0.713 51.7 50.0 1.000
G2’s race/ethnicity (%) <0.001 0.753
African American 75.9 49.0 87.4 81.2
Hispanic 12.8 19.6 9.3 12.5
Non-Hispanic White 11.3 31.4 3.3 6.2
Other caregiver’s lifetime disorder status (%) 7.2 21.6 0.006
Child’s substance use at age 13 (%) 0.041 0.862
no use 94.3 84.4 95.1 93.3
rare user 5.1 11.1 4.2 6.7
regular user 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
problem user 0.6 4.4 0.7 0.0
Child’s substance use at age 14 (%) 0.354 0.930
no use 92.8 85.4 88.7 93.3
rare user 5.0 8.3 9.2 6.7
regular user 1.1 2.1 1.4 0.0
problem user 1.1 4.2 0.7 0.0
Child’s substance use at age 15 (%) 0.026 0.445
no use 87.9 72.3 83.9 80.0
rare user 6.9 14.9 9.1 20.0
regular user 3.4 4.3 3.5 0.0
problem user 1.7 8.5 3.5 0.0
Child’s substance use at age 16 (%) <0.001 0.616
no use 73.8 65.2 76.8 80.0
rare user 18.3 8.7 13.8 20.0
regular user 4.9 6.5 5.1 0.0
problem user 3.0 19.6 4.3 0.0
Child’s substance use at age 17 (%) 0.124 0.565
no use 69.0 61.4 70.9 61.5
rare user 18.7 15.9 17.2 30.8
regular user 5.8 4.5 5.2 0.0
problem user 6.5 18.2 6.7 7.7
Child’s year of birth* 1995.66(3.56) 1994.76(2.96) 0.099 1993.54(3.60) 1991.88(3.96) 0.084
G2’s age at start of RYDS* 14.44 (0.75) 14.33 (0.82) 0.358 14.51 (0.75) 14.36 (0.52) 0.444
Arrest rate of G2’s neighborhood at start of RYDS* 4.18 (1.92) 3.93 (1.86) 0.405 4.90 (2.10) 4.41 (2.51) 0.388
Child’s contact with father at age 13* 2.70 (1.36) 2.24 (1.43) 0.049
Child’s contact with father at age 14* 2.67 (1.43) 2.38 (1.47) 0.205
Child’s contact with father at age 15* 2.53 (1.48) 2.21 (1.60) 0.203
Child’s contact with father at age 16* 2.49 (1.51) 2.13 (1.59) 0.156
Child’s contact with father at age 17* 2.49 (1.47) 2.39 (1.48) 0.680
Friend’s substance use at age 13* 1.23 (0.62) 1.47 (0.87) 0.040 1.29 (0.69) 1.13 (0.35) 0.377
Friend’s substance use at age 14* 1.42 (0.80) 1.60 (0.87) 0.170 1.46 (0.87) 1.07 (0.26) 0.085
Friend’s substance use at age 15* 1.70 (1.02) 1.83 (1.05) 0.447 1.65 (0.94) 1.60 (0.83) 0.843
Friend’s substance use at age 16* 1.96 (1.04) 2.11 (1.12) 0.413 1.71 (0.96) 1.53 (0.83) 0.494
Friend’s substance use at age 17* 2.13 (1.13) 2.25 (1.16) 0.533 1.89 (1.10) 2.08 (1.12) 0.556

Notes: The p-value is the significance test (X2 test for categorical variables (corroborated with Fisher’s Exact Test), t-test for continuous variables) for differences by lifetime disorder.

*

Denotes continuous variable, mean(sd) are presented in the columns.