Table 1.

Demographic and substance use characteristics of the sample by race

	Black (n = 1301)		White (n = 7271)		Total (n = 8572)
	n	%	n	%	N	%
Female*	781	59.89%	3971	54.61%	4752	55.42%
Grade*
9th*	511	39.19%	2618	36.00%	3129	36.49%
10th*	416	31.90%	2653	36.48%	3069	35.79%
11th	235	18.02%	1340	18.43%	1575	18.37%
12th	142	10.89%	661	9.09%	803	9.36%
Cigarettes*
0 days*	1219	93.70%	6080	83.75%	7299	85.26%
1–2 days*	33	2.54%	364	5.01%	397	4.64%
3–9 days	23	1.77%	193	2.66%	216	2.52%
10–30 days*	26	2.00%	623	8.58%	649	7.58%
Alcohol*
0 days*	1022	79.04%	4567	62.98%	5589	65.41%
1–2 days*	173	13.38%	1432	19.75%	1605	18.78%
3–9 days*	58	4.49%	890	12.27%	948	11.09%
10–30 days*	40	3.09%	363	5.01%	403	4.72%
Marijuana
0 days	1073	82.86%	5958	82.16%	7031	82.26%
1–2 days	84	6.49%	455	6.27%	539	6.31%
3–9 days	53	4.09%	312	4.30%	365	4.27%
10–30 days	85	6.56%	527	7.27%	612	7.16%
Inhalants
0 days	1254	96.68%	6962	95.88%	8216	96.00%
1–2 days	11	.85%	108	1.49%	119	1.39%
3–9 days	65	.69%	65	0.90%	74	0.86%
10–30 days	126	1.77%	126	1.74%	149	1.74%
Other Drugs*
0 days*	6906	96.76%	6906	95.18%	8160	95.42%
1–2 days*	108	0.77%	108	1.49%	118	1.38%
3–9 days	89	0.62%	89	1.23%	97	1.13%
10–30 days	153	1.85%	153	2.11%	177	2.07%

^*Significant difference between groups at p < .05