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. 2020 Aug 15;12:100298. doi: 10.1016/j.abrep.2020.100298

Table 1.

Student level descriptive characteristics of youth from Y6 of the COMPASS Study (N = 60,601).

Variable Total
Females (n = 30,840)
Males (n = 29,761)
Chi-square / T-test
Freq % Freq % Freq % DF Value P-value
Grade 9 (Median age 14) 14,524 24.0 7420 24.1 7104 23.9 4 4.2748 0.3701
10 (Median age 15) 14,881 24.6 7604 24.7 7277 24.5
11 (Median age 16) 14,143 23.3 7233 23.5 6910 23.2
12 (Median age 17) 9229 15.2 4608 14.9 4621 15.5
Other (Median age 13) 7824 12.9 3975 12.9 3849 12.9
Ethnicity White 40,663 67.1 20,849 67.6 19,814 66.6 1 7.2318 0.0072
Other 19,938 32.9 9991 32.4 9947 33.4
Weekly Spending Money Zero 9688 16.0 4381 14.2 5307 17.8 4 375.9206 <0.0001
$1-$20 15,399 25.4 7996 25.9 7403 24.9
$21-$100 14,433 23.9 7862 25.5 6571 22.1
$100+ 11,320 18.7 5224 16.9 6096 20.5
Don't Know 9761 16.0 5377 17.4 4384 14.7
School Sport Participation None 33,332 55.0 17,962 58.2 15,370 51.6 3 357.3623 <0.0001
Intramurals Only 6430 10.6 3366 10.9 3064 10.3
Varsity Only 6569 10.8 2944 9.6 3625 12.2
Both 14,270 23.6 6568 21.3 7702 25.9
Binge drinking No 49,904 82.4 25,907 84.0 23,997 80.6 1 118.4848 <0.0001
Yes 10,697 17.6 4933 16.0 5764 19.4
Cannabis use No 52,384 86.4 27,223 88.3 25,161 84.5 1 179.6085 <0.0001
Yes 8217 13.6 3617 11.7 4600 15.5
Cigarette smoking No 54,827 90.5 28,209 91.5 26,618 89.4 1 72.3806 <0.0001
Yes 5774 9.5 2631 8.5 3143 10.6
E-cigarette use No 47,290 78.0 25,306 82.1 21,984 73.9 1 592.2998 <0.0001
Yes 13,311 22.0 5534 17.9 7777 26.1
Number of substances used 0 40,894 67.5 21,773 70.6 19,121 64.3 4 398.7820 <0.0001
1 8952 14.8 4397 14.3 4555 15.3
2 5282 8.7 2446 7.9 2836 9.5
3 3409 5.6 1470 4.8 1939 6.5
4 2064 3.4 754 2.4 1310 4.4
School connectedness (Mean, SD) 18.3 3.4 18.2 3.3 18.5 3.4 60,197 −13.35 <0.0001