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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Appl Dev Psychol. 2015 Jan-Feb;36:39–52. doi: 10.1016/j.appdev.2014.10.001

Table 8.

Health risk behaviors by profile.

Behavior Diffused Synthesized Elevated Moderate χ2 (3), V
Illicit drug use
Marijuana use 26.1%a 13.1%b 29.8%a 19.9%c 122.26***, .13
Hard drug use 7.6%a 1.3%b 13.6%c 2.6%b 204.39***, .16
Inhalant use 7.3%a 1.3%b 11.7%c 2.0%b 196.06***, .16
Injecting drug use 5.5%a 0.6%b 10.1%c 0.8%b 235.95***, .17
Prescription drug misuse 10.0%a 2.4%b 15.3%c 4.4%b 173.70***, .15
Unsafe sexual behavior
Anal sex 11.4%a 5.8%b 19.7%c 6.4%b 120.89***, .13
Casual sex 15.2%a 4.5%b 30.7%c 5.3%b 413.07***, .23
Unprotected sex 32.9% 32.6% 35.7% 33.1% 1.36,.01
Drunken sex 29.1%ab 23.2%a 36.3%b 27.2%a 33.43***, .07
Impaired driving
Driving while drunk/high 27.4%a 15.3%b 42.0%c 19.0%b 189.95***, .16
Riding with impaired driver 34.2%a 19.6%b 38.8%a 24.3%c 146.79***, .14

Note. Percentages that do not share a subscript in common differ by at least p < .05.

***

p < .001.