Higher Neighborhood Crime Rates Don't Always Predict Early Initiation of Tobacco, Marijuana, and Alcohol

Table 3.

Correlations between Crime Data and Substance Use Initiation of Youth


		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8

1 Tobacco Initiation	r	1.000

	P

2 Marijuana Initiation	r	0.422	1.000

	p	< 0.001

3 Alcohol Initiation	r	0.183	0.141	1.000

	p	< 0.001	< 0.001

4 Total Drug Abuse Violation	r	-0.029	0.007	-0.011	1.000

	p	0.002	0.443	0.249

5 Drug Sale Offenses	r	-0.027	0.007	-0.012	0.987	1.000

	p	0.005	0.480	0.206	< 0.001

6 Marijuana Offenses	r	-0.023	0.007	0.003	0.965	0.976	1.000

	p	0.015	0.455	0.747	< 0.001	< 0.001

7 Drug Possession Offenses	r	-0.029	0.007	-0.010	0.999	0.980	0.959	1.000

	p	0.002	0.437	0.277	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001

8 Driving Under the Influence (DUI)	r	-0.027	0.008	-0.004	0.977	0.967	0.976	0.976	1.000

	p	0.004	0.405	0.702	0.000	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001

Note: Data Came from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study. Pearson correla-tions were used. N = 11,878.