Table 1 Descriptive statistics for employees working in juvenile justice agencies
From: Perceived importance of substance use prevention in juvenile justice: a multi-level analysis
| Â | Mean (SD) or % (N) | Available N |
|---|---|---|
Perceived importance of substance use prevention | Â | |
Strengthening youth’s anti drug use attitudes, beliefs, and norms | 4.55 (0.62) | 479 |
Strengthening youth’s life skills | 4.65 (0.55) | 479 |
Strengthening youth’s drug refusal skills | 4.60 (0.61) | 475 |
Strengthening family skills | 4.62 (0.56) | 475 |
Strengthening caring relationships with people in the youth’s network who do not endorse substance use | 4.58 (0.59) | 479 |
Ensuring that prevention strategies are developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate for the populations | 4.51 (0.68) | 478 |
Mean scale of perceived importance of substance use prevention | 45.87 (5.31) | 473 |
Substance use prevention as part of agency’s responsibilities | 3.85 (0.85) | 485 |
Job type | Â | 485 |
Probation officer | 60.6% (294) | Â |
All other job types | 39.4% (191) | |
Unit type | Â | 474 |
Behavioral health unit within juvenile justice agency | 12.5% (59) | Â |
Non-behavioral health unit | 87.6% (415) | |
Age in years | 41.53 (9.68) | 477 |
Gender | ||
 Female | 59.1% (290) | 491 |
 Male | 40.9% (201) |  |
Race/ethnicity | Â | 477 |
Non-Hispanic white | 64.2% (306) | Â |
Non-Hispanic African American | 23.7% (113) | |
All others | 12.2% (58) | |