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Table 6 Decisions regarding drug Use: Percent of students in each group who gave a "drug free" answer.

From: The NARCONON™ drug education curriculum for high school students: A non-randomized, controlled prevention trial

 

Control

Drug Ed

Significance Level

 

Baseline N = 524

6-month follow-up N = 418

Baseline N = 434

6-month follow-up N = 390

p valuea

D1 It is clear to my friends that I am committed to living a drug-free life. (percent answering "True")

66.2%

67.5%

60.4%

69.7%

0.048

D2 I have made a final decision to stay away from marijuana. (percent answering "True")

75.4%

76.8%

71.9%

76.2%

0.108

D3 I have decided that I will smoke cigarettes. (percent answering "False")

77.7%

77.5%

77.0%

80.8%

0.008

D4 I plan to get drunk sometime in the next year. (percent answering "False")

52.7%

51.7%

55.1%

61.3%

0.003

  1. aControlling for baseline differences by using an analysis of covariance with a Type III sums of squares