Table 4

Limited English language proficiency (LEP), family income status and racial composition of students in relationship to schools' proximity to tobacco and alcohol vendors (total number of schools=31)

Percentage of students with LEPPercentage of low-income studentsPercentage Caucasian
Schools within 1000 feet of tobacco vendor (18), mean (SD)26.6 (15.5)76.4 (16.5)31.1 (13.0)
Schools farther than 1000 feet of tobacco vendor (13), mean (SD)17.6 (11.2)51.8 (22.8)52.1 (14.0)
Schools within 1000 feet of alcohol vendor (12), mean (SD)24.9 (18.2)73.3 (24.8)31.8 (17.2)
Schools farther than 1000 feet of alcohol vendor (19), mean (SD)20.9 (11.5)60.1 (21.0)46.1 (14.8)
  • The number in parenthesis corresponds to the number of schools within each category.