The Woodlawn Study: - UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs

Matching Variables
• Early health: low birth weight, mothers’ and adolescents’ ratings of
health, hospitalization for injuries and illnesses
• Family history of physical and mental health problems and
mother’s history of alcohol/drug problems
• Family functioning: punishment and affection
• SES: Mother's years of education, number of children in the home,
residential mobility, poverty status, female­headed household
• First grade teacher’s rating of aggression, shyness, restlessness,
immaturity, and achievement
• Sex