Our stratification
procedure allows us to identify three
subsamples: the influential elite programs, large programs that train the most candidates, and all remaining programs, which we label the typical programs.
The NCS - A is a survey of 10 148 adolescents (13 - 17 years of age at the time of selection, although some respondents turned 18 years before their interview) in the continental United States completed in conjunction with the National Comorbidity Survey Replication.20 The design and field
procedures of this study are reported in detail elsewhere.12 - 15 The NCS - A used a dual - frame sample composed of (1) a household
subsample of adolescents (n = 904) selected from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication households and (2) a school
subsample of adolescents (n = 9244) selected from schools (day and residential schools of all types, with probabilities proportional to size) in the same nationally representative counties as those in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication.