Table 1.
Descriptive Data Overall and By Race/Ethnicity.
| All |
White |
Black |
Latino |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | N | % | |
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| Age | ||||||||
| Nine | 4510 | 51.7 | 2898 | 51.3 | 643 | 50.5 | 969 | 53.7 |
| Ten | 4215 | 48.3 | 2750 | 48.7 | 630 | 49.5 | 835 | 46.3 |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Female | 4173 | 47.7 | 2668 | 47.1 | 641 | 50.1 | 864 | 47.7 |
| Male | 4581 | 52.3 | 2996 | 52.9 | 638 | 49.9 | 947 | 52.3 |
| Two parents in the household | ||||||||
| No | 2116 | 24.2 | 806 | 14.2 | 788 | 61.6 | 522 | 28.8 |
| Yes | 6638 | 75.8 | 4858 | 85.8 | 491 | 38.4 | 1289 | 71.2 |
| Parents Employed | ||||||||
| No | 2465 | 28.2 | 1512 | 26.7 | 389 | 30.4 | 564 | 31.1 |
| Yes | 6289 | 71.8 | 4152 | 73.3 | 890 | 69.6 | 1247 | 68.9 |
| Family Income | ||||||||
| Less than 50 K | 2379 | 27.2 | 694 | 12.3 | 836 | 65.4 | 849 | 46.9 |
| 50–100 K | 2555 | 29.2 | 1723 | 30.4 | 283 | 22.1 | 549 | 30.3 |
| 100 K+ | 3820 | 43.6 | 3247 | 57.3 | 160 | 12.5 | 413 | 22.8 |
| Tobacco Use | ||||||||
| No | 8485 | 96.9 | 5502 | 97.1 | 1242 | 97.1 | 1741 | 96.1 |
| Yes | 269 | 3.1 | 162 | 2.9 | 37 | 2.9 | 70 | 3.9 |
| Race | ||||||||
| White | 5664 | 64.7 | ||||||
| Black | 1279 | 14.6 | ||||||
| Latino | 1811 | 20.7 | ||||||
| Empty Cell | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| Time (Follow Up in Months) | 33.8772 | 6.50844 | 5.7334 | .92405 | 5.3597 | 1.40938 | 5.5759 | 1.23671 |
| HH size | 4.7161 | 1.51547 | 4.7316 | 1.39494 | 4.6098 | 1.83322 | 4.7402 | 1.63617 |
Overall, 3.1% (n = 269) of youth transitioned to tobacco use, which was composed of 162White (2.9%), 37 Black (2.9%), and 70(3.9%) Latino youth.