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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Dec 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychopathol Behav Assess. 2006 Jun;28(2):85–93. doi: 10.1007/s10862-006-7486-6

Table II.

Demographic Characteristics of Eligible Youth and Study Participants

Eligible youth
Study participants
n (%) n (% ) Significance test
Age (years) t(580) = 1.23, p = .22
 13 56 9.6 19 8.3
 14 104 17.6 46 20.2
 15 125 21.5 55 24.1
 16 154 26.5 63 27.6
 17 143 24.6 45 19.7
Gender χ2(1, n = 582) = .03, p = .88
 Female 146 25.1 58 25.4
 Male 436 74.9 170 74.6
Ethnicity χ2(3, n = 582) = 3.33, p = .34
 African American 209 35.9 77 33.8
 Asian/Pacific Islander 46 7.9 15 6.5
 Caucasian 270 46.4 116 50.9
 Hispanic 31 5.3 10 4.4
 Native American 16 2.7 6 2.6
 Other 10 1.8 4 1.5
Total 582 100.0 228 100.0