. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2008 Dec;21(6):355–360. doi: 10.1016/j.jpag.2008.03.010

Table 1.

Descriptive Characteristics of study population

	Number of adolescent females	Percent (%)
Demographic characteristics
Age (median = 16 years)
12–14 years	52	14.9
15–16 years	146	41.7
17–18 years	152	43.4
Race/ethnicity (missing = 7)
African American	329	95.9
Hispanic	2	0.6
Caucasian	3	0.9
Other	9	2.6
Current level of education completed (missing = 4)
<9^th grade	65	18.8
9^th grade	57	16.5
10^th grade	72	20.8
11^th grade	61	17.6
12^th grade	84	24.3
Technical/vocational	5	1.5
Some college	2	0.6
Socio-economic status
Mother’s final education (missing = 7)
Less than high school	54	15.7
High school graduate	135	39.4
Technical/vocational	3	0.9
Some college	47	13.7
College degree	40	11.7
Gone to graduate school	2	0.6
Don’t know	62	18.1
Father’s final education (missing = 6)
Less than high school	45	13.1
High school graduate	125	36.3
Technical/vocational	2	0.6
Some college	28	8.1
College degree	20	5.8
Gone to graduate school	4	1.2
Don’t know	120	34.9
Sexual history
Age at sexual debut (median = 14) (missing = 9)
10–12 years	69	20.2
13–15 years	226	66.3
16–18	46	13.5
Lifetime number of sexual partners (median = 4) (missing = 9)
1	51	15.0
2–3	116	34.0
4–5	79	23.2
6–7	41	12.0
8–9 and more	54	15.8