Table 1.
Sample characteristics (n = 550)
| Characteristic | Valuesa |
| Mean age | |
| Time 1 (T1) | 14 years (SD = 1.32) |
| Time 2 (T2) | 19 years (SD = 1.53) |
| Time 3 (T3) | 24 years (SD = 1.37) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 47% (n = 260) |
| Ethnicity | |
| African American | 52% (n = 288) |
| Puerto Rican | 48% (n = 262) |
| Educational status (T3; %) | |
| Attended or finished college | 52 |
| Obtained a business or technical school degree | 6 |
| Completed high school | 26 |
| Did not finish high school | 15 |
| Other | 1 |
| Occupational status (T3; %) | |
| Professionals or store owners | 15 |
| Clerical or sales positions | 34 |
| Skilled labor | 8 |
| Semiskilled workers or less | 22 |
| Unemployed | 20 |
| Other | 1 |
| Marital status (T3; %) | |
| Married and living together | 14 |
| Married but separated | 1 |
| Cohabitating | 20 |
| Living alone (%) | 65 |
a
Note. Values are percentages or means with SDs.