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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 21.
Published in final edited form as: Fam Community Health. 2009 Apr–Jun;32(2):175–188. doi: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e318199482c

Table 1.

Parent and teen characteristics

Total included
(N = 231)
Treatment
(N = 117)
Comparison
(N = 114)



N % N % N %
Parents Sex (N = 230)
 Male 73 31.7 37 31.9 36 31.6
 Female 157 68.3 79 68.1 78 68.4
Relationship to teen (N = 230)
 Mother 151 65.7 74 63.8 77 67.5
 Father 69 30.0 34 29.3 35 30.7
 Other 10 4.3 8 6.9 2 1.8
Race/ethnicity (N = 230)
 White 206 89.6 104 89.7 102 89.5
 Non-White 24 10.4 12 10.3 12 10.5
Age, y (N = 229)
 <39 29 12.7 14 12.2 15 13.2
 40–44 60 26.2 36 31.3 24 21.1
 45–49 88 38.4 42 36.5 46 40.4
 ≥50 52 22.7 23 20.0 29 25.4
Marital status (N = 229)
 Married 192 83.8 96 83.5 96 84.2
 Divorced 28 12.2 15 13.0 13 11.4
 Other 9 3.9 4 3.5 5 4.4
Work status (N = 230)
 Full-time 149 64.8 76 65.5 73 64.0
 Part-time 28 12.2 14 12.1 14 12.3
 Homemaker 43 18.7 21 18.1 22 19.3
 Other 10 4.3 5 4.3 5 4.4
Education (N = 226)
 Less than college degree 93 41.2 46 40.4 47 42.0
 College degree or higher 133 58.8 68 59.6 65 58.0
Income (N = 198)
 <$50000 27 13.6 13 13.0 14 14.3
 $50,000–$69 999 22 11.1 11 11.0 11 11.2
 $70 000–$99 999 50 25.3 24 24.0 26 26.5
 $100 000–$149 999 56 28.3 33 33.0 23 23.5
 $150 000+ 43 21.7 19 19.0 24 24.5
Teens Sex (N = 230)
 Male 121 52.6 60 51.7 61 53.5
 Female 109 47.4 57 48.3 53 46.5
Race/ethnicity (N = 230)
 White 200 87.0 100 86.2 100 87.7
 Non-White 30 13.0 16 13.8 14 12.3
Grade (N = 228)
 9th–10th 159 69.7 80 69.6 79 69.9
 11th and above 69 30.3 35 30.4 34 30.1
Marks in School (N = 226)
 A 108 47.8 54 47.0 54 48.6
 B 88 39 42 36.5 46 41.4
 C or lower 30 13.3 19 16.5 11 9.9