Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics for the Overall Group, the Atypical Pattern Group and the non Atypical Pattern Group
| Overall (n=193) |
Atypical (n=97) |
Non Atypical (n=96) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Freq. | % | Freq. | % | Freq. | % |
| Race (ns) | ||||||
| African American | 140 | 72.5 | 72 | 74.2 | 68 | 70.8 |
| Hispanic | 20 | 10.4 | 7 | 7.2 | 13 | 13.5 |
| Caucasian | 17 | 8.8 | 10 | 10.3 | 7 | 7.3 |
| Asian | 13 | 6.7 | 6 | 6.2 | 7 | 7.3 |
| Other/Mixed | 3 | 1.6 | 2 | 2.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| First Language (ns) | ||||||
| English | 130 | 67.4 | 67 | 69.1 | 63 | 65.6 |
| Other | 63 | 32.6 | 30 | 30.9 | 33 | 34.4 |
| Gender (ns) | ||||||
| Female | 122 | 63.2 | 58 | 59.8 | 64 | 66.7 |
| Male | 71 | 36.8 | 39 | 40.2 | 32 | 33.3 |
| Mean |
SD |
Mean |
SD |
Mean |
SD |
|
| Age (ns) | 30.70 | 13.71 | 31.24 | 14.13 | 30.15 | 13.32 |
| Education Level (ns) | 10.70 | 2.40 | 10.46 | 2.37 | 10.94 | 2.42 |
Note. (ns) = the atypical and non atypical pattern groups did not differ significantly.