Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of 168 Haitian immigrant students attending public high schools in the Boston area
| Characteristics | n (%)* |
|---|---|
| Categorical variables | |
| Gender | |
| Female | 90 (53.6%) |
| Male | 78 (46.4%) |
| Grade | |
| 10th | 16 (9.6%) |
| 11th | 36 (21.6%) |
| 12th | 115 (68.9%) |
| Primary language spoken at home | |
| Haitian Creole | 164 (97.6%) |
| English | 4 (2.4%) |
| Ability to speak English | |
| Very well | 123 (74.1%) |
| Some/very little/not at all | 43 (25.9%) |
| Ability to read English | |
| Very well | 132 (78.6%) |
| Some/very little | 36 (21.4%) |
| Currently living with: | |
| Mother | 116 (70.7%) |
| Father | 69 (45.4%) |
| Family owns/rents home | |
| Owns home | 16 (10.7%) |
| Rents home | 133 (89.3%) |
| Safety of neighborhood | |
| Very/somewhat unsafe | 36 (22.5%) |
| Fairly/very safe | 124 (77.5%) |
| Family having financial difficulties | |
| Yes | 97 (59.1%) |
| No | 67 (40.9%) |
| Youth currently employed | |
| Full-time (40-50 hours per week) | 3 (1.8%) |
| Part-time (20-39 hours per week) | 28 (16.7%) |
| Part-time (<20 hours per week) | 92 (55.1%) |
| Not employed | 44 (26.4%) |
| Continuous variables | Mean (SD) (range) |
| Age (years) (n = 167) | 18.8 (1.58) (15-24) |
| Number of years living in U.S. (n = 168) | 4.0 (1.67) (1-11) |
| Number of people living in household (n = 164) | 5.0 (1.56) (2-9) |
| Number of children living in household (n = 166) | 1.4 (1.11) (0-5) |
| Number of rooms in household (n = 164) | 2.6 (0.75) (1-7) |
| Household density (# people/#rooms) (n = 159) | 2.0 (0.62) (0.6-4.5) |
*Percent may not reflect denominator of 168 for some characteristics due to missing data.