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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 18.
Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2008 Dec;40(12):2088–2095. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318182092b

Table 1. Subject Characteristics for the total sample and by gender.

Variable Total Sample
(N=65)
Females
(n=27)
Males
(n=38)
Age, yrs (mean ± sd) 16.7 ± 1.34 16.7 ± 1.23 16.7 ± 1.43 p = 0.92
 14-15; n (%) 16 (24.6%) 5 (18.5%) 11 (28.9%) p = 0.10
 16-17 26 (40.0%) 12 (44.4%) 14 (36.8%)
 18-19 23 (35.4%) 10 (37.0%) 13 (34.2%)
Race/Ethnicity; n (%)
 Am Indian 3 (4.6%) 1 (3.7%) 2 (5.3%) p = 0.76
 Asian 6 (9.2%) 2 (7.4%) 4 (10.5%)
 African-American 33 (50.8%) 15 (55.6%) 18 (47.4%)
 Hispanic 2 (3.1%) 1 (3.7%) 1 (2.6%)
 Caucasian 11 (16.9%) 5 (18.5%) 6 (15.8%)
 Other and Multi 10 (15.4%) 3 (11.1%) 7 (18.4%)
Mother Educ (n=49); n (%)
 < high school 13 (26.5%) 5 (27.8%) 8 (25.8%) p = 0.56
 high school 22 (44.9%) 9 (50.0%) 13 (41.9%)
 > high school 14 (28.5%) 4 (8.1%) 10 (32.3%)
Father Educ (n=45); n (%)
 < high school 11 (24.4%) 3 (20.0%) 8 (26.7%) p = 0.52
 high school 24 (53.3%) 8 (53.3%) 16 (53.3%)
 > high school 10 (22.2%) 4 (26.7%) 6 (20.0%)
Mother Work Status (n=50); n (%)
 Full Time 33 (66.0%) 14 (70.0%) 19 (63.3%) p = 0.52
 Part Time 7 (14.0%) 3 (15.0%) 4 (13.3%)
 No Work Outside Home 10 (20.0%) 3 (15.0%) 7 (23.3%)
 Unemployed 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Father Work Status (n=64); n (%)
 Full Time 29 (44.6%) 10 (37.0%) 19 (50.0%) p =0.76
 Part Time 10 (15.4%) 5 (18.5%) 5 (13.2%)
 No Work Outside Home 6 (9.2%) 3 (11.1%) 3 (7.9%)
 Unemployed 19 (29.2%) 9 (33.3%) 10 (26.3%)
Free Lunch (% yes; n=59); n (%) 46 (78.0%) 21 (80.8%) 25 (75.8%) p = 0.64
Public Assistance (% yes; n=52); n (%) 19 (36.5%) 9 (42.9%) 10 (32.3%) p = 0.43
Student Work for Pay (n=63); n (%)
 0 Hrs 35 (55.6%) 17 (65.4%) 18 (48.7%) p = 0.49
 1-9 Hrs 7 (11.1%) 1 (3.9%) 6 (16.2%)
 10-19 Hrs 4 (6.4%) 1 (3.9%) 3 (16.2%)
 20-29 Hrs 9 (14.3%) 4 (15.4%) 5 (13.5%)
 30-39 Hrs 4 (6.4%) 2 (7.7%) 2 (5.4%)
 40 hrs 3 (4.8%) 1 (3.9%) 2 (5.4%)
 > 40 hrs 1 (1.6%) 0 (0%) 1 (2.7%)