. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.

Published in final edited form as: Justice Q. 2009 Sep 1;26(3):410–444. doi: 10.1080/07418820802427866

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics and Mean/Proportion Comparisons by Gender

Variable	Full Sample (n=12,018)			Females (n=6217)		Males (n=5801)
	Mean	Range	SE^a	Mean	SE^a	Mean	SE^a
Demographics:
Age	14.99	11–21	.11	14.91	.12	15.01^***	.12
Public Assistance	.11	0/1	.01	.11	.01	.11	.01
Mother’s Education	2.66	1–5	.05	2.63	.05	2.68	.05
Single-Parent Family	.29	0/1	.01	.31	.01	.28^*	.01
White	.67	0/1	.03	.67	.03	.67	.03
Latino/a	.11	0/1	.02	.11	.02	.11	.02
Black	.14	0/1	.02	.15	.02	.14	.02
Asian	.03	0/1	.01	.03	.01	.04	.01
Other Race	.04	0/1	.00	.04	.00	.04	.01
Others Present at Interview	.19	0/1	.01	.20	.01	.19	.01
Theoretical Measures:
Friend/Family Suicidal Behavior	.21	0/1	.01	.26	.01	.15^***	.01
Violent Victimization	.22	0/1	.01	.16	.01	.27^***	.01
Depressive Symptoms	.57	0–2.84	.01	.61	.01	.52^***	.01
Bad Temper	.31	0/1	.01	.30	.01	.32	.01
Social Support	4.62	1.57–5.71	.02	4.64	.02	4.60	.02
School Attachment	3.78	1–5	.02	3.78	.02	3.78	.02
GPA	2.81	1–4	.02	2.92	.03	2.71^***	.03
Deviant Friends	2.38	0–9	.09	2.33	.09	2.44	.10
Deviant Outcomes:
Suicidal Thoughts T1	.13	0/1	.00	.16	.01	.10^***	.01
Suicidal Thoughts T2	.12	0/1	.00	.15	.01	.08^***	.01
Weekly Drinking T1	.08	0/1	.00	.06	.01	.10^***	.01
Weekly Drinking T2	.11	0/1	.01	.09	.01	.13^***	.01
Running away T1	.08	0/1	.00	.08	.01	.07	.01
Running away T2	.06	0/1	.00	.07	.01	.05^**	.00
Violence T1	.60	0–4	.02	.39	.02	.81^***	.02
Violence T2	.36	0–4	.01	.22	.01	.50^***	.02

Because these statistics are weighted and adjusted for survey design, standard errors are produced rather than standard deviations.

p<.05

^**

p<.01

^***

p<.001 denote significant gender comparisons with two-tailed t-tests.