Table 4.

Comparison of STD positive and STD negative females on the individual- and community-level variables (unweighted sample)

	STD positive(n = 82)		STD negative(n = 339)		F-ratio (df = 1,418)b
	Mean	SE	Mean	SE
Individual-level variablesa
Age	15.66	0.15	15.25	0.08	5.57**
Current charge level	1.40	0.05	1.25	0.02	5.90**
Marijuana test result	0.35	0.05	0.25	0.02	6.11**
Cocaine test result	0.07	0.03	0.03	0.01	6.53**
Number of prior arrests	2.38	0.37	1.06	0.10	22.61****
Age at first arrest	14.21	0.21	14.38	0.09	0.21
Days in secure custody	10.83	2.58	8.77	3.13	0.10
Community-level variables
Concentrated disadvantage	0.07	0.10	0.05	0.05	0.01
Ethnic heterogeneity	0.37	0.02	0.38	0.01	1.51
Hispanic	0.18	0.02	0.16	0.01	0.00
Youth 12 to 18	0.34	0.00	0.34	0.01	0.08
Divorced	0.14	0.00	0.13	0.00	0.82
Less than high school	0.31	0.02	0.29	0.01	0.22
Residential stability	0.50	0.01	0.47	0.01	3.51*
Urban	−0.22	0.06	−0.21	0.03	0.03
Overall F(df = 15,403) =2.96****

Notes: Significance levels:

^*0.10> P > 0.05;

^**P < 0.05;

^***P < 0.01;

^****P < 0.001.

^aMeans and standard errors are not corrected for any relationships with race.

^bAdjusted for any relationships with race.

Abbreviation:STD, sexually transmitted disease.