Table 5.

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

	STD positive (n = 52)		STD negative (n = 431)		F-ratio (df = 1,479)b
	Mean	SE	Mean	SE
Individual-level variablesa
Age	16.14	0.23	15.44	0.10	9.19***
Current charge level	1.67	0.09	1.39	0.03	8.54***
Marijuana test result	0.52	0.10	0.42	0.03	1.03
Cocaine test result	0.08	0.05	0.06	0.02	0.40
Number of prior arrests	4.37	0.87	2.43	0.22	5.38**
Age at first arrest	13.44	0.44	13.91	0.14	1.33
Days in secure custody	79.94	33.40	31.20	7.55	1.88
Community-level variables
Concentrated disadvantage	0.10	0.18	−0.07	0.06	0.05
Ethnic heterogeneity	0.38	0.04	0.38	0.01	0.42
Hispanic	0.17	0.03	0.17	0.01	0.62
Youth 12 to 18	0.34	0.01	0.34	0.00	0.10
Divorced	0.14	0.01	0.13	0.00	5.53**
Less than high school	0.29	0.03	0.27	0.01	0.02
Residential stability	0.49	0.03	0.48	0.01	0.91
Urban	−0.11	0.08	−0.23	0.04	2.82*
Overall F(df = 15, 465) =2.53****

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 STD test results.

^bAdjusted for any relationships with STD test results.

Abbreviation: STD, sexually transmitted disease.