TABLE 1.
Selected baseline characteristics of Latina adolescents, Mission Teen Health Project, San Francisco, 2001–2004
| Characteristic | % or mean (N=213) |
|---|---|
| CULTURAL | |
| Immigrant generation | |
| First | 27.2 |
| Second | 61.0 |
| Third | 11.7 |
| Mean familism score‡ | 1.6 (0.4) |
| HOME/FAMILIAL | |
| Mother has <high school education | 39.2 |
| Lives in crowded conditions | 39.4 |
| Mother was a teenage mother | 52.4 |
| Parental monitoring | |
| Low | 28.3 |
| Moderate | 30.2 |
| High | 31.1 |
| No adult caregiver | 10.4 |
| INDIVIDUAL | |
| Mean age§ | 16.1 (1.5) |
| Had prior pregnancy | 13.7 |
| School enrollment/sports participation | |
| Not in school | 10.3 |
| In school/not playing sports | 60.6 |
| In school/playing sports | 29.1 |
| Partner | |
| Main partner only | 34.6 |
| ≥1 casual partner†† | 21.0 |
| None | 44.4 |
| Power in relationship with main partner‡‡ | |
| Low | 36.0 |
| Moderate | 55.0 |
| High | 9.0 |
‡
Range, 0–3; median, 1.6; interquartile range, 1.4–1.9.
§
Median, 16; interquartile range, 15–17.
††
May also have a main partner.
‡‡
Among respondents with a main partner.
Note: Figures in parentheses are standard deviations; all other values are percentages unless otherwise indicated.