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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Black Psychol. 2010 Nov 1;36(4):458–482. doi: 10.1177/0095798409355796

Table 2.

Demographic Characteristics

Variable M (SD, range) or percentage
Age (mean) 15.31 (1.25, 13–18)
Highest grade completed Grades 6–8 = 44.9%
Grades 9–11 = 52.2%
Grades 11–12 = 2.9%
Living with biological family Yes = 85%
No = 15%
Primary caretaker Mother-only = 55.1%
Mother and father = 29%
Other = 15.9%
Mother’s level of education <12 grade = 7.2%
≥12 grade = 84%
Don’t know = 8.8%
Size of social network (mean) 7 (4, 1–20)
Frequency of religious service attendance Never = 11.6%
Less than once/year = 5.8%
About 1–2 times/year = 10.1%
Several times/year = 11.6%
About once/month = 10.1%
2–3 times/month = 21.7%
Once/week = 20.3%
Several times/week = 2.9%
Missing = 5.8%
CES-D: depressive symptoms 12.01 (8.38, 0–45)

Note: CES-D = Centers for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale.