Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of surveyed students
| Control | Intervention | p value c | |
|---|---|---|---|
| n = 91 | n = 96 | ||
| Mean age (S.D.) | 16.6±1.4 | 15.9 ±1.3 | <0.01 |
| Percent Males | 67.0 | 62.5 | 0.43 |
| Language spoken at home | 0.74 | ||
| English only (%) | 76 (83.5) | 69 (71.9) | |
| Bi-lingual | 12 (13.2) | 17 (17.7) | |
| Not English | 3 (3.3) | 8 (8.3) | |
| Missing | 0 | 2 (2.1) | |
| Father’s education (%) | 0.13 | ||
| High School or less | 22 (24.2) | 29 (30.2) | |
| Some college or less | 49 (53.9) | 38 (39.6) | |
| Don’t know/No response | 20 (22.0) | 29 (30.2) | |
| Mother’s education (%) | 0.04 | ||
| High School or less | 20 (22.0) | 27 (28.1) | |
| Some college or more | 59 (64.8) | 45 (46.9) | |
| Don’t know/no response | 12 (13.2) | 24 (25.0) | |
| Plan to attend college (%) | 87 (95.6) | 89 (92.7) | 0.77 |
| Ethnicity (%)a | |||
| African American | 38 (41.8) | 46 (47.9) | 0.62 |
| European American | 40 (44.0) | 22 (22.9) | <0.01 |
| Asian Americanb | 27 (29.7) | 30 (31.3) | 0.80 |
| American Indian | 9 (9.9) | 9 (9.4) | 0.92 |
| Hispanic American | 2 (2.2) | 5 (5.2) | 0.49 |
| Pacific Islander | 1 (1.1) | 3 (3.1) | 0.49 |
| African | 2 (2.2) | 2 (2.1) | 0.96 |
| Middle Eastern | 2 (2.2) | 0 (0) | 0.21 |
| Alaska Native | 1 (1.1) | 1 (1.0) | 0.92 |
a
The sum of the percentages exceeds 100 since selection of more than one ethnicity was permissible.
b
Includes students self-identified as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and/or Filipino American.
c
p value compares the mean values in each category between control and intervention groups (age: two-tailed t-test; other categories: Pearson’s chi square statistic).