Table 2.
Comparisons of demographic, ICIAIs and psychosocial variables between boys and girls
| Boys (n = 220) Mean (SDa) or N (%) |
Girls (n = 241) Mean (SD) or N (%) |
P - valueb | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 14.90 (0.84) | 14.87 (0.72) | 0.77 |
| Grade | |||
| Seventh | 88 (40) | 79 (33) | 0.10 |
| Eighth | 130 (60) | 160 (67) | |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Han | 174 (79) | 191 (79) | 0.97 |
| Zhuang and others | 46 (21) | 50 (21) | |
| Family ICIAI | 3.56 (0.71) | 3.77 (0.64) | <0.01 |
| Friend ICIAI | 3.19 (0.62) | 3.39 (0.60) | <0.01 |
| Classmate ICIAI | 2.64 (0.60) | 2.84 (0.67) | <0.01 |
| Favorable attitude towards heroin use | 3.49 (3.16) | 2.33 (2.51) | <0.01 |
| Perceived behavioral control | 26.31 (4.48) | 27.08 (3.15) | 0.04 |
| Descriptive norms of heroin used by family members | |||
| No | 219 (100) | 233 (97) | 0.01 |
| Yes | 0 (0) | 8 (3) | |
| Descriptive norms of heroin used by villagers | |||
| No | 98 (45) | 84 (35) | 0.03 |
| Yes | 121 (55) | 156 (65) | |
| Descriptive norms of heroin used by classmates | |||
| No | 216 (98) | 237 (98) | 1.00 |
| Yes | 4 (2) | 4 (2) | |
| Subjective norms (perceived encouragement of heroin use by family members) | |||
| No | 217 (100) | 241 (100) | |
| Yes | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Subjective norms (perceived encouragement of heroin use by classmates) | |||
| No | 216 (99) | 239 (100) | 0.61 |
| Yes | 2 (1) | 1 (0) | |
| Perceived peer control | 12.93 (3.03) | 14.93 (2.26) | <0.01 |
| Communication with parents about heroin use | |||
| 29.90 (4.28) | 31.39 (4.34) | <0.01 | |
a Standard deviation
b p - value ≤ 0.05 in bold