Table1.
Percentage and mean score of teens who reported having problem behaviors by age and gender of the teens.
| Problem behaviors | 13- year teenagers | 14- year teenagers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | p-value | Male | Female | p-value | |
| Alcohol and Drug Use (%) | ||||||
| Have you ever, even once, had a drink of any type of alcoholic beverage? | 21.7 (115) | 12.1(106) | .074 | 23.8 (84) | 31.6 (95) | .317 |
| Have you ever smoked cigarettes in your life? | 8.9 (111) | 2.9 (103) | .044 | 8.5 (81) | 8.8 (92) | .080 |
| Have you ever, even once, used any form of marijuana? | 0.9 (111) | 0.0 (106) | 1.000 | 2.4 (82) | 1.0 (96) | .595 |
| Have you ever, even once, used any form of inhalant? | 1.8 (110) | 0.0 (107) | .498 | 2.4 (85) | 0.0 (96) | .219 |
| Have you ever, even once, used any form of stimulants not prescribed for you, in order to get high? | 0.9 (112) | 1.0 (103) | 1.000 | 1.2 (83) | 0.0 (94) | .469 |
| Have you ever, even once, used any form of sedatives not prescribed for you, in order to get high? | 0.0 (115) | 1.0 (105) | .477 | 0.0 (82) | 0.0 (94) | - |
| Sexual Intention (mean) | ||||||
| Mean Score (1 to 4) of self report of likelihood to have sex in the next six months | 1.28 (98) | 1.07 (98) | .022 | 1.29 (79) | 1.06 (89) | .003 |
| Pre-sexual Behaviors (%) | ||||||
| Have you ever held hands with a boy or girl that you liked? | 29.2 (106) | 22.6 (104) | .128 | 42.7 (82) | 40.9 (93) | .618 |
| Have you were hugged a boy or girl that you liked? | 8.5 (106) | 14.2 (106) | .554 | 13.3 (83) | 23.7 (93) | .031 |
| Have you ever kissed a boy or girl on the cheek? | 5.7 (106) | 7.5 (107) | .716 | 16.7 (84) | 15.2 (92) | .156 |
| Have you ever kissed a boy or girl on the lips? | 1.8 (109) | 0.9 (108) | .392 | 7.1 (84) | 5.3 (95) | .601 |
| Have you ever kissed a boy or girl on the mouth? | 0.9 (110) | 0.9 (106) | 1.000 | 6.0 (84) | 5.4 (93) | .282 |
| (For boys) Have you ever touched a girl's breasts? | 3.7 (109) | NA | - | 11.0 (82) | NA | - |
| (For girls) Have someone touched your chest or breasts? | NA | 1.9 (106) | - | NA | 3.2 (93) | - |
| Have you touched someone else's private parts below the waist? | 3.7 (107) | 2.8 (108) | .260 | 8.5 (82) | 6.5 (93) | .307 |
| Have someone ever come into contact with your private parts below the waist? | 0.9 (112) | 0.0 (110) | 1.000 | 4.8 (83) | 1.1 (93) | .297 |
| Parental Monitoring (mean) | ||||||
| Mean score (1 to 4) of regularity of knowledge of child where-about as reported by teens | 3.03 (116) | 3.13 (109) | .275 | 2.85 (87) | 3.20 (94) | .001 |
Note: Number of cases analyzed (N) are in parentheses. The number of cases in each column may not be equal because of the “don't know” category and/or refusal to answer a particular question.
The chi-squared test was used to measure gender differences for drug and alcohol use and pre-sexual behaviors; The F-test was used to measure gender differences for future sex likelihood and parental monitorin.