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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Sex Res. 2009 Sep–Oct;46(5):483–493. doi: 10.1080/00224490902846495

Table 1.

Sociodemographic Characteristics of Sample (N=336)

Variable Female Partner
Mean (SD)
Median (Range)
Male Partner
Mean (SD)
Median (Range)
Total Sample
Mean (SD)
Median (Range)
Age 18.54 (1.67)
18.60 (14.27-23.31)
20.35 (2.19)
19.87 (15.63-25.97)
19.45 (2.15)
19.28 (14.27-25.97)
Years of Education 11.19 (1.44)
11.00 (6.00-16.00)
11.40 (1.44)
12.00 (4.00-15.00)
11.29 (1.44)
12.00 (4.00-16.00)
Acculturation (Latino
 participants only)
3.65 (.99)
3.63 (1.00-5.00)
3.44 (.96)
3.50 (1.00-5.00)
3.55 (0.98)
3.50 (1.00-5.00)
Length of Relationship 34.74 (18.49)
30.00 (3.00-99.00)
35.59 (19.81)
36.00 (3.00-120.00)
35.16 (19.14)
32.50 (3.00-120.00)
Variable Frequency (Percent) Frequency (Percent) Frequency
(Percent)
Ethnicity
 Latino 144 (85.7%) 137 (81.5%) 297 (83.6%)
 African-American 9 (5.4%) 12 (7.1%) 21 (6.3%)
 White 5 (3.0%) 0 (0.0%) 5 (1.5%)
 Mixed/Other 10 (5.9%) 19 (11.4%) 29 (8.6%)
History of STI (lifetime) 25 (14.9%) 15 (8.9%) 40 (11.9%)
History of Physical Abuse 46 (27.4%) 46 (27.4%) 92 (27.4%)
Lifetime History of Sexual 58 (34.5%) 21 (12.5%) 79 (23.5%)
Abuse
Number Reporting 6 (4%) 8 (5%) 14 (4%)
Concurrent Sexual Partners