Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of girls and mothers by study arm.
| All (N = 546) M (SD) or % |
Intervention (n = 212) M (SD) or % |
Control (n = 334) M (SD) or % |
t or X2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girl Variables | ||||
| Age | 12.75 (1.02) | 12.64 (1.02) | 12.81 (1.01) | -1.91 |
| Race/Ethnicity | 12.74* | |||
| Black | 65.2 | 58.0 | 69.8 | |
| Latina | 34.1 | 42.0 | 30.2 | |
| School grades | 4.18 | |||
| A's | 32.9 | 35.9 | 30.9 | |
| B's | 50.1 | 50.2 | 50.0 | |
| C's and lower | 17.1 | 13.9 | 18.7 | |
| Mother Variables | ||||
| Age | 39.61 (6.43) | 40.44 (6.45) | 39.08 (6.38) | |
| Education | 3.29 | |||
| < High school | 6.2 | 7.5 | 5.4 | |
| High school | 8.6 | 8.5 | 8.7 | |
| Some college | 32.2 | 29.7 | 33.8 | |
| College degree | 35.9 | 34.9 | 36.6 | |
| Post-graduate | 17.0 | 17.0 | 14.1 | |
| Family Composition | 1.22 | |||
| Single parent | 55.3 | 52.4 | 57.2 | |
| Two parent | 44.7 | 47.6 | 42.8 |
*
p < .01.