Table 1.
Characteristics of substance abusing male and female adolescent with and without legal problems
| Males | Females | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legal Problems+ | Legal Problems− | Legal Problems+ | Legal Problems− | |||||||
| M | (SD) | M | (SD) | F | M | (SD) | M | (SD) | F | |
| Age | 16.14 | (1.25) | 15.73 | (1.42) | 87.12*** | 15.68 | (1.37 | 15.31 | (1.43) | 13.70*** |
| Number of places lived in past 12 months | 2.07 | 1.23 | 1.51 | .090 | 112.06*** | 2.52 | 1.48 | 1.74 | 1.10 | 85.76*** |
| N | % | N | % | Chi2 | N | % | N | % | Chi2 | |
| Living with both parents | 442 | 70.6 | 875 | 82.7 | 234.96*** | 146 | 55.7 | 688 | 74.1 | 87.60*** |
| Adopted from biological parents | 57 | 6.6 | 103 | 5.3 | 1.77 | 57 | 6.6 | 103 | 5.3 | 1.77 |
| Marital Status of Biological Parents | N | % | N | % | Chi2 | N | % | N | % | Chi2 |
| • Married | 175 | 28.6 | 432 | 41.1 | 62.33*** | 55 | 21.2 | 334 | 36.5 | 32.18*** |
| • Separated | 129 | 21.1 | 145 | 13.9 | 63 | 24.3 | 157 | 17.1 | ||
| • Divorced | 107 | 17.5 | 245 | 23.5 | 52 | 20.1 | 211 | 23.0 | ||
| • Never married | 97 | 15.8 | 95 | 9.1 | 64 | 24.7 | 142 | 15.5 | ||
| • Deceased | 9 | 1.5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .8 | 4 | .4 | ||
| • Widowed | 20 | 3.3 | 33 | 3.2 | 5 | 1.9 | 15 | 1.6 | ||
| • Don’t know | 63 | 10.3 | 72 | 6.9 | 16 | 6.2 | 42 | 4.6 | ||
| • Other | 12 | 2.0 | 18 | 1.7 | 2 | .8 | 11 | 1.2 | ||
| Currently a student | 406 | 65.5 | 994 | 94.2 | 234.96*** | 175 | 67.6 | 836 | 90.7 | 87.60*** |
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