. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Interpers Violence. 2010 Dec 13;26(13):2658–2680. doi: 10.1177/0886260510388288

Table 1.

Sample Characteristics of Boston Youth Survey 2008 (n = 1,348)

	M	SD

Age, years (Range: 13-19 years)	16.3	1.3

	N	%
Sex
Male	603	45
Female	745	55
Race/ethnicity
Black	554	41
Hispanic/Latino	454	34
White	136	10
Asian	121	9
Other^a	83	6
Grade in school
9th	315	23
10th	377	28
11th	357	27
12th	299	22
Generation^b
First, recent arrival	111	9
First, nonrecent arrival	273	20
Second	530	39
Third	434	32

Note: Category totals may not sum to the group total due to nonresponse.

Includes students who were bi- or multiracial, Native American or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, or who did not fit into any of the specified race categories.

First-generation students classified as “recent arrivals” immigrated to the United States <4 years ago, “nonrecent arrivals” came to the United States 4 or more years ago. Second-generation students were U.S. born and had at least one foreign-born parent; third-generation students were U.S. born and had two foreign-born parents.