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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Youth Adolesc. 2009 Aug 6;39(3):315–325. doi: 10.1007/s10964-009-9439-3

Table 1. Boricua Youth Study: Descriptive Statistics (n=2,491).

Measures M SD Min Max





Male 0.51 -- 0.00 1.00
Site (Bronx=1) 0.46 -- 0.00 1.00
Welfare 0.41 -- 0.00 1.00
Age (t1) 9.65 2.56 5.00 15.00
Age (t2) 10.62 2.47 5.00 16.00
Age (t3) 11.56 2.42 6.00 17.00
Sensation-Seeking 3.23 2.43 0.00 10.00
Peer Relations 4.19 1.12 0.00 5.00
Peer Delinquency 0.23 0.33 0.00 2.00
Parent-Child Interaction 0.74 0.21 0.00 1.00
Coercive Discipline 0.37 0.56 0.00 3.00
Cultural Stress 0.14 0.20 0.00 1.00
School Environment 2.84 2.91 0.00 14.00
Exposure to Violence (natural log) 1.04 1.03 0.00 4.20
Parental Suicidality 0.06 -- 0.00 1.00
Parental Alcohol Abuse 0.10 -- 0.00 1.00
Parental Drug Abuse 0.10 -- 0.00 1.00
Parental Depression 0.29 -- 0.00 1.00
Delinquency (t1) (natural log) 0.34 0.55 0.00 3.04
Delinquency (t2) (natural log) 0.23 0.44 0.00 2.71
Delinquency (t3) (natural log) 0.20 0.41 0.00 3.18