Table 6.
Secondary outcome results for female fifth-grade and sixth-grade students, mean scores (and standard deviations); adjusted p values from models.
| Intervention females | Control females | Adjusted p value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th BL | 5th FU | 6th BL | 6th FU | 5th BL | 5th FU | 6th BL | 6th FU | ||
| n =146 | n =138 | n =185 | n =159 | n =148 | n =125 | n =131 | n =147 | ||
| Favors abstinence | 73.6 (21.1) | 76.5 (18.0) | 72.8 (22.1) | 66.3 (25.3) | 73.2 (22.9) | 73.2 (23.0) | 69.9 (23.3) | 65.3 (22.1) | 0.427 |
| Perceives abstinence as peer norm | 83.2 (17.1) | 85.8 (15.9) | 86.1 (15.8) | 82.6 (16.1) | 84.7 (16.3) | 84.8 (17.8) | 86.8 (15.5) | 83.4 (19.3) | 0.242 |
| Communicates with parents | 59.4 (30.4) | 68.7 (27.4) | 63.5 (28.3) | 61.1 (29.0) | 63.5 (32.1) | 62.8 (31.2) | 64.7 (30.0) | 63.8 (30.1) | 0.523 |
| Identifies peer pressure to have sex | 80.2 (29.9) | 76.3 (32.4) | 77.2 (30.9) | 74.5 (30.6) | 78.6 (30.5) | 75.2 (32.3) | 69.6 (35.4) | 72.5 (35.0) | 0.452 |
| Favors use of refusal skills | 87.6 (19.2) | 88.8 (16.0) | 88.0 (15.4) | 87.68 (14.9) | 86.1 (17.3) | 87.4 (18.0) | 88.9 (14.2) | 85.2 (17.7) | 0.785 |
| Benefits of postponing sex | 4.0 (2.5) | 5.0 (2.1) | 4.9 (2.1) | 5.2 (1.9) | 4.0 (2.6) | 4.9 (2.2) | 4.5 (2.4) | 4.7 (2.2) | 0.062* |
| Consequences of having baby in school | 0.7 (0.9) | 1.2 (0.9) | 0.9 (1.0) | 1.1 (1.0) | 0.5 (1.0) | 0.9 (0.9) | 0.9 (1.0) | 1.0 (1.0) | 0.381 |
| Influences on kids to have sex | 2.4 (1.7) | 2.9 (1.7) | 2.9 (1.7) | 3.2 (1.7) | 2.6 (1.8) | 2.8 (1.8) | 2.9 (1.7) | 3.0 (1.7) | 0.082* |
| Knowledge of self/girls’ puberty | 5.3 (2.8) | 7.5 (2.0) | 7.2 (2.0) | 8.0 (1.5) | 5.4 (2.9) | 6.9 (2.2) | 7.0 (1.9) | 7.2 (2.1) | 0.021** |
| Knowledge of boys’ puberty | 3.8 (2.8) | 6.4 (2.9) | 6.0 (2.9) | 7.3 (2.1) | 3.2 (3.0) | 5.0 (3.0) | 5.5 (2.7) | 6.0 (2.8) | 0.011** |
Notes: The means and standard deviations are the unadjusted values; the p-value is the result of the test of significance for the variable, time × membership in intervention or control group, in the linear hierarchical model. BL =baseline; FU =follow-up.
*
p < 0.10.
**
p < 0.05.