Table 1.

Characteristics of study participants (n = 428) and their parents.

Characteristic		Participant	Father	Mother
Age (years), mean		15.7
Gender, n (%)
	Male	178 (41.6%)
	Female	244 (57.0%)
	No response	6 (1%)
Grade, n (%)
	9th	247 (57.7%)
	10th	174 (57.7%)
	No response	7 (2%)
Survey language, n (%)
	English	262 (61.2%)
	Spanish	166 (38.8%)
Family structure, n (%)
	Both parents	176 (41.1%)
	Mother	160 (37.4%)
	Other	34 (37.3%)
	No response	59 (14%)
US-born, n (%)
	Yes	150 (35.1%)
	No	238 (55.6%)
	No response	40 (9%)
How long in United States (years), n (%)
	0–3	112 (47.1%)
	4–10	68 (29%)
	10+	27 (11%)
	No response	31 (13%)
Parent’s education level, n (%)
	Did not have any schooling		41 (10%)	48 (11%)
	Did not finish high school		73 (17%)	99 (23%)
	Graduated from high school		53 (12%)	59 (14%)
	Attended vocational/technical school		6 (1%)	15 (4%)
	Some college		17 (4%)	26 (6%)
	Graduated from college		35 (8%)	37 (9%)
	Not sure/don’t know/no response		203 (47.4%)	145 (33.9%)