Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics by delinquency trajectory groups for males and for females

	Males					Females
	p	High (N = 557)	Decreased (N = 1158)	Moderate (N = 620)	Low (N = 2264)	p	High (N = 439)	Decreased (N = 947)	Moderate (N = 730)	Low (N = 2269)
Race (%)	**					*
Black		25.4	24.0	28.7	25.4		24.0	25.7	31.6	26.0
Hispanic		22.1	19.5	20.4	22.2		19.9	20.1	18.5	22.7
White		50.0	54.2	47.7	48.1		53.6	49.8	46.7	47.9
Other		2.5	2.3	3.2	4.3		2.5	4.5	3.2	3.5
Years of education, 2005, M (SD)	**	11.82 (2.16)	12.45 (2.41)	12.28 (2.20)	13.05 (2.26)	**	12.42 (2.34)	12.71 (2.53)	13.05 (2.25)	13.48 (2.32)
Ever repeated a grade, 2005 (%)	**	34.8	26.3	26.6	20.0	**	24.0	18.8	14.0	13.5
Language other than English spoken at home (%)	**	16.1	17.4	18.8	22.1	*	16.2	17.6	17.3	20.9
Days per week engaged in religious activity, 1997 (%)	**					**
0		43.0	39.5	36.4	30.3		49.5	46.3	32.5	28.1
1		33.6	32.3	31.5	34.9		23.4	24.2	31.6	33.5
2+		23.4	28.2	32.1	34.9		27.1	29.5	35.9	38.4
Joined the military (%)	**	10.4	8.1	12.6	5.8		2.7	1.9	2.9	1.9
Received government assistance in 2005 (%)	**	10.8	9.0	10.7	6.5	**	31.6	29.2	28.7	19.6
Employed in 2005 (%)		87.6	89.2	86.7	88.7		88.0	86.4	87.5	89.0
Number of pregnancies (%)	**					**
0		48.7	64.2	59.3	76.6		36.4	35.7	43.4	54.4
1		24.9	19.0	18.8	14.6		17.5	21.8	19.9	18.8
2		14.2	10.2	12.8	6.1		16.6	18.2	16.5	12.8
3+		12.3	6.6	9.2	2.8		29.5	24.4	20.2	14.0

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.