TABLE 2.
Means and percentage distributions reflecting evaluation outcomes assessed at pretest among program and comparison youths, by gender
| Outcome | Females |
Males |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program (N=432) |
Com- parison(N=430) |
Program (N=299) |
Com- parison (N=305) |
|
| MEANS | ||||
| Parent-youth communi- cation (scale, 1–4)† |
2.0 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| Perceived likelihood of having sex (scale, 1–5)‡ |
2.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.8* |
| Perceived likelihood of early parenting (scale, 1–5)‡ |
1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| Perceived likelihood of contraceptive use (scale, 1–5)‡ |
4.5 | 4.7* | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| Truancy (scale, 0–4)§ | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6* |
| Drug/alcohol use (scale, 0–4)§ |
0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Gang activities (scale, 0–4)§ |
0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| No. of times had sex in last 3 mos. (range, 1–35)†† |
3.1 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| Lifetime no. of partners (range, 1–20)†† |
1.9 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 3.0 |
| Consistency of contra- ceptive use in last 3 mos. (scale, 1–5)††,‡‡ |
4.0 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.1* |
| % DISTRIBUTIONS | ||||
| Ever had sex | ||||
| No | 82.6 | 84.2 | 84.0 | 82.6 |
| Yes | 13.9 | 15.6 | 12.7 | 14.8 |
| No response | 3.5 | 0.2 | 3.3 | 2.6 |
| Used contraceptive at last sex †† | ||||
| No | 15.0 | 11.6 | 18.0 | 20.0 |
| Yes | 71.7 | 55.1 | 56.4 | 62.2 |
| No response | 13.3 | 33.3 | 25.6 | 17.8 |
| Ever had an STD †† | ||||
| No | 90.0 | 72.5 | 94.9 | 100.0 |
| Yes | 10.0 | 11.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| No response | 0.0 | 15.9 | 5.1 | 0.0 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Within gender, program group differs significantly from comparison group at p<.05. None of the differences retained significance, however, after grade level was controlled for.
Score of frequency of parent-youth communication in last three months, where 1=never, 2=once, 3=2–3 times and 4=more than three times.
Higher scores on the scale indicate increasing certainty that event asked about will occur, where 1=sure it will not happen, 2=probably will not happen, 3=not sure, 4=probably will happen and 5=sure it will happen.
Score of frequency of outcome in the last three months, where 0=never, 1=once, 2=2–3 times, 3=4–10 times and 4=more than 10 times. When outcomes were assessed through more than one item, score is the average across all items.
Based on sexually experienced respondents only.
Consistency score, where 1=never, 2=rarely, 3=sometimes, 4=most of the time and 5=always. Note: All scores and contrasts included weighted data for the comparison group.