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. 2014 Apr 23;9(4):e95538. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095538

Table 1. Demographic features of sampled adolescents.

Jamaica Bahamas St. Kitts and Nevis St. Vincent Chi-Square Test
N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) 54.19*
Gender Male 115 (41.4) 90 (41.5) 352 (47.8) 332 (46.4)
Female 145 (52.2) 114 (52.5) 371 (50.3) 384 (53.6)
Missing 18 (6.5) 13 (6.0) 14 (1.9) 0 (0.0)
Maternal Education Secondary or Less 130 (46.8) 79 (36.4) 437 (59.3) 487 (68.0) 135.04*
Post-Secondary 148 (53.2) 138 (63.6) 204 (27.7) 177 (24.7)
Missing 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 96 (13.0) 52 (7.3)
Age 13 0 (0.0) 44 (20.3) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 689.60*
14 40 (14.4) 89 (41.0) 72 (9.8) 66 (9.2)
15 179 (64.4) 64 (29.5) 309 (41.9) 342 (47.8)
16 59 (21.2) 20 (9.2) 279 (37.9) 191 (26.7)
17 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 77 (10.4) 117 (16.3)

* p<.001