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