Table 2. Background and behavioral characteristics of adolescents by gender and slum residence (Wave 1, 2005).
| Female |
Male |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-slum | Slum | Sig.a | Non-slum | Slum | Sig.a | |
| n=250 | n=842 | n=281 | n=761 | |||
| Sociodemographics | ||||||
| Age | 15.6 (2.42) | 14.6 (2.15) | *** | 15.5 (2.39) | 14.7 (2.19) | *** |
| % Currently in school | 79.2 | 82.2 | 88.6 | 81.7 | ** | |
| Number of adolescents in household | ||||||
| One | 24.6 | 23.9 | 22.6 | 26.0 | * | |
| Two | 35.3 | 33.3 | 30.5 | 36.5 | ||
| Three or more | 40.2 | 42.7 | 47.0 | 37.5 | ||
| Social Context Protective Factors | ||||||
| Models | ||||||
| Mean peer models for conventional behaviors (SD) | 10.6 (1.24) | 9.9 (1.55) | *** | 10.4 (1.38) | 9.9 (1.53) | *** |
| Social controls | ||||||
| Mean perceived parental monitoring (SD) | 21.1 (4.86) | 22.2 (4.34) | *** | 20.4 (4.71) | 20.3 (5.08) | |
| Social Context Risk Factors | ||||||
| Models | ||||||
| Mean peer models for unconventional behavior (SD) | 6.5 (1.54) | 6.1 (1.67) | *** | 7.0 (2.04) | 6.6 (1.93) | *** |
| Individual Risk Factors | ||||||
| % Non-penetrative sexual contact | 33.6 | 20.78 | *** | 34.52 | 23.39 | *** |
| Mean delinquent behavior (SD) | 0.4 (0.99) | 0.9 (2.04) | *** | 1.1 (2.19) | 1.4 (2.46) | * |
| % Substance use | 14.8 | 5.6 | *** | 22.8 | 20.1 | |
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Significance levels for differences across groups:
***
p<0.001,
**
p<0.01,
*
p<0.05