TABLE 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics and risk/protective factors among adolescents and young adults (N = 311)

	Adolescents (age 11–17 years) N = 116			Young adults (age 18–25 years) N = 174			t/χ2
	M(SD)	%	Range	M(SD)	%	Range
Demographic factors
Age	15.17 (1.7)		(11–17)	20.64 (2.1)		(18–25)	−56.98*
Male		76.7	(0–1)		83.2	(0–1)	11.28**
Have a child		26.9	(0–1)		51.2	(0–1)	99.83*
Academic and vocational factors
School enrolled		58.0	(0–1)		31.4	(0–1)	106.82*
Years of education	7.09 (3.4)			6.47 (4.6)			3.04**
Trouble in school		24.5	(0–1)		17.7	(0–1)	11.53**
Reading trouble		32.2	(0–1)		33.3	(1–3)	0.28
School dropout		43.7	(0–1)		49.9	(0–1)	0.96
Employed		33.3	(0–1)		49.0	(0–1)	13.09*
Family and peer factors
Positive family		49.2	(0–1)		50.1	(0–1)	0.13
Single mother		64.5	(0–1)		61.0	(0–1)	2.14
Delinquent peers	0.67 (0.8)			0.75 (0.9)		(0–2)	6.20***
Individual factors
Religious coping	7.88 (3.2)		(4–16)	7.25 (2.9)		(4–16)	4.20*
Spirituality	34.00 (12.8)		(0–50)	37.60 (11.5)		(0–50)	−6.12*
Risk beliefs	0.95 (0.9)		(0–2)	0.91 (0.9)		(0–2)	0.84

^*p < .001,

^**p < .01,

^***p < .05.

Coefficients in bold represent statistically significant differences at p < .05 or lower.