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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Sch Health. 2014 Feb;84(2):106–115. doi: 10.1111/josh.12130

Table 2.

Comparison of Baseline Student Characteristics in the Intervention and Control Arms.

Intervention N = 386 Control N = 410 p-value

Age 0.13
 ≤15 58% 52%
 >15 42% 48%

Sex 0.90
 Boys 51% 51%
 Girls 49% 49%

Race
 White 43% 45% 0.46
 Black 52% 48% 0.26
 Other 16% 14% 0.45

Maternal Education 0.46
 Did not graduate high school 24% 25%
 Graduated from high school but not college 35% 31%
 College degree or higher 41% 44%

Grades 0.74
 A’s and B’s 56% 57%
 Lower than B’s 44% 43%

Demanding Parenting 0.64
 Lowest tertile 54% 51%
 Middle tertile 16% 16 %
 Highest tertile 30% 33%

Responsive Parenting 0.17
 Lowest tertile 38% 43%
 Middle tertile 42% 36%
 Highest tertile 20% 22%

Sensation Seeking 0.17
 Lowest tertile 46% 40%
 Middle tertile 35% 36%
 Highest tertile 20% 24%

Rebelliousness 0.57
 Lowest tertile 49% 49%
 Middle tertile 21% 18%
 Highest tertile 30% 33%

Current Smoker 0.30
 Yes 6% 5%
 No 94% 95%

Parental Smoking 0.62
 Yes 60% 59%
 No 40% 41%

Friend Smoking 0.53
 None 54% 53%
 Some 36% 39%
 Most or All 10% 8%