TABLE 2—

Baseline Comparison of Demographic, Behavioral, and Clinical Characteristics Among Black Male Youths: Focus on the Future, Louisiana and North Carolina, 2010–2012

Characteristic	Control Group (n = 353), No. (%) or Mean ±SD	Intervention Group (n = 349), No. (%) or Mean ±SD	P
Age, y	19.5 ±2.0	19.8 ±1.8	.02
Enrolled in school	178 (51.4)	171 (49.1)	.54
Highest grade completed			.48
≤ 9	28 (8.1)	25 (7.2)
10	48 (14.0)	34 (9.8)
11	66 (19.2)	45 (12.9)
12 (high school diploma or GED)	134 (39.0)	165 (47.4)
≥ college	68 (19.8)	79 (22.7)
Living with a parent/guardian	214 (60.6)	211 (60.5)	.96
Qualifies for free lunch	211 (61.7)	228 (66.5)	.19
Ever incarcerated	121 (42.5)	119 (42.7)	.96
Sexual identification			.61
Heterosexual	298 (84.4)	291 (83.4)
Bisexual	17 (4.8)	22 (6.3)
Homosexual or gay	17 (4.8)	26 (7.4)
Sexual behaviors
Correct and consistent condom use	95 (26.9)	59 (16.9)	.04
Sexual partners, lifetime	17.0 (17.9)	19.8 (20.2)	.07
Sexual partners, past 2 mo	2.8 (5.1)	3.3 (7.2)	.34
Sexual intercourse while drunk, past 2 mo	2.8 (1.7)	2.8 (1.7)	.94
Sexual intercourse while high, past 2 mo	2.6 (2.1)	2.6 (2.1)	.92
Sexually transmitted infections
History of chlamydia	83 (25.3)	109 (32.4)	.04
History of gonorrhea	53 (16.2)	92 (27.4)	< .001
History of chlamydia or gonorrhea	121 (34.3)	157 (45.0)	.01
Positive for chlamydia	47 (13.7)	53 (15.5)	.43
Positive for gonorrhea	17 (5.0)	20 (5.8)	.15
Positive for chlamydia or gonorrhea	53 (16.3)	65 (19.1)	.37

Note. GED = general equivalency diploma.