TABLE 1.
Means and Standard Deviations of Study Variables by Child Gender
| Scale | Boys
|
Girls
|
t | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| Parent variables | |||||
| Acculturation (1–5)a | 2.01 | 0.85 | 1.98 | 0.84 | 0.24 |
| Communication (1–5) | 4.01 | 0.59 | 3.87 | 0.53 | 1.45 |
| Involvement (1–3) | 2.58 | 0.28 | 2.64 | 0.23 | −1.32 |
| Positive parenting (1–3) | 2.53 | 0.38 | 2.50 | 0.36 | 0.60 |
| Child variables | |||||
| Age | 12.27 | 0.51 | 12.21 | 0.46 | 0.85 |
| Grades in school (1–3) | 3.26 | 1.50 | 3.02 | 1.67 | 1.03 |
| School lunch program (1–3) | 1.18 | 0.50 | 1.20 | 0.53 | −0.29 |
| Lifetime alcohol use (1–7) | 1.97 | 1.51 | 1.63 | 1.23 | 1.67 |
| Lifetime cigarette use (1–7) | 1.34 | 1.00 | 1.24 | 0.76 | 0.78 |
| Lifetime marijuana use (1–7) | 1.50 | 1.47 | 1.11 | 0.44 | 2.36* |
a
Scale endpoints in parentheses.
*
p < .05.