Table 2.
Latino Representative Schools |
Latino Representative Schools |
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Female | Male | |||||
White | African American |
Latina | White | African American |
Latino | |
Suicidal Ideation Past Year | 16% 122/760 |
11% 47/349 |
20% 53/265 |
12% 65/547 |
8% 25/304 |
16% 43/267 |
Disclosed SI to an adult | 27% 32/118 |
30% 12/40 |
22% 11/49 |
26% 16/61 |
26% 6/23 |
28% 12/43 |
Tried to get help for SI | 35% 41/117 |
28% 11/39 |
49% 22/45 |
42% 26/62 |
22% 5/23 |
33% 14/43 |
School Engagement (SD) | 2.86 (0.62) | 2.76 (0.64) | 2.67 (0.67)a** | 2.75 (0.65) | 2.67 (0.69) | 2.64 (0.67) |
Latino vs. African American;
p<.001
NOTE: “Latino Representative Schools”= 8 schools that have at least 10% or more of population self-reporting as “Latino/Hispanic”.
NOTE: Due to non-response from some adolescents regarding disclosure, proportions for female disclosure are different within ethnic/racial groups.
NOTE: A higher mean from these four questions represented a higher level of school engagement (α=0.63).