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. 2015 Jul;105(7):1344–1350. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302594

TABLE 1—

Child-Level and School-Level Demographic Characteristics for the Total Sample and by Group for the Safe Touches Intervention for Child Sexual Abuse Prevention: New York City, 2012–2014

Characteristic Intervention (n = 195), Mean ±SD, %, or Proportion (SD) Control (n = 242), Mean ±SD, %, or Proportion (SD) Total Sample (n = 437), Mean ±SD, %, or Proportion (SD)
Children
Age,a y 8.26 ±0.90 8.41 ±0.72 8.34 ±0.81
Male 55.4 56.2 55.8
Grade 2 53.9 44.2 48.5
Pretest
 Inappropriate touch score 13.30 ±3.84 12.75 ±3.75 12.997 ±3.79
 Appropriate touch score 6.46 ±1.72 6.23 ±1.84 6.33 ±1.79
Schools
Enrollmentb 636.47 ±180.80 622.44 ±185.30 628.70 ±183.23
Male 0.51 (0.03) 0.50 (0.03) 0.50 (0.03)
Free lunch 0.97 (0.03) 0.96 (0.05) 0.96 (0.04)
Race/ethnicity
 Hispanic 0.71 (0.22) 0.68 (0.24) 0.70 (0.23)
 Native American 0.01 (0.01) 0.01 (0.01) 0.01 (0.01)
 Pacific Islander 0.01 (0.02) 0.01 (0.02) 0.01 (0.02)
 Asian 0.02 (0.01) 0.02 (0.02) 0.02 (0.01)
 African American 0.22 (0.19) 0.24 (0.21) 0.23 (0.20)
 White 0.03 (0.02) 0.03 (0.03) 0.03 (0.03)
 Multiracial 0.00 (0.01) 0.00 (0.01) 0.00 (0.01)
English language learners 0.16 (0.06) 0.15 (0.06) 0.15 (0.06)
Classroom types
 General education 0.81 (0.05) 0.81 (0.06) 0.81 (0.06)
 Least-restrictive special education 0.14 (0.07) 0.15 (0.07) 0.15 (0.07)
 Most-restrictive special education 0.04 (0.03) 0.04 (0.03) 0.04 (0.03)

Note. School-level means were weighted by the number of children in the group.

a

Intervention group, n = 188; control group, n = 222.

b

Total number of students enrolled in the school.