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.
Intervention group, n = 188; control group, n = 222.
Total number of students enrolled in the school.