Table 2.

Correlations, means, and standard deviations comparing boys and girls.

Variables	1	2	3	4	5	Boys		Girls		t
						Mean	SD	Mean	SD
1. Exposure to community violence in past 12 months (Grade 9)	–	–.04	.16**	.23***	.13	2.38	1.25	2.18	1.14	–2.18*
2. Future educational aspirations (Grade 9)	–.21***	–	–.16**	–.05	–.02	4.37	.81	4.50	.74	2.14*
3. Attitudes about violence (Grade 12)	.09	–.16**	–	.33***	.13*	1.52	.59	1.33	.51	–4.26***
4. Violent behavior (Grade 12)	.25***	–.18**	.40***	–	.18**	1.47	.75	1.28	.57	–3.46***
5. Violent behavior (Age 22)	.09	–.13	.34***	.36***	–	1.42	.69	1.17	.44	–4.65***

Note. Boys are presented below the diagonal (n = 335). Girls are presented above the diagonal (n = 346).

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.