Table 1.
Number, percentage, mean and standard deviation (SD), classified by various predictors of “Sexual Experience” among all participants
| Sexually Active N (%) Mean ± SD |
Not Sexually Active N (%) Mean ± SD |
χ2 (df) t (df) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INDIVIDUAL | Age | 15.741±0.08 | 15.35± 1.19 | 2.7(257)*** | |
| Gender | Male | 42 (50.6) | 41 (49.4) | 4.72(1)** | |
| Female | 64 (36.4) | 112 (63.6) | |||
| US | 63 (36.4) | 110 (63.6) | 5.71(3) | ||
| Country of birth | Haiti | 20 (44.4) | 25 (55.6) | ||
| Bahamas | 14 (58.3) | 10 (41.7) | |||
| Other/DK | 9 (52.9) | 8 (47.1) | |||
| Language spoken at home | Creole | 64 (40.0) | 96 (60.0) | 0.02(1) | |
| English | 38 (40.9) | 55 (50.1) | |||
| Acculturation 1 | 50.08±10.25 | 50.21±9.47 | −1.04(253) | ||
| Acculturation 2 | 51.25±6.51 | 52.05±5.70 | −0.10(255) | ||
| With 2 parents | 43 (29.1) | 105 (70.9) | 17.6(2)**** | ||
| Household composition | With 1 parent or relatives | 49 (53.3) | 43 (46.7) | ||
| With friends | 9 (64.3) | 5 (35.7) | |||
| Religiosity | 13.03 ± 2.9 | 14 ± 2.9 | −2.3(252)** | ||
| Knowledge of sexual facts | 12.9 ± 2.4 | 13.1 ± 2.3 | −0.73(257) | ||
| Past Sexual Abuse | No | 99 (39.6) | 151 (60.4) | ||
| 5.9(1)** | |||||
| Yes | 6 (85.7) | 1 (14.3) | |||
| Past 30 day drug use | No | 95 (40.1) | 142 (50.9) | 0.82(1) | |
| Yes | 11 (50.0) | 11 (50.0) | |||
| Substance abuse | 0.88±2.3 | 0.63±1.6 | 1.02(255) | ||
| Mental Health Status | 7.47±4.9 | 6.01±4.5 | |||
| 2.4(243)** | |||||
| Aggressive | 5.35 ±3.2 | 4.38±3.5 | |||
| Behavior/Delinquency | |||||
| 2.25(255)** | |||||
| Leisure/Recreation | 6.9 ±2.3 | 6.9 ±2.1 | 0.31(255) | ||
| Educational Status | 10.6±3.8 | 10.2±3.7 | 1.03(255) | ||
| Sex communication | 15.07±8.03 | 11.45±5.49 | 4.2(241)**** | ||
| PEER | Peer Relationships | Scale | 3.6±1.9 | 3.2±1.8 | 1.5(255) |
| Friends sexually active | No | 12 (17.4) | 57 (82.6) | 21.2(1)**** | |
| Yes | 93 (49.2) | 96 (50.8) | |||
| Friends bring drugs to parties | No | 90 (38.8) | 142 (61.2) | 5.1(1)** | |
| Yes | 14 (63.6) | 8 (36.4) | |||
| Friends stolen | No | 45 (34.4) | 86 (65.6) | 3.9(1)** | |
| Yes | 58 (46.4) | 67 (53.6) | |||
| FAMILY | Adult supervision at parties | No | 47 (53.4) | 41 (46.6) | 9.4(1)*** |
| Yes | 56 (33.5) | 111 (66.5) | |||
| Parents know where you are | No | 42 (53.8) | 36 (42.6) | 8.32(1)*** | |
| Yes | 62 (34.6) | 117 (65.4) | |||
| Parents pay attention | No | 38 (53.5) | 33 (46.5) | 6.9(1)*** | |
| Yes | 66 (35.5) | 120 (64.5) | |||
| Parents yelling and screaming | No | 62 (36.5) | 108 (63.5) | 3.6(1)* | |
| Yes | 42 (48.8) | 44 (51.2) | |||
| Spend the night away | No | 75 (36.8) | 129 (63.2) | 5.6(1)** | |
| Yes | 29 (54.7) | 24 (45.3) | |||
| Handle you | No | 48 (53.9) | 41 (46.1) | 10.6(1)**** | |
| Yes | 55 (32.9) | 112 (69.1) | |||
| Family Relationship | 3.35±2.8 | 4.08±2.6 | 2.1(203)** | ||
| SCHOOL | Have you had trouble getting along w/ your teachers | No | 76(37.4) | 127(62.6) | 3.6(1)* |
| Yes | 27(51.9) | 25(48.1) | |||
| Close to people at your school | No | 57(36.8) | 98(63.2) | 2.8(1)* | |
| Yes | 46(47.4) | 51(52.6 | |||
| Feel like you are part of your school | No | 62(37.1) | 105(62.9) | 2.8(1)* | |
| Yes | 41(48.2) | 44(51.8) | |||
| NBHD | Happy in neighborhood? | No | 51(42.9) | 68(57.1) | 0.5(1) |
| Yes | 50(38.5) | 80(61.5) | |||
Scale includes items listed
P values for independent t-test for difference in mean or Chi-square test for difference in proportion
*
p≤0.10
**
p≤0.05
***
p≤0.01
***
p≤0.001