Table 2.
Number, percentage, mean and standard deviation (SD), classified by various predictors of “Sexual Experience” among female participants
| Sexually Active N (%) Mean ± SD |
Not Sexually Active N (%) Mean ± SD |
χ2 (df) t (df) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INDIVIDUAL | Age | 16.05 ± 1.01 | 15.41 ± 1.17 | 3.6(174)**** | |
| US | 36 (30.5) | 82 (69.5) | 8.6(3)** | ||
| Country of birth | Haiti | 9 (37.5) | 15 (62.5) | ||
| Bahamas | 13 (61.9) | 8 (38.1) | |||
| Other/DK | 6 (50) | 6 (50) | |||
| Language spoken at home | Creole | 33 (33) | 67 (67) | 0.67(1) | |
| English | 27 (39.1) | 42 (60.9) | |||
| Acculturation 1 | 50.87±10.50 | 50.55±9.76 | 0.2(173) | ||
| Acculturation 2 | 51.16±6.67 | 52.09±5.61 | −1(171) | ||
| With 2 parents | 27 (25.5) | 79 (74.5) | 12.9(2)*** | ||
| Household composition | With 1 parent or relatives | 27 (49.1) | 28 (50.9) | ||
| With friends | 7 (63.6) | 4 (36.4) | |||
| Religiosity | Scale | 13.43 ± 2.8 | 14.22 ± 2.7 | −1.9(172)* | |
| Knowledge of sexual facts | Scale | 13.28 ± 2.44 | 13.30 ±2.01 | −0.1(174) | |
| Past Sexual Abuse | No | 58 (34.3) | 111 (65.7) | 10.8(1)*** | |
| Yes | 6 (100) | 0 (0) | |||
| Past 30 day drug use | No | 54 (34.6) | 102 (65.4) | 2.4(1) | |
| Yes | 10 (52.6) | 9 (47.4) | |||
| Substance abuse | 1±2.5 | 0.5±1.1 | 1.8(173)* | ||
| Mental Health Status | 9.3±4.4 | 6.3±4.4 | 4.2(166)**** | ||
| Aggressive | 6.1±2.89 | 4.4±3.51 | 3.2(173)** | ||
| Behavior/Delinquency | |||||
| Leisure/Recreation | 7.2±2.1 | 6.8±2.1 | 1.2(173) | ||
| Educational Status | 11.8±3.5 | 10.2±3.5 | 2.9(173)** | ||
| Sex communication | 13.79±7.31 | 11.06±4.59 | 2.9(159)*** | ||
| PEER | Peer Relationships | Scale | 3.9±1.9 | 3.2±1.8 | 2.4(173)** |
| Friends sexually active | No | 5 (10.4) | 43 (89.6) | 19.5(1)**** | |
| Yes | 59 (46.5) | 68 (53.5) | |||
| Friends bring drugs to parties | No | 56 (35.0) | 104 (65.0) | 3.62(1)* | |
| Yes | 7 (63.6) | 4 (36.4) | |||
| Friends stolen | No | 26 (30.6) | 59 (69.4) | 2.3(1) | |
| Yes | 37 (41.6) | 52 (58.4) | |||
| FAMILY | Adult supervision at parties | No | 28 (50.9) | 27 (49.1) | 7.3(1)*** |
| Yes | 35 (29.7) | 83 (70.7) | |||
| Parents know where you are | No | 27 (56.3) | 21 943.8) | 11.5(1)*** | |
| Yes | 36 (28.6) | 90 (71.4) | |||
| Parents pay attention | No | 26 (53.1) | 23 (46.9) | 6.1(1)*** | |
| Yes | 37 (29.6) | 88 (60.4) | |||
| Parents yelling and screaming | No | 29 (27.1) | 78 (72.9) | 9.97(1)*** | |
| Yes | 34 (50.7) | 33 (49.3) | |||
| Spend the night away | No | 42 (30.2) | 97 (69.8) | 10.7(1)*** | |
| Yes | 21 (60.0) | 14 (40.0) | |||
| Handle you | No | 35 (55.6) | 28 (44.4) | 16(1)**** | |
| Yes | 28 (25.2) | 83 (74.8) | |||
| Family Relationships | Scale | 2.8±2.8 | 4.2±2.6 | 3.26(119)**** | |
| SCHOOL | Had trouble getting along w/ teachers | No | 46(33.6) | 91(66.4) | 1.5(1) |
| Yes | 16(44.4) | 20(55.6) | |||
| Feel close to people at school | No | 32(45.7) | 38(54.3) | 4.8(1)** | |
| Yes | 30(29.4) | 72(70.6) | |||
| Feel like you are part of school | No | 28(48.3) | 30(51.7) | 5.7(1)** | |
| Yes | 34(29.8) | 80(70.2) | |||
| NBHD | Happy in Neighborhood | No | 33 (40.2) | 49 (59.8) | 1.2(1) |
| Yes | 28 (67.8) | 59 (32.2) | |||
Scale include 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