Table 2.
Perceived Social Support (PSS) and Empowerment Scale Weighted Means, Standard Error (SE) and p-value by Demographic Characteristics of Middle School Students in Matamoros, Mexico 2003 (Sample size n=1,181 corresponding to N=13,159 students in the population*)
| Descriptive Characteristics |
Sample | Independent Variables | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weighted % |
SE | PSS* – Friend Mean (SE) |
PSS – School Mean (SE) |
PSS – Family Mean (SE) |
PSS – Neighbor Mean (SE) |
PSS – Other adult Mean (SE) |
Empowerment Mean (SE) |
|
| Total Sample | (n=1,146, N=12,812) 1.81 (.04) |
(n=1,120, N=12,514) 1.84 (.04) |
(n=1,171, N=13,079) 1.18 (.01) |
(n=1,141, N=12,685) 2.36 (.03) |
(n=1,128, N=12,615) 1.76 (.03) |
(n=1,052, N=11,822) 2.20 (.03) |
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| Gender | P=.0000 | P=.31 | P=.06 | P=.48 | P=.02 | P =.59 | ||
| Female | 51.6 | 1.1 | 1.57 (.05) | 1.82 (.03) | 1.20 (.02) | 2.33 (.06) | 1.66 (.05) | 2.18 (.05) |
| Male | 48.4 | 1.1 | 2.07 (.06) | 1.85 (.05) | 1.16 (.01) | 2.39 (.03) | 1.86 (.04) | 2.22 (.04) |
| Age |
(n=1,146, N=12,812) P=.75 |
(n=1,120, N=12,514) P=09 |
(n=1,171, N=13,096) P=38 |
(n=1,141, N=12,685) P=29 |
(n=1,128, N=12,616) P=23 |
(n=1,052, N=11,822) P=.42 |
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| 12 | 23.2 | 1.5 | 1.83 (.08) | 1.85 (.04) | 1.17 (.02) | 2.35 (.12) | 1.73 (.06) | 2.15 (.09) |
| 13 | 43.2 | 2.3 | 1.80 (.04) | 1.79 (.06) | 1.17 (.01) | 2.33 (.06) | 1.73 (.08) | 2.21 (.02) |
| 14 | 28.9 | 2.8 | 1.78 (.05) | 1.85 (.02) | 1.15 (.03) | 2.41 (.06) | 1.80 (.07) | 2.22 (.04) |
| 15 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 1.92 (.29) | 2.03 (.08) | 1.46 (.10) | 2.38 (.19) | 1.87 (.17) | 2.16 (.11) |
| Economic Status | (n=1,139, N=12,768) P=.74 |
(n=1,112, N=12,463) P=.02 |
(n=1,161, N=13,015) P=16 |
(n=1,134, N=12,647) P=14 |
(n=1,122, N=12,581) P=68 |
(n=1,046, N=11,783) P=.49 |
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| Low status | 9.7 | 1.0 | 1.82 (.15) | 1.76 (.10) | 1.23 (.05) | 2.29 (.04) | 1.77 (.04) | 2.13 (.05) |
| Medium status | 82.9 | 1.8 | 1.80 (.03) | 1.82 (.03) | 1.16 (.01) | 2.37 (.03) | 1.76 (.03) | 2.20 (.03) |
| High status | 7.4 | 1.8 | 1.88 (.07) | 2.09 (.08) | 1.34 (.03) | 2.46 (0.10) | 1.70 (.12) | 2.20 (.10) |
PSS–Perceived Social Support
% = weighted proportions expressed in terms of percentages
Mean = weighted means
SE = standard error of weighted means or proportions expressed in terms of percentages
*
any discrepancy in the n reported and the total n represents missing observations
Bolded numbers = significant at type I error level =.05