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. 2017 Apr;107(4):607–613. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303653

TABLE 1—

Baseline Comparisons by Condition on Demographic Characteristics and Outcome Variables Among Hispanic Eighth Graders: Miami–Dade County, FL, September 2010–June 2014

Variables Familias Unidas (n = 376), No. (%) or Mean ±SD Prevention as Usual (n = 370), No. (%) or Mean ±SD P
Gender .88
 Male 195 (51.9) 194 (52.4)
 Female 181 (48.1) 176 (47.6)
Youth’s age 13.88 ±0.66 13.83 ±0.68 .32
US-born (youths) 199 (53.2) 210 (56.8) .47
Family income, $ .26
 0–9999 100 (26.6) 82 (22.2)
 10 000–19 999 94 (25.0) 108 (29.2)
 20 000–29 999 54 (14.4) 65 (17.6)
 ≥ 30 000 127 (35.8) 115 (31.1)
Adolescent-specific factors
 Alcohol use in lifetime 57 (15.2) 58 (15.7) .85
 Alcohol use in the past 90 d 26 (6.9) 22 (5.9) .59
 Illicit drug use in lifetime 2.01 ±21.60 2.11 ±21.81 .48
 Illicit drug use in the past 90 d 12 (3.2) 18 (4.9) .25
 Illicit drug use in the past 90 d 1.26 ±20.48 0.86 ±10.51 .29
 Sex in lifetime 26 (6.9) 31 (8.4) .45
 Sex without a condom in the past 90 d (sexually active cases) 0.89 ±1.16 1.59 ±1.32 < .001
Parent-specific factors
 Family communication 7.14 ±1.79 7.41 ±1.64 .029
 Parental monitoring of peers 11.75 ±4.76 11.66 ±4.67 .79
 Positive parenting 24.10 ±4.54 23.56 ±4.55 .10

Note. One participant in the Familias Unidas group did not report income.