Table 1.
Characteristics of study participants (N=146)
| N (%) | |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male (including 1 transgender) | 37 (25.3) |
| Female (including 1 transgender) | 109 (74.7) |
| College status | |
| Community college | 135 (92.5) |
| 4 year/residential college | 9 (6.2) |
| Graduated last year | 2 (1.4) |
| Student status | |
| Full time | 88 (60.3) |
| Part time | 56 (38.4) |
| Race/Ethnicity | |
| White | 114 (78.1) |
| Black | 6 (4.1) |
| Asian | 3 (2.1) |
| Native American | 5 (3.4) |
| Multi-racial | 18 (12.3) |
| Hispanic | 26 (17.8) |
| How often do you use text messaging? | 125 (85.6) |
| Several times each day | 9 (6.2) |
| At least once a day | 7 (4.8) |
| Several times a week | 2 (1.4) |
| About once a week | |
| Working towards a degree? | |
| Yes | 144 (98.6) |
| No | 2 (1.4) |
| Marital Status | |
| Single | 112 (76.7) |
| Married | 26 (17.8) |
| Divorced | 8 (5.5) |
| Job status | |
| Full time | 40 (27.4) |
| Part time | 73 (50.0) |
| Not employed | 33 (22.6) |