Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for the Study Sample (N=1,121)

Variable	Males (n=489) % or Mean (SD)	Females (n=632) % or Mean (SD)	Overall % or Mean (SD)
Demographics
Age (years)	15.7 (1.24)	15.9 (1.19)	15.8 (1.22)
Non-Hispanic White	12.5	14.2	13.5
African-American	40.1	37.3	38.5
Hispanic	36.2	39.4	38.0
Other race	11.2	9.0	10.0
Sexual minority*	15.7	22.8	19.7
Childhood Victimization
Non-sexual^	1.64 (2.68)	2.27 (3.17)	1.99 (2.98)
Sexual	14.3	41.5	29.6
Child Welfare Factors
Non-relative foster home	42.5	39.7	40.9
With relatives	38.4	46.0	42.7
Group home/residential	17.4	12.3	14.5
Placed in other setting	1.6	1.9	1.8
# of foster homes	3.22 (3.43)	3.19 (3.07)	3.20 (3.23)
# of group/residential	1.12 (2.22)	.96 (2.15)	1.03 (2.18)
Ever ran away	22.9	27.7	25.6
Smoking Behaviors
Lifetime smoking	42.7	41.0	41.7
Past 30 day smoking	18.8	16.3	17.4
Age of smoking initiation	12.44 (2.83)	12.89 (2.85)	12.69 (2.85)
# of cigarettes^^	3.78 (7.18)	3.34 (4.31)	3.55 (5.84)

^*Sexual minority youth included those who self-identified as homosexual, bisexual or “something else”.

^{^}Average number of non-sexual victimization experiences prior to entering foster care.

^{^^}Average number of cigarettes on days in which smoking has occurred.