Table 1.
Characteristics | SAAF (n = 44) | Control (n = 49) | t(91) | p | ||
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M | SD | M | SD | |||
Parent age, years | 37.34 | 9.01 | 36.96 | 6.11 | 0.24 | .81 |
Family SES risk | 2.91 | 1.41 | 2.10 | 1.37 | 2.79 | .01 |
Parent education | 2.25 | 0.72 | 2.39 | 0.79 | −0.88 | .38 |
Self‐control | 29.43 | 6.82 | 29.22 | 7.37 | 0.14 | .89 |
Delinquent behaviors | 2.39 | 1.82 | 2.00 | 2.03 | 0.95 | .34 |
n | % | n | % | χ²(1) | p | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex, male | 20 | 45.5 | 25 | 51.0 | 0.29 | .59 |
Family poverty status | 19 | 44.2 | 19 | 44.2 | 0 | 1.00 |
Parent unemployment status | 9 | 20.5 | 4 | 8.2 | 2.91 | .09 |
Single‐parent family status | 33 | 76.7 | 29 | 59.2 | 3.21 | .07 |
Parent education was coded as 1 = less than high school graduation, 2 = high school graduation or GED, 3 = some college or associate degree, 4 = bachelors degree or higher. SAAF = Strong African American Families; SES = socioeconomic status; GED = general education diploma.