Table 2.
Correlates of Youth Violence Prevention Program Participation, 2002–2014
| During the past 12 months, have you participated in a violence prevention program, where you learn ways to avoid fights and control anger? |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Correlates of participation | No (n=198,213; 85.5%), % or mean (95% CI) | Yes (n =33,658; 14.5%), % or mean (95% CI) | Pooled data, AOR (95% CI) |
| Intrapersonal factors | |||
| Risk propensity | |||
| Low | 60.03 (59.37, 60.69) | 57.81 (57.56, 58.07) | — |
| Medium | 18.78 (18.22, 19.35) | 18.35 (18.15, 18.55) | 1.020 (0.978, 1.063) |
| High | 21.19 (20.70, 21.69) | 23.84 (23.60, 24.08) | 0.995 (0.962, 1.028) |
| Religiosity (mean) | 2.179 (2.161, 2.197) | 2.004 (1.995, 2.013) | 1.068** (1.055, 1.081) |
| Parental factors | |||
| Parental conflict, past year | |||
| <10 fights | 79.96 (79.42, 80.49) | 77.52 (77.30, 77.74) | — |
| ≥10 fights | 20.04 (19.51, 20.58) | 22.48 (22.26, 22.70) | 1.008 (0.975, 1.043) |
| Parental affirmation (mean) | 1.768 (1.760, 1.777) | 1.711 (1.707, 1.714) | 1.143** (1.114, 1.173) |
| School factors | |||
| School enrollment, past year | |||
| No | 8.21 (7.84, 8.60) | 6.72 (6.57, 6.89) | — |
| Yes | 91.79 (91.40, 92.16) | 93.28 (93.11, 93.43) | 1.074* (1.017, 1.135) |
| Average grades | |||
| A–C | 93.73 (93.34, 94.09) | 94.35 (94.19, 94.49) | — |
| D or lower | 6.27 (5.91, 6.66) | 5.65 (5.51, 5.81) | 1.040 (0.967, 1.117) |
| School engagement (mean) | 3.213 (3.205, 3.220) | 3.046 (3.042, 3.049) | 1.459** (1.421, 1.500) |
| Risk behavior | |||
| Arrested/booked | |||
| No | 95.29 (95.00, 95.56) | 97.07 (96.97, 97.18) | — |
| Yes | 4.71 (4.44, 5.00) | 2.98 (2.82, 3.03) | 1.744** (1.621, 1.876) |
| Stole >$50 | |||
| No | 94.99 (94.68, 95.29) | 96.26 (96.13, 96.28) | — |
| Yes | 5.01 (4.71, 5.32) | 3.74 (3.62, 3.87) | 1.261** (1.156, 1.375) |
| Sold drugs | |||
| No | 96.83 (96.58, 97.07) | 96.92 (96.81, 97.02) | — |
| Yes | 3.17 (2.93, 3.42) | 3.08 (2.98, 3.19) | 1.430** (1.321, 1.548) |
| Serious fight | |||
| No | 71.47 (70.77, 72.16) | 80.85 (80.64, 81.05) | — |
| Yes | 28.53 (27.84, 29.23) | 19.15 (18.95, 19.36) | 1.485** (1.431, 1.541) |
| Group fight | |||
| No | 80.65 (80.11, 81.17) | 86.79 (86.60, 86.97) | — |
| Yes | 19.35 (18.83, 19.89) | 13.21 (13.03, 13.40) | 1.439** (1.385, 1.496) |
| Attacked with intent to harm | |||
| No | 89.64 (89.14, 90.11) | 93.94 (93.82, 94.06) | — |
| Yes | 10.36 (9.89, 10.86) | 6.06 (5.94, 6.18) | 1.601** (1.514, 1.693) |
| Carried a handgun | |||
| No | 95.65 (95.37, 95.91) | 96.52 (96.41, 96.63) | — |
| Yes | 4.35 (4.09, 4.63) | 3.48 (3.37, 3.59) | 1.376** (1.278, 1.481) |
Notes: AOR for pooled data adjusted for age, gender, race/ethnicity, household income, father in household, urbanicity, and survey year. Boldface indicates statistical significance (*p<0.05; **p<0.01).