Table 1.
Descriptive statistics in the complete sample and by race.
| Characteristics | All | Whites | Blacks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Ethnicity *,a | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic | 8179 | 77.8 | 6407 | 75.0 | 1772 | 90.1 |
| Hispanic | 2329 | 22.2 | 2135 | 25.0 | 194 | 9.9 |
| Age | ||||||
| 12–15 | 5474 | 51.2 | 4437 | 51.1 | 1037 | 51.3 |
| 16–18 | 5227 | 48.8 | 4241 | 48.9 | 986 | 48.7 |
| Gender | ||||||
| Women | 5143 | 48.2 | 4180 | 48.3 | 963 | 47.9 |
| Men | 5531 | 51.8 | 4483 | 51.7 | 1048 | 52.1 |
| Marital Status *,a | ||||||
| Not Married | 3870 | 36.2 | 2635 | 30.4 | 1235 | 61.1 |
| Married | 6817 | 63.8 | 6030 | 69.6 | 787 | 38.9 |
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Parental educational attainment (1–5) *,b | 2.84 | 1.22 | 2.89 | 1.23 | 2.62 | 1.16 |
| Body Mass Index (BMI) *,b | 22.53 | 5.25 | 22.36 | 5.06 | 23.30 | 5.92 |
* p < 0.01, a Chi square test for comparison of black and white youth. b Independent samples t-test for comparison of means between black and white youth.