Table 2. Prevalence of Undesired Youth Outcomes by the Intersection of Race/Ethnicity and Educational Level.
| Outcome | Educational Level | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Hispanic | Hispanic | |||||||||||||||
| White, No. (%) | P Valuea | Black, No. (%) | P Valuea | White, No. (%) | P Valuea | Black, No. (%) | P Valuea | |||||||||
| Low | Mid | High | Low | Mid | High | Low | Mid | High | Low | Mid | High | |||||
| Tobacco dependence | 87 (13.2) | 231 (6.9) | 65 (2.7) | <.05 | 17 (4.6) | 33 (3.1) | 8 (2.2) | <.05 | 29 (3.3) | 52 (5.1) | 12 (4.0) | ≥.05 | 2 (3.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ≥.05 |
| Aggression | 248 (37.9) | 1159 (34.8) | 629 (26.1) | <.05 | 150 (41.7) | 373 (35.6) | 128 (36.3) | ≥.05 | 225 (26.1) | 318 (31.7) | 78 (26.2) | ≥.05 | 22 (34.4) | 31 (32.3) | 11 (32.4) | ≥.05 |
| Grade point average | 548 (84.2) | 2524 (75.6) | 1285 (53.3) | <.05 | 333 (91.2) | 927 (87.8) | 285 (79.8) | <.05 | 759 (87.7) | 820 (81.3) | 205 (67.7) | <.05 | 56 (86.2) | 83 (86.5) | 28 (84.8) | ≥.05 |
| Psychological distress | 206 (43.7) | 1265 (48.6) | 759 (41.0) | ≥.05 | 117 (45.2) | 343 (44.7) | 111 (41.3) | <.05 | 243 (40.8) | 363 (47.6) | 113 (47.1) | ≥.05 | 15 (34.9) | 27 (41.5) | 8 (40.0) | ≥.05 |
| Chronic medical condition | 340 (51.7) | 1703 (50.8) | 1063 (43.9) | <.05 | 168 (46.0) | 519 (49.0) | 190 (53.2) | ≥.05 | 337 (38.8) | 466 (46.1) | 137 (45.7) | ≥.05 | 30 (46.2) | 56 (58.3) | 18 (51.4) | ≥.05 |
a
P for trend for comparison of percentage outcome across educational levels within ethnic group, with P < .05 denoting statistical significance.