Table 2.
Prevalence of risk behavior with self-esteem, perceived social support, and social capital (n = 943).
| Variables | Total | Substance-Use# |
P | Suicidal Behavior# |
P | Sexual Behavior# |
P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |||||
| Self-esteem | ||||||||||
| Low | 281 (29.8) | 208 (74.0) | 73 (26.0) | 0.000* | 236 (84.3) | 44 (15.7) | 0.000* | 244 (86.8) | 37 (13.2) | 0.998 |
| High | 662 (70.2) | 556 (84.1) | 105 (15.9) | 613 (92.7) | 48 (7.3) | 574 (86.8) | 87 (13.2) | |||
| Mean ± SE 16.51 ± 0.12 | ||||||||||
| PSS from family | ||||||||||
| Low and Medium | 185 (19.6) | 120 (65.2) | 64 (34.8) | 0.000* | 146 (79.3) | 38 (20.7) | 0.000* | 147 (79.5) | 38 (20.5) | 0.001* |
| High | 758 (80.4) | 644 (85.0) | 114 (15.0) | 703 (92.9) | 54 (7.1) | 671 (88.6) | 86 (11.4) | |||
| Mean ± SE 23.0 ± 0.17 | ||||||||||
| PSS from friends | ||||||||||
| Low and Medium | 259 (27.5) | 188 (72.9) | 70 (27.1) | 0.000* | 214 (82.9) | 44 (17.1) | 0.000* | 206 (79.5) | 53 (20.5) | 0.000* |
| High | 684 (72.5) | 576 (84.2) | 108 (15.8) | 635 (93.0) | 48 (7.0) | 612 (89.6) | 71 (10.4) | |||
| Mean ± SE 21.39 ± 0.18 | ||||||||||
| PSS from significant others | ||||||||||
| Low and Medium | 333 (35.3) | 259 (78.0) | 73 (22.0) | 0.074 | 288 (86.7) | 44 (13.3) | 0.008* | 278 (83.5) | 55 (16.5) | 0.024* |
| High | 610 (64.7) | 505 (82.8) | 105 (17.2) | 561 (92.1) | 48 (7.9) | 540 (88.7) | 69 (11.3) | |||
| Mean ± SE 20.35 ± 0.20 | ||||||||||
| Family SC | ||||||||||
| Low | 12 (1.3) | 5 (41.7) | 7 (58.3) | 0.000* | 9 (75.0) | 3 (25.0) | 0.189 | 8 (66.7) | 4 (33.3) | 0.100 |
| High | 929 (98.7) | 757 (81.6) | 171 (18.4) | 839 (90.5) | 88 (9.5) | 808 (87.1) | 120 (12.9) | |||
| Mean ± SE 15.89 ± 0.06 | ||||||||||
| School SC | ||||||||||
| Low | 60 (6.4) | 44 (73.3) | 16 (26.7) | 0.113 | 51 (85.0) | 9 (15.0) | 0.160 | 45 (75.0) | 15 (25.0) | 0.005* |
| High | 882 (93.6) | 719 (81.6) | 162 (18.4) | 797 (90.6) | 83 (9.4) | 772 (87.6) | 109 (12.4) | |||
| Mean ± SE 20.81 ± 0.12 | ||||||||||
| Neighbor SC | ||||||||||
| Low | 91 (9.7) | 65 (71.4) | 26 (28.6) | 0.013* | 81 (89.0) | 10 (11.0) | 0.682 | 76 (83.5) | 15 (16.5) | 0.324 |
| High | 852 (90.3) | 699 (82.1) | 152 (17.9) | 768 (90.4) | 82 (9.6) | 742 (87.2) | 109 (12.8) | |||
| Mean ± SE 14.67 ± 0.09 | ||||||||||
Numbers in the parentheses indicate percentage, SE; Standard Error *significant P value < 0.05 by chi-square test # multiple response.
#Substance-use: 178 (18.9%), alcohol 103 (10.9%), smoking tobacco 78 (8.3%), smokeless tobacco 53 (5.6%), marijuana 37 (3.9%), and drug use 9 (1.0%).
#Suicidal behavior: 92 (9.8%), suicidal thought 74 (7.8%), plan 41 (4.3%), attempted 24(2.5%).
#Sexual behavior: 124 (13.2%), watch pornography/sexually explicit material 107 (11.3%), sexual contact 23 (2.4%).
Abbreviations: PSS, perceived social support; SC, social capital.