Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics of Latinx Early Adolescents in an Agricultural Community, A Crecer Study, Salinas, California, 2016–2017.
| Characteristic | Total (n = 296) | Girls (n = 147) | Boys (n = 149) | P valuea | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | No. | % | Mean (SD) | No. | % | Mean (SD) | No. | % | ||
| Age, years | 13.8 (0.5) | 13.8 (0.5) | 13.8 (0.5) | .78 | ||||||
| 12 | 1 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 1 | (1) | ||||
| 13 | 83 | (28) | 42 | (29) | 41 | (29) | ||||
| 14 | 199 | (67) | 99 | (67) | 100 | (67) | ||||
| 15 | 13 | (4) | 6 | (4) | 7 | (5) | ||||
| Mexican origin | 261 | (88) | 126 | (86) | 135 | (91) | .19 | |||
| U.S. generation | 1.00 | |||||||||
| First generation | 32 | (11) | 15 | (10) | 17 | (11) | ||||
| Second generation | 214 | (72) | 106 | (72) | 108 | (72) | ||||
| Third or later generation | 47 | (16) | 23 | (16) | 24 | (16) | ||||
| Missing | 3 | (1) | 3 | (2) | 0 | (0) | ||||
| Parent working in agriculture | 141 | (48) | 74 | (50) | 67 | (45) | .36 | |||
| Maternal education | .43 | |||||||||
| Less than high school | 117 | (40) | 65 | (44) | 52 | (35) | ||||
| High school | 100 | (34) | 46 | (31) | 54 | (36) | ||||
| Post-high school | 69 | (23) | 31 | (21) | 38 | (26) | ||||
| Unknown | 10 | (3) | 5 | (3) | 5 | (3) | ||||
| Current education level | .91 | |||||||||
| In middle school | 154 | (52) | 76 | (52) | 78 | (52) | ||||
| In high school | 142 | (48) | 71 | (48) | 71 | (48) | ||||
| Endorsement of marianismo | 2.7 (0.3) | 2.6 (0.3) | 2.7 (0.3) | .02 | ||||||
| Family pillar | 3.1 (0.5) | 3.1 (0.5) | 3.2 (0.4) | .15 | ||||||
| Virtuous & chaste | 2.9 (0.5) | 2.9 (0.5) | 2.9 (0.5) | .79 | ||||||
| Self-silencing | 2.1 (0.5) | 2.0 (0.5) | 2.2 (0.5) | .00 | ||||||
| Endorsement of machismo | 2.5 (0.4) | 2.4 (0.3) | 2.5 (0.4) | .04 | ||||||
Note. SD = standard deviation.
a
P Value calculated with independent t-test (continuous) or Pearson’s chi square test (categorical).