Table 2. Descriptive Statistics of Baseline Concern, Worry, and Stress About School Violence or Shootings, in the Complete Sample and Stratified by Sex, Race, and Ethnicitya.
| School violence or shootings item | Complete sample | Stratified by student sex | Stratified by student race and ethnicity | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | P valueb | Asian | Black | Hispanic/Latinx | Non-Hispanic/Latinx White | Otherc | P valueb | ||
| Concern | ||||||||||
| Not at all | 521 (23.4) | 207 (16.8) | 314 (31.5) | <.001 | 93 (25.1) | 30 (34.1) | 230 (23.3) | 87 (20.1) | 81 (23.1) | .06 |
| Slightly | 348 (15.6) | 183 (14.9) | 165 (16.6) | 74 (20.0) | 16 (18.2) | 144 (14.6) | 63 (14.6) | 51 (14.6) | ||
| Somewhat | 507 (22.8) | 285 (23.2) | 222 (22.3) | 72 (19.5) | 12 (13.6) | 228 (23.1) | 116 (26.9) | 79 (22.6) | ||
| Very | 432 (19.4) | 272 (22.1) | 160 (16.1) | 72 (19.5) | 14 (15.9) | 184 (18.7) | 87 (20.1) | 75 (21.4) | ||
| Extremely | 418 (18.8) | 284 (23.1) | 134 (13.5) | 59 (15.9) | 16 (18.2) | 200 (20.3) | 79 (18.3) | 64 (18.3) | ||
| Worry | ||||||||||
| Not at all | 625 (28.3) | 242 (19.7) | 383 (39.0) | <.001 | 111 (30.1) | 33 (37.5) | 261 (26.9) | 111 (25.6) | 109 (31.4) | .17 |
| Slightly | 399 (18.1) | 222 (18.1) | 177 (18.0) | 84 (22.8) | 14 (15.9) | 170 (17.5) | 75 (17.3) | 56 (16.1) | ||
| Somewhat | 482 (21.8) | 291 (23.7) | 191 (19.5) | 67 (18.2) | 14 (15.9) | 227 (23.4) | 105 (24.2) | 69 (19.9) | ||
| Very | 346 (15.7) | 225 (18.3) | 121 (12.3) | 53 (14.4) | 11 (12.5) | 152 (15.6) | 75 (17.3) | 55 (15.9) | ||
| Extremely | 357 (16.2) | 248 (20.2) | 109 (11.1) | 54 (14.6) | 16 (18.2) | 162 (16.7) | 67 (15.5) | 58 (16.7) | ||
| Stress | ||||||||||
| Not at all | 1092 (50.0) | 489 (40.4) | 603 (61.9) | <.001 | 197 (53.8) | 53 (61.6) | 471 (49.4) | 198 (45.9) | 173 (50.0) | .13 |
| Slightly | 417 (19.1) | 271 (22.4) | 146 (15.0) | 66 (18.0) | 9 (10.5) | 184 (19.3) | 92 (21.3) | 66 (19.1) | ||
| Somewhat | 342 (15.7) | 209 (17.3) | 133 (13.7) | 49 (13.4) | 12 (14.0) | 142 (14.9) | 80 (18.6) | 59 (17.1) | ||
| Very | 175 (8.0) | 124 (10.3) | 51 (5.2) | 28 (7.7) | 2 (2.3) | 84 (8.8) | 33 (7.7) | 28 (8.1) | ||
| Extremely | 157 (7.2) | 116 (9.6) | 41 (4.2) | 26 (7.1) | 10 (11.6) | 73 (7.7) | 28 (6.5) | 20 (5.8) | ||
| Composite score, mean (SD) | 1.58 (1.27) | 1.84 (1.27) | 1.27 (1.20) | < .001 | 1.46 (1.27) | 1.38 (1.37) | 1.63 (1.29) | 1.64 (1.22) | 1.57 (1.27) | .10 |
a
Unless otherwise specified, data are presented as number (%) of students. Estimates are based on available data for each item.
b
Calculated from χ2 tests for between-group differences for each item or from analysis of variance tests for the composite scores.
c
Includes American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, multiracial, and other race or ethnicity.