Table 1.
Sample characteristics and descriptive statistics for study variables (n = 320).
| |
Total Sample |
Housing Type, Percents & Means (SD) |
Test Statistics |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | M(SD) | Public | Private | t-test | α | χ 2 | |
| Demographics | |||||||
| Gender | 320 | – | – | – | – | – | N.S.(0.050) |
| Male | 123 | 38.4% | 45.4% | 34.2% | – | – | – |
| Female | 197 | 61.6% | 54.6% | 65.8% | – | – | – |
| Age | 317 | 16.59 (2.47) | 16.52 (2.57) | 16.62 (2.40) | N.S. (0.718) | – | – |
| Parenting Behaviors | |||||||
| Maternal Encouragement | 311 | 22.14 (5.62) | 21.50 (5.82) | 22.75 (5.36) | N.S. (0.058) | .892 | – |
| Maternal Monitoring/Supervision | 311 | 15.03 (4.02) | 14.71 (4.04) | 15.36 (3.91) | N.S. (0.160) | .848 | – |
| Paternal Encouragement | 310 | 18.19 (7.36) | 18.51 (6.76) | 18.09 (7.69) | N.S. (.624) | .952 | – |
| Paternal Monitoring/Supervision | 307 | 11.90 (5.22) | 12.40 (4.96) | 11.63 (5.38) | N.S. (0.220) | .930 | – |
| Peers | |||||||
| Exp. to Delinquent Peers | 307 | 22.55 (10.61) | 21.51 (9.38) | 23.27 (11.39) | N.S. (0.151) | .926 | – |
| Perceived Neighborhood Risk | |||||||
| Ambient Hazards | 286 | 24.55 (6.01) | 25.56 (5.90) | 23.97 (6.05) | Sig (0.034) | .781 | – |
| Community Violence Exposure | |||||||
| Community Violence Victimization | 304 | 15.17 (5.85) | 15.27 (6.08) | 15.10 (5.72) | N.S. (0.807) | .885 | – |
| Community Violence Witnessing | 295 | 25.93 (9.08) | 25.54 (9.14) | 26.23 (9.08) | N.S. (0.536) | .899 | – |
| Mental Health (Depressive Symptoms) | |||||||
| Center for Epi Studies – Depression (CES-D) | 279 | 33.67 (11.19) | 35.07 (12.8) | 32.67 (9.72) | N.S. (0.104) | .90 | – |
Data Source: DCFAM (2012).