TABLE 1.
Selected Characteristics Among African American Adolescent Females by Perceived Monitoring Knowledge Frequency
| Infrequent Monitoring Knowledge (n = 123), n (%) | Frequent Monitoring Knowledge (n = 161), n (%) | P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociodemographic characteristics | |||
| Age, mean (SD), y | 16.1 (1.0) | 16.1 (1.0) | 0.892 |
| Lives in a household which received government assistance in the past year | 76 (61.8) | 102 (63.4) | 0.787 |
| Family-level factors | |||
| Currently resides in household with both parents | 66 (53.7) | 96 (60.0) | 0.341 |
| Parental communication about sex, mean (SD) | 13.8 (5.0) | 15.2 (4.3) | 0.010 |
| Father part of life while growing up* | 54 (46.6) | 73 (46.8) | 0.968 |
| Sexual behavior in past 90 d | |||
| Vaginal sex without a condom | 94 (76.4) | 119 (73.9) | 0.628 |
| Substance use in the past 90 d | |||
| Alcohol use | 54 (43.9) | 53 (32.9) | 0.058 |
| Heavy alcohol use | 7 (5.7) | 11 (7.8) | 0.696 |
| Marijuana use | 57 (46.3) | 60 (37.3) | 0.124 |
| Lifetime violence victimization | |||
| Emotional abuse | 69 (56.1) | 83 (51.6) | 0.447 |
| Physical abuse | 56 (45.5) | 55 (34.2) | 0.052 |
| Sexual abuse | 30 (24.4) | 34 (21.1) | 0.513 |
| STIs | |||
| Chlamydia | 27 (22.0) | 27 (16.8) | 0.270 |
| Gonorrhea | 18 (14.6) | 8 (5.0) | 0.005 |
| Chlamydia and/or gonorrhea | 35 (28.5) | 31 (19.3) | 0.069 |
| Sexual partnership characteristics | |||
| Current boyfriend | 102 (82.9) | 142 (88.2) | 0.206 |
| Boyfriend ever had sex with another woman during relationship† | 23 (25.8) | 36 (28.8) | 0.633 |
| Current casual sex partner | 51 (41.5) | 43 (26.7) | 0.009 |
| Casual partner ever had sex with another woman during relationship‡ | 23 (45.1) | 21 (48.8) | 0.717 |
| Partners generally ≥4 y older | 21 (17.1) | 13 (8.1) | 0.021 |
| Partner recently drunk or high during sex | 57 (46.3) | 63 (39.1) | 0.223 |
| Partner recently released from incarceration | 23 (18.7) | 18 (11.2) | 0.074 |
*
n = 272.
†
n = 214.
‡
n = 94.