. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Oct 12.

Published in final edited form as: J Health Commun. 2022 Oct 12;27(7):520–534. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2022.2131942

Table 1:

School- and student-level demographic characteristics, (School Year 2020–21)

	Tde Bigger Picture (TBP; Intervention)	Traditional Youth Speaks (Comparison)	P-Value ^B

School-level ^A	n=3 schools	n=3 schools

Student enrollment, mean (SD)	643.7 (482.1)	570.3 (454.2)	0.857

Student race/ethnicity, mean % (SD)
Black/African American	11.3 (3.9)	16.4 (5.3)	0.256
Asian	13.4 (16.2)	7.9 (7.5)	0.626
Hispanic/Latinx	56.3 (16.4)	50.0 (12.5)	0.629
White	3.6 (2.1)	11.1 (8.5)	0.213
Other	15.5 (4.9)	14.6 (4.7)	0.836

Student sex, mean % (SD)
Female	44.0 (0.3)	42.5 (5.9)	0.675
Male	56.0 (0.6)	57.5 (5.9)	0.675

Student eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch,^C mean % (SD)	64.1 (0.6)	61.6 (13.5)	0.765

Student-level ^D	n=77 students	n=63 students

Grade, n (%)
9^th	22.1 ± 41.7	52.4 ± 50.3	<0.001
10^th	9.1 ± 28.9	30.2 ± 46.2	0.001
11^th	51.9 ± 50.3	7.9 ± 27.2	<0.001
12^th	16.9 ± 37.7	9.5 ± 29.6	0.209

Student race/ethnicity, n (%)
White	5.2 ± 22.3	14.3 ± 35.3	0.066
Hispanic or Latino	54.5 ± 50.1	39.7 ± 49.3	0.081
Asian	27.3 ± 44.8	22.2 ± 41.9	0.496
African American	5.1 ± 22.3	7.9 ± 27.2	0.514
Other/Multiple/Prefer not to state	7.8 ± 27.0	15.9 ± 36.8	0.137

Student gender, n (%)
Female	37.7 ± 48.8	46.0 ± 50.2	0.321
Male	59.7 ± 49.4	46.0 ± 50.2	0.107
Other^E	2.6 ± 16.01	6.3 ± 24.6	0.279

School-level data were obtained from the California Department of Education

P-value for difference between intervention and comparison calculated from unpaired t-tests

Used as a proxy for socio-economic status. Students qualified if their household’s income is less than or equal to the federal income guidelines

Student-level data were obtained from the student survey

Includes students who identify as non-binary, transgender, and compound gender, and those who preferred not to state