Table 1.

Associations of Selected Outcomes with Levels of Perceived Parental Monitoring Reported by Young Black Males

Outcomes			Mean PM score¹	df	P
Ever caused a pregnancy
	Yes (n = 129)		27.7
	No (n = 186)		30.3	3.03	313	<.001
Currently someone pregnant with your child?
	Yes (n = 39)		26.77
	No (n = 285)		29.65	2.41	322	.016
Desire to have someone pregnant with your child
	High (n = 153)		28.59
	Low (n = 171)		29.94	1.73	322	.084
Discussed pregnancy prevention with a partner (past 2 months)
	Yes (n = 204)		30.4
	No (n = 120)		27.37	3.86	322	<.001
Frequency of safer sex discussions with sex partners (past 2 months)
	High (n = 149)		31.3
	Low (n = 169)		27.7	4.47	316	<.001
Discussed condom use with partner before having sex (past 2 months)
	Yes (n = 168)		30.38
	No (n = 105)		27.51	3.36	271	.001
“I use condoms to prevent pregnancy.”
	Agree (n = 210)		29.75
	Disagree	(n = 114)	28.48	1.55	322	.13
Used condoms at last sex
	Yes (n = 177)		30.11
	No (n = 98)		27.85	2.77	273	.006
Any unprotected vaginal sex (past 2 months)
	Yes (n = 147)		28.50
	No (n = 177)		29.97	1.88	322	.06
Ever drunk or high while using condoms (past 2 months)
	Yes (n = 116)		28.71
	No (n = 198)		29.71	1.23	312	.22
Reported ever being diagnosed with an STI on more than one occasion
	Yes (n= 38)		27.29
	No (n = 269)		29.77	2.08	305	.04
Tested positive for Chlamydia and/or gonorrhea at study enrollment
	Yes (n = 61)		28.64
	No (n = 253)		29.33	.69	312	.49

Parental monitoring scores ranged from 10 – 45; mean = 29.3, sd = 7.0.