Table 1 Sociodemographic and risk behaviour description of sample
Girls (n = 282) | Boys (n = 190) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Currently datinga(n = 124) | Currently non-datinga(n = 156) | Currently datinga(n = 90) | Currently non-datinga(n = 100) | ||||||||
Mean | % (freq) | Mean | % (freq) | p | Mean | % (freq) | Mean | % (freq) | p | ||
Age | 14.23 | 13.94 | 0.041 | 14.28 | 14.18 | 0.266 | |||||
SES (Live in a brick house) | 54.0 (67) | 66.5 (103) | 0.092 | 65.2 (58) | 67.0 (67) | 0.844 | |||||
Race | Black | 39.5 (49) | 34.2 (53) | 0.533 | 47.8 (43) | 28.0 (28) | 0.145 | ||||
White | 9.7 (12) | 15.5 (24) | 7.8 (7) | 14.0 (14) | |||||||
Coloured or Indian | 50.8 (63) | 50.3 (78) | 44.4 (40) | 58.0 (58) | |||||||
Days absent | 0.45 | 0.37 | 0.363 | 0.37 | 0.48 | 0.360 | |||||
Ever repeated a school year | 12.9 (16) | 7.7 (12) | 0.020 | 20.2 (18) | 11.0 (11) | 0.051 | |||||
Problem drinking (past 3 months) | 21.1 (26) | 5.8 (9) | 0.075 | 16.7 (15) | 3.0 (3) | 0.092 | |||||
Drugb use (past 3 months) | 7.4 (9) | 1.9 (3) | 0.173 | 9.1 (8) | 4.0 (4) | 0.267 | |||||