Table 2 Summary of Critical Characteristics – Basic Demographics
From: A profile of teen smokers who volunteered to participate in school-based smoking intervention
Items | N | % |
|---|---|---|
Gender | Â | Â |
Female | 3284 | 55.76 |
Male | 2606 | 44.24 |
Total | 5890 | 100.00 |
Age (mean ± SD) | 16.05 ± 1.15 | |
14.00 | 514 | 8.72 |
15.00 | 1479 | 25.10 |
16.00 | 1787 | 30.33 |
17.00 | 1482 | 25.15 |
18.00 | 568 | 9.64 |
19.00 | 62 | 1.05 |
Total | 5892 | 100.00 |
Grade | Â | Â |
7 | 14 | 0.24 |
8 | 72 | 1.24 |
9 | 1482 | 25.46 |
10 | 1653 | 28.40 |
11 | 1540 | 26.46 |
12 | 1059 | 18.20 |
Total | 5820 | 100.00 |
Living with | Â | Â |
Father and Mother | 827 | 43.90 |
Father only | 95 | 5.04 |
Mother only | 355 | 18.84 |
Grandparent | 71 | 3.77 |
Father and Stepmother | 88 | 4.67 |
Mother and Stepfather | 337 | 17.89 |
Other | 1111 | 5.89 |
Total | 1884 | 100.00 |
Race | Â | Â |
White | 4234 | 74.75 |
African American | 214 | 3.78 |
American Indian | 79 | 1.39 |
Asian American | 104 | 1.84 |
Hispanic | 711 | 12.55 |
Native Hawaiian | 19 | 0.34 |
Other | 303 | 5.35 |
Total | 5664 | 100.00 |