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Reported problem behaviors among the 6-grade students in the last 6 months |
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| Boys (n = 363) |
Girls (n = 422) |
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| Problem Behaviors |
N |
% |
N |
% |
p – value |
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| Physical fight with a friend |
154 |
42.5 |
112 |
26.5 |
< 0.01 |
| Drank alcohol, beer, or wine |
96 |
26.5 |
92 |
21.8 |
0.15 |
| Smoked a cigarette |
9 |
2.5 |
10 |
2.4 |
0.90 |
| Pushed or carried any drugs |
10 |
2.8 |
0 |
0 |
< 0.01 |
| Carried a gun, knife, screwdriver or cutlass to use as a weapon |
26 |
7.2 |
3 |
0.7 |
< 0.01 |
| Had sex |
8 |
2.2 |
2 |
0.5 |
0.03 |
| Used marijuana or other illicit drugs |
7 |
1.9 |
2 |
0.5 |
0.06 |
Liu et al. BMC Public Health 2007 7:135 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-135 |
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