Table 1

Reported problem behaviors among the 6-grade students in the last 6 months


Boys (n = 363)
Girls (n = 422)





Problem Behaviors
N
%
N
%
p – value

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