Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of 168 Haitian immigrant students attending public high schools in the Boston area

Categorical variables

Gender

   Female

90 (53.6%)

   Male

78 (46.4%)

Grade

   10^th

16 (9.6%)

   11^th

36 (21.6%)

   12^th

115 (68.9%)

Primary language spoken at home

   Haitian Creole

164 (97.6%)

   English

4 (2.4%)

Ability to speak English

   Very well

123 (74.1%)

   Some/very little/not at all

43 (25.9%)

Ability to read English

   Very well

132 (78.6%)

   Some/very little

36 (21.4%)

Currently living with:

   Mother

116 (70.7%)

   Father

69 (45.4%)

Family owns/rents home

   Owns home

16 (10.7%)

   Rents home

133 (89.3%)

Safety of neighborhood

   Very/somewhat unsafe

36 (22.5%)

   Fairly/very safe

124 (77.5%)

Family having financial difficulties

   Yes

97 (59.1%)

   No

67 (40.9%)

Youth currently employed

   Full-time (40-50 hours per week)

3 (1.8%)

   Part-time (20-39 hours per week)

28 (16.7%)

   Part-time (<20 hours per week)

92 (55.1%)

   Not employed

44 (26.4%)

Continuous variables

Mean (SD)

(range)

Age (years) (n = 167)

18.8 (1.58)

(15-24)

Number of years living in U.S. (n = 168)

4.0 (1.67)

(1-11)

Number of people living in household (n = 164)

5.0 (1.56)

(2-9)

Number of children living in household (n = 166)

1.4 (1.11)

(0-5)

Number of rooms in household (n = 164)

2.6 (0.75)

(1-7)

Household density (# people/#rooms) (n = 159)

2.0 (0.62)

(0.6-4.5)