Table 1 Reported problem behaviors among the 6-grade students in the last 6 months
| Â | Boys (n = 363) | Girls (n = 422) | Â | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |