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Table 4 Baseline characteristics of students by curriculum intervention group

From: Short-term effects of a rights-based sexuality education curriculum for high-school students: a cluster-randomized trial

Characteristic

Total (N = 1750)

Control (N = 816)

SEI (N = 934)

Gender (%)

   

Male

49.1

48.8

49.4

Female

50.6

50.7

50.5

Missing

0.3

0.5

0.1

Age (12-18 years), mean (SD)

14.20 (0.60)

14.19 (0.58)

14.22 (0.62)

Hispanic (%)

   

No

8.6

8.5

8.7

Yes

85.9

85.0

86.7

Missing

5.5

6.5

95.4

Born in the United States (%)

   

No

13.5

13.2

13.7

Yes

81.1

80.6

81.6

Missing

5.4

6.1

4.7

Household SES (0-3), mean (SD)

0.57 (0.27)

0.57 (0.26)

0.57 (0.27)

Student acculturation (1-5), mean (SD)

3.81 (0.70)

3.81 (0.70)

3.81 (0.71)

Ever had sexǂ (%)

   

No

79.6

80.1

79.1

Yes

19.0

18.5

19.5

Missing

1.4

1.3

1.4

  1. ǂDefined as vaginal or anal sex. Notes: Percentages might not add up to 100% due to rounding. Differences between control and intervention classrooms were tested by chi-square for categorical variables and t test for continuous variables, at p < .05. The analyses were not adjusted for interdependence due to classroom and school affiliations.