Integrating health literacy into a theory-based drug-use prevention program: a quasi-experimental study among junior high students in Taiwan

Table 2 Participants of experimental and comparison groups at baseline

	Experimental		Group Comparison
	(N = 323)		Group
			(N = 325)		χ2	p
	N	%	N	%
Gender^a					0.97	0.325
Male	169	52.48	158	48.62
Female	153	47.52	167	51.38
Parents’/Guardians’ Education Level ^a					1.16	0.560
9 Years	60	19.42	61	19.55
12 Years	115	37.22	128	41.03
College & Graduate School	134	43.36	123	39.42
Parenting Style ^a					3.66	0.160
Authoritative	34	10.63	50	15.63
Democratic	277	86.56	263	82.19
Others	9	2.81	7	2.18
Household status					0.76	0.684
Living with both parents	244	75.55	245	75.38
Living with a single parent	63	19.50	68	20.92
Others	16	4.95	12	3.70
Substance lifetime use					2.760	0.097
Yes	79	24.46	62	19.08
No	244	75.54	263	80.92

^a Some participants in the experimental and comparison group did not answer this question

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