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Table 3 Risky behaviours by gender and urban/rural at age 15 and 19

From: Psychosocial competencies and risky behaviours in Peru

 

Mean

p value

Mean

p value

 

Total

Urban

Rural

t test

Female

Male

t test

Age 15

       

Smoking

0.07

0.06

0.08

0.512

0.04

0.09

0.045

Drinking

0.09

0.10

0.05

0.072

0.09

0.08

0.818

Drinking & violence

0.13

0.14

0.10

0.227

0.12

0.13

0.680

Drugs consumption

0.03

0.03

0.01

0.315

0.02

0.03

0.618

Risky sexual behaviour

0.06

0.06

0.05

0.664

0.05

0.06

0.623

Carrying a weapon

0.08

0.07

0.11

0.132

0.07

0.09

0.375

No. of risky behaviours: 0

0.78

0.77

0.80

0.467

0.81

0.75

0.130

No. of risky behaviours: 1

0.16

0.17

0.14

0.458

0.14

0.18

0.294

No. of risky behaviours: 2

0.03

0.04

0.02

0.364

0.03

0.04

0.363

No. of risky behaviours: 3

0.03

0.02

0.04

0.397

0.02

0.03

0.618

Observations

548

406

142

 

271

277

 

Age 19

       

Smoking

0.19

0.20

0.18

0.548

0.08

0.29

0.000

Drinking

0.34

0.38

0.24

0.007

0.21

0.45

0.000

Drinking & violence

0.41

0.44

0.30

0.006

0.26

0.53

0.000

Drugs consumption

0.13

0.13

0.14

0.797

0.07

0.19

0.000

Risky sexual behaviour

0.27

0.28

0.24

0.369

0.29

0.26

0.346

Carrying a weapon

0.06

0.06

0.08

0.470

0.05

0.07

0.265

Criminal behaviour

0.20

0.19

0.22

0.701

0.13

0.26

0.010

No. of risky behaviours: 0

0.44

0.43

0.48

0.305

0.57

0.33

0.000

No. of risky behaviours: 1

0.26

0.26

0.27

0.923

0.22

0.30

0.039

No. of risky behaviours: 2

0.17

0.17

0.15

0.559

0.16

0.18

0.602

No. of risky behaviours: 3

0.13

0.14

0.10

0.315

0.05

0.19

0.000

Observations

490

370

120

 

228

262

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