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Table 7
Outside Activities of Target Youth at the Start of the Program*
At intake, the percentage of target youth
who were involved in: Prevention youth Intervention youth
No other activity** 17% 32%
Only lessons 2% 0%
Only non-sport after-school activities 3% 0%
Only church activity 6% 9%
Only sports 6% 2%
Only some other activity 3% 3%
Involved in more than one activity 63% 55%
* Data is based on the baseline surveys of 236 prevention youth and 66 intervention youth who also
completed follow-up interviews.
** Includes youth who were missing participation data on all activities.
Table 8
GPTTO and GITTO Youth Reported Gang Activity in Neighborhood*
At intake, the percentage of target youth
who live in neighborhoods where: Prevention youth Intervention youth
There is a lot of gang activity. 33% 54%
The people who live on their
street are gang members. 31% 39%
There is pressure to join gangs. 31% 21%
There are problems because of gangs. 46% 59%
* Data is based on the baseline surveys of 236 prevention youth and 66 intervention youth who also
completed follow-up interviews.
of gangs. Many prevention youth also perceived gang
problems in their neighborhoods: one-third of these
youth believed that there was a lot of gang activity in
their neighborhood and almost half (46%) perceived
neighborhood problems were caused by gangs. Fiftynine
percent of prevention and 86 percent of intervention
youth reported at least one sign of
neighborhood gang activity.
Peers
Although youth involved in both GPTTO and
GITTO reported having more positive peers than
negative peers, youth involved in these programs also
did not report being surrounded by only positive
peers. On average, prevention youth reported that
between “half” and “most” of their friends are positive,
that is, they plan to go to college, make them
feel good about themselves and do well in school.
Intervention youth reported slightly fewer positive
peers; between “a few” and “about half” of their
friends are involved in positive activities or have a
positive educational outlook. Many of the youth
reported that some of their friends do well in school
(30 percent of prevention and 23 percent of intervention
youth) or plan to go to college (47 percent
of prevention and 17 percent of intervention youth).
On the other hand, some youth involved in the
Clubs had peers who are involved in gang activities
or are gang members. One-third of prevention youth
and 59 percent of intervention youth reported having
at least “a few” friends that get in gang fights.
Thirty-one percent of prevention and 65 percent of
intervention youth had at least one friend who is a
member of a gang at the time of the survey.