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Appendices 63<br />

Table B.1, continued<br />

Comparison <strong>of</strong> Target Youth and Comparison Youth on Select Characteristics<br />

<strong>Prevention</strong> Clubs<br />

Area <strong>of</strong> Interest Comparison Youth <strong>Prevention</strong> Youth<br />

Family<br />

Has a family member in a gang** 18% 30%<br />

Moved in the past year t<br />

0 times 47% 36%<br />

1 time 26% 31%<br />

2 or more times 27% 33%<br />

Experienced more than two stressful life events during the year between<br />

the baseline and follow-up surveys 67% 67%<br />

Had a loved one die during the year between the baseline and<br />

follow-up surveys 42% 45%<br />

Peers<br />

Mean number <strong>of</strong> positive peers 2.4 2.4<br />

Mean number <strong>of</strong> negative peers*** .46 .70<br />

Intervention Clubs<br />

Area <strong>of</strong> Interest Comparison Youth Intervention Youth<br />

Demographic Characteristics<br />

Over the age <strong>of</strong> 13 91% 86%<br />

Male* 61% 82%<br />

Receives free or reduced price lunch at school 74% 66%<br />

Lives in public housing 29% 22%<br />

Does not have phone at home 86% 82%<br />

High risk <strong>of</strong> gang involvement 87% 94%<br />

Member <strong>of</strong> a gang* 41% 63%<br />

Participation in outside activities in the last four weeks (not including B&GC)<br />

0 35% 31%<br />

1 33% 14%<br />

2 or more 33% 55%<br />

Did you work at a job for pay at all in the past 4 weeks? 40% 54%<br />

Mean number <strong>of</strong> social supportive adults 2.8 2.9<br />

Delinquent Activities<br />

Mean total number <strong>of</strong> delinquent activities in last year 5.2 4.2<br />

Sprayed graffiti or damaged property in past year 26% 34%<br />

Broke into building in past year 26% 22%<br />

Stole something worth more than $50 in past year 40% 32%<br />

Got drunk in past year 59% 48%<br />

Smoked pot in the past year t 63% 45%<br />

Used other drugs in the past year 46% 32%<br />

Carried a weapon in the past year t 63% 45%<br />

Stopped or received warning from the police in the past year 70% 58%<br />

Been arrested and gone to court in the past year 44% 41%<br />

Been on probation in the past year 52% 38%<br />

Been sent to jail or detention center in past year 30% 28%<br />

Neighborhood<br />

Live in a neighborhood where there is gang activity 48% 54%<br />

The people who live on their street are in a gang 33% 39%<br />

There is a lot <strong>of</strong> pressure to join a gang in the neighborhood 20% 21%<br />

There are a lot <strong>of</strong> neighborhood problems because <strong>of</strong> gangs 44% 58%

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