Research Article
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Positive Youth Development Program for Secondary Students in Macau
Table 2
Participant characteristics of P.A.T.H.S. Secondary 2 old and new students. SSF: Social security fund.
| | Variables | Old () (%) | New () (%) | Total () (%) | P value |
| | Gender | | | | | | āMale | 120 (63.8) | 45 (57.0) | 165 (61.8) | ā0.292 | | āFemale | 68 (36.2) | 34 (43.0) | 102 (38.2) | | Age | | | | | | ā12 | 5 (2.6) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (1.9) | | | ā13 | 86 (45.5) | 0 (0.0) | 86 (32.1) | | | ā14 | 50 (26.5) | 21 (26.6) | 71 (26.5) | 0.000 | | ā15 | 28 (14.8) | 37 (46.8) | 65 (24.3) | | | āā„16 | 20 (10.6) | 21 (26.6) | 41 (15.3) | | | Family members | | | | | | ā1 | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.4) | | | ā2 | 6 (3.2) | 7 (9.2) | 13 (4.9) | | | ā3 | 40 (21.2) | 18 (23.7) | 58 (21.9) | ā0.349 | | ā4 | 90 (47.6) | 35 (46.1) | 125 (47.2) | | ā5 | 34 (18.0) | 12 (15.8) | 46 (17.4) | | | āā„6 | 18 (9.6) | 4 (5.2) | 22 (8.3) | | | Parental marriage status | | | | | | āDivorced | 20 (10.7) | 8 (10.5) | 28 (10.6) | | | āSeparated | 6 (3.2) | 4 (5.3) | 10 (3.8) | 0.712 | | āMarried | 152 (81.3) | 58 (76.3) | 210 (79.8) | | | Family happiness | | | | | | āVery unpleasant | 12 (6.4) | 8 (10.4) | 20 (7.5) | | | āUnpleasant | 19 (10.1) | 15 (19.5) | 34 (12.8) | | | āGeneral | 74 (39.4) | 26 (33.8) | 100 (37.7) | 0.164 | | āPleasant | 57 (30.3) | 21 (27.3) | 78 (29.4) | | | āVery pleasant | 26 (13.8) | 7 (9.1) | 33 (12.5) | | | SSF | | | | | | āYes | 15 (8.0) | 5 (6.5) | 20 (7.6) | ā0.689 | | āNo | 172 (92.0) | 71 (92.2) | 243 (92.0) |
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