Table 3

Clinical Variables for High School Students Based on Stealing Behavior

VariableNo Stealing (n = 3,373, 84.11%)Nonkleptomania Stealing (n = 608, 15.16%)Kleptomania (n = 29, 0.72%)χ2p
n%n%n%
Grade average
    A's and B's2,06188.8724510.56130.56118.66<0.0001
    C's91979.9122419.4870.61
    D's and F's30670.3412228.0571.61
Extracurricular activities
    Yes2,60785.7819413.62110.5926.74<0.0001
    No76678.8941419.98181.13
Smoking, lifetime
    Never2,20390.662209.0570.29239.68<0.0001
    Occasionally74578.3419720.7290.95
    Regularly34365.7116832.18112.11
Marijuana, lifetime
    Yes1,06572.3538626.22211.43249.65<0.0001
    No2,10591.61878.1460.26
Sip of alcohol, lifetime
    Yes2,72482.3555616.81280.8539.35<0.0001
    No46893.41326.3910.2
Current alcohol frequency
    Never regular64986.539712.9340.5368.19<0.0001
    Light57581.6812217.3370.99
    Moderate54479.313920.2630.44
    Heavy18464.569533.3362.11
Other drug use, lifetime
    Yes15450.4914045.9113.61297.36<0.0001
    No2,63987.6236111.99120.4
Caffeine use
    None68587.379512.1240.51109.23<0.0001
    1–2 drinks per day1,86887.7424911.7120.56
    2+ drinks per day73073.5925025.2121.21
Sad or hopeless 2+ weeks
    Yes62074.7919723.76121.4574.29<0.0001
    No2,60886.8838112.69130.43
Serious fights
    Yes13051.1811344.49114.33240.13<0.0001
    No3,16886.3748413.2160.44
Carry a weapon
    Yes44160.5827237.36152.06377.43<0.0001
    No2,87189.613209.99130.41
  • * Cells may not sum to these totals due to missing data; n, actual number of respondents in each category; %, weighted percentages.