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. 2023 Jun 24;52(10):2158–2181. doi: 10.1007/s10964-023-01807-5

Table 3.

Descriptive statistics for Germany

Variable Internalizing problems (N = 1614) Externalizing problems (N = 1039)
Mean Std. Dev. Min Max Mean Std. Dev. Min Max
Internalizing/externalizing problems at W1 1.06 0.57 0 3 0.46 0.36 0 1.91
Internalizing/externalizing problems at W2 1.06 0.60 0 3 0.49 0.43 0 3
Change in heritage language frequency −0.04 0.70 −3 3 −0.02 0.67 −3 3
Frequency of heritage language use at W1 1.53 1.22 0 3 1.55 1.21 0 3
Frequency of heritage language use at W2 1.49 1.21 0 3 1.53 1.20 0 3
Age at W1 14.78 0.75 13 17 14.79 0.74 13 17
Female 0.50 0.50 0 1 0.50 0.50 0 1
Immigrant generation
 1st generation 0.17 0.38 0 1 0.17 0.38 0 1
 2nd generation 0.62 0.49 0 1 0.64 0.48 0 1
 3rd generation 0.21 0.41 0 1 0.19 0.40 0 1
Country of origin
 Southern and Other Europe (incl. Greece) 0.10 0.30 0 1 0.09 0.29 0 1
 Turkey 0.27 0.44 0 1 0.28 0.45 0 1
 Former Soviet Union 0.13 0.33 0 1 0.13 0.33 0 1
 Poland 0.11 0.31 0 1 0.11 0.32 0 1
 Former Yugoslavia 0.07 0.26 0 1 0.06 0.25 0 1
 Asia 0.08 0.27 0 1 0.09 0.28 0 1
 Italy 0.06 0.24 0 1 0.06 0.23 0 1
 Eastern Europe 0.06 0.23 0 1 0.05 0.21 0 1
 Northern and Other Africa (incl. Lebanon) 0.06 0.23 0 1 0.05 0.22 0 1
 Northern and Latin America 0.03 0.17 0 1 0.03 0.17 0 1
 Unknown country of origin 0.04 0.21 0 1 0.05 0.21 0 1
Family cohesion (centered) 0.00 0.55 −2.03 0.97 0.00 0.55 −2.03 0.97
Parental warmth (centered) 0.00 0.72 −2.83 1.17 0.00 0.74 −2.81 1.19
Parental monitoring (centered) 0.00 0.93 −2.17 1.83 0.00 0.94 −2.16 1.84
Stratum (immigrant proportion)
 0–10% 0.11 0.31 0 1 0.12 0.33 0 1
 10–30% 0.31 0.46 0 1 0.24 0.42 0 1
 30–60% 0.28 0.45 0 1 0.33 0.47 0 1
 60–100% 0.31 0.46 0 1 0.31 0.46 0 1