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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 6.
Published in final edited form as: Race Soc Probl. 2018 May 10;11(2):93–111. doi: 10.1007/s12552-018-9231-7

Table 6.

Descriptive statistics for model controls

%/Mean SD Min Max
Male 50.47 0 1
SES 0.03 0.81 −2.96 2.88
Age (in months) 87.08 4.46 68.13 113.53
Two-parent household 78.69 0 1
Non-English speaking HH 12.60 0 1
Kindergarten reading score 33.79 10.84 11.69 85.01
Reading gains in first grade 23.33 8.65 −11.54 55.82
Kindergarten math score 28.62 8.62 7.58 60.06
Math gains in first grade 15.73 5.98 −19.31 41.73
Approaches to learning 3.06 0.70 1.00 4.00
Teacher/school characteristics
 Teacher’s race/ethnicity
  White 84.20 0 1
  Black 6.97 0 1
  Latinx 5.71 0 1
  Other 3.12 0 1
 Teacher’s education
  Up to bachelor’s degree 30.50 0 1
  Graduate coursework 32.67 0 1
  Master’s 30.56 0 1
  Doctorate 6.28 0 1
 Teacher’s age 42.28 11.07 21 73
 % Asian students 5.15 12.88 0 100
 % Hispanic students 14.31 24.72 0 100
 % Black students 15.45 25.68 0 100
 % Low-income students 57.91 40.34 0 100
 School size (# of students)
  < 150 4.67 0 1
  150–299 18.55 0 1
  300–499 30.43 0 1
  500–749 25.58 0 1
  750 or more 20.78
 Locale
  City 34.97 0 1
  Suburb 37.31 0 1
  Other 27.72 0 1
 Public school 78.07 0 1
 Region
  Northeast 18.32 0 1
  Midwest 24.91 0 1
  South 35.27 0 1
  West 21.49 0 1

ECLS-K 98–99, N ≈ 12,610. Standard deviations, minimums, and maximums estimated from cases with valid responses