Table 1.

Sample Proportions and Waves Required for Equilibrium for All Data Sets Used in Analysis^*

	2008 Sample							2004 Sample
Variable	Waves Required for Equilibrium	Population Parameter	Full Sample (n = 378)	Equilibrium Met Sample (n = 156)	Earliest Waves Included = 4 (n = 332)	Earliest Waves Included = 7 (n = 294)	Earliest Waves Included = 10 (n = 222)	Waves Required for Equilibrium	Population Parameter	Full Sample (n = 159)	Equilibrium Met Sample (n = 83)	Earliest Waves Included = 4 (n = 122)	Earliest Waves Included = 7 (n = 99)	Earliest Waves Included = 10 (n = 76)
Race
Asian	9	0.182	0.154	0.147	0.157	0.154	0.158	6	0.189	0.365	0.422	0.367	0.354	0.303
Black	7	0.059	0.037	0.038	0.036	0.031	0.036	7	0.054	(0.013)	(0.012)	(0.006)	(0.01)	(0.013)
Hispan
ic	7	0.062	0.021	0.032	0.024	0.014	0.014	7	0.060	0.044	0.06	0.021	0.040	(0.026)
Other	8	0.051	0.035	0.032	0.033	0.031	0.036	6	0.013	0.069	0.072	0.061	0.061	0.066
White	7	0.557	0.715	0.699	0.713	0.736	0.724	6	0.685	0.509	0.434	0.537	0.535	0.592
nonUS	9	0.089	0.037	0.045	0.036	0.034	0.032
Gender
Male	6	0.511	0.516	0.539	0.532	0.531	0.545	3	0.505	0.597	0.578	0.590	0.596	0.618
College
CALS	4	0.237	0.247	0.25	0.232	0.222	0.243	6	0.323	0.233	0.241	0.230	0.232	0.224
Arts	4	0.305	0.292	0.308	0.283	0.280	0.279	6	0.223	0.220	0.265	0.213	0.202	0.171
Engine
er	5	0.203	0.175	0.167	0.181	0.181	0.180	7	0.197	0.352	0.277	0.393	0.414	0.434
HE	4	0.091	0.164	0.154	0.178	0.195	0.171	8	0.096	0.075	0.06	0.082	0.091	0.092
Hotel	5	0.065	0.032	0.026	0.033	0.038	0.036	9	0.058	0.069	0.12	(0.033)	(0.01)	(0.013)
ILR	6	0.062	0.085	0.083	0.090	0.082	0.086	6	0.060	0.044	0.036	0.041	0.040	0.053
() Indicates sample size is too small for RDS estimates to be calculated

^*”Earliest Waves Included” defines the cut point for inclusion, data sampled in waves before the cut point are excluded from analysis.