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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Soc Behav. 2009 Mar;50(1):82–98. doi: 10.1177/002214650905000106

Table 1.

Family Background, High School Experiences and Adult Characteristics of White, Black, and Hispanic Respondents (N=7,726), NLSY, Unweighted Meansa

White Black Hispanic
Demographics
 Mean
 Mean
 Mean
Depressive Symptoms in Intervalb,c 1.93 2.12 2.04
Age (Years) in Interval 34.99 34.97 34.94
Female 0.50 0.51 0.51
Foreign Bornd 0.02 0.02 0.30
Family Background (when R 14)
Parents’ Education (Years of Schooling)
    Fatherb 12.39 10.19 7.95
    Motherb 12.09 10.77 7.74
Parents’ Nativity Status
    Father Foreign Bornd 0.03 0.02 0.41
    Mother Foreign Bornd 0.04 0.02 0.43
Occupation of Adult Maled
    Professional/Managerial 0.29 0.06 0.09
    Laborer/Blue Collar 0.42 0.42 0.49
    Sales/Service/Clerical 0.15 0.09 0.11
    Did not work 0.05 0.08 0.10
    No adult male present 0.09 0.35 0.21
Occupation of Adult Femaled
    Professional/Managerial 0.10 0.07 0.04
    Laborer/Blue Collar 0.09 0.15 0.20
    Sales/Service/Clerical 0.31 0.36 0.19
    Did not work 0.49 0.40 0.56
    No adult female present 0.01 0.02 0.01
Family Structured
    Married Household 0.88 0.57 0.75
Place of Residenced
    Non-South, United States 0.77 0.40 0.66
    South, United States 0.22 0.59 0.25
    Outside U.S. 0.01 0.01 0.09
Communityd
    Rural
 0.24
 0.18
 0.12
HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCES
 Mean
 Mean
 Mean
High School Curriculumd
    Vocational/Commercial 0.16 0.16 0.16
    General 0.50 0.57 0.60
    College Preparatory 0.34 0.27 0.24
Remedial Coursework in High Schoolb
    No Remedial Math or English 0.86 0.74 0.72
High School Characteristics
Percent of Students Economically Disadvantagedd
    0−6.00 0.36 0.14 0.18
    6.01 − 15.84 0.30 0.20 0.23
    15.85 − 37.00 0.22 0.29 0.27
    ≥ 37.01 0.12 0.37 0.32
Percent of Black Studentsd
    ≤ 1.00 0.41 0.01 0.29
    1.01 − 13.00 0.32 0.08 0.40
    13.01 − 42.00 0.21 0.30 0.26
    ≥ 42.01 0.06 0.61 0.05
Educational Expectationsd
    Attend College 0.40 0.36 0.30
Adult characteristics
Educational Attainment by age 26d
    < 12 Years of Schooling 0.11 0.20 0.31
Family Incomed,e
    ≤ 24,000 0.14 0.38 0.27
Marital Status (in Interval)d
    Married 0.67 0.35 0.57

Notes:

a

All variables are dummy coded and may be interpreted as percents, unless otherwise noted.

b

Ethnic group differences significant at p<.05, two-tailed t-test.

c

CES-D has been transformed using the square-root. Means are reported in the square-root.

d

Ethnic group differences significant at p<.05, chi-sq test.

e

Income 1990−2002 in 2004 Dollars.