Table 3.
Comparison of Four Academic Groups on Selected Sociodemographic Factors
M (SD) |
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Both Academic Markers | Learning Disability Only | Failure Only | No Academic Markers | |
Gender (female) | .31c (.47) | .39c (.49) | .50b (.50) | .57a (.49) |
Non-Latino/a white | .61a (.49) | .67a (.47) | .47b (.50) | .59b (.49) |
African American | .18ab (.38) | .14b (.34) | .18ab (.38) | .18ab (.38) |
Asian American | .03b (.16) | .03b (.17) | .04ab (.19) | .07a (.25) |
Latino/a | .16b (.37) | .12b (.33) | .22a (.42) | .14b (.34) |
Other race/ethnicity | .02 (.15) | .04 (.20) | .04 (.19) | .03 (.16) |
First generation immigrant | .04 (.19) | .05 (.22) | .06 (.25) | .08 (.26) |
Second generation immigrant | .10b (.30) | .09b (.29) | .17a (.37) | .13ab (.33) |
Third-plus generation immigrant | .85a (.35) | .84 (.37) | .77ab (.42) | .80b (.42) |
Family structure (two-parent) | .41c (.49) | .57ab (.50) | .49b (.50) | .64a (.48) |
N | 185 | 171 | 886 | 2,049 |
Source: Add Health/AHAA
Note: Means with different subscripts differ significantly (p < .01), as determined by one-way ANOVA, with an “a” representing the highest mean. Approximately 1% of the sample could not be assigned to an academic group.