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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 8.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Probl. 2007;54(1):118–138. doi: 10.1525/sp.2007.54.1.118

Table 3.

Comparison of Four Academic Groups on Selected Sociodemographic Factors

M (SD)
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.