. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Learn Disabil. 2010 Mar–Apr;43(2):139–153. doi: 10.1177/0022219409359344

Table 1.

Frequencies and Descriptive Statistics for Demographic Characteristics of the NES (n = 218) and ESOL (n = 153) Participants

		English speaking status
Sample characteristics		NES	ESOL
Gender Frequencies	Male	62	65
	Female	156	88
Race Frequencies	Black	202	46
	Hispanic	3	59
	Asian	0	39
	White	10	9
	Other/Mixed	3	0
Word Reading Level Frequencies	3^rd grade	95	49
	4^th grade	74	48
	5^th grade	49	56
Age Descriptives	Range	16 - 72	16 - 62
	Mean	34.89	31.45
	Standard Deviation	15.70	10.61
Years of Education Descriptives	Range	5-14	0 - 21
	Mean	10.08	11.67
	Standard Deviation	1.55	3.89