TABLE 2. Weighted Descriptive Statistics of All Measures Used in Analyses, by Pathway Followed.

	MIDDLE SCHOOL SAMPLE	PATHWAY
		Uniform	Mixed	Divergent
Female	.49	.51	.46	.49
Race/ethnicity:
Non-Latino white	.67	.77*	.69	.52
Asian American	.04	.02	.04	.06
Latino(a)	.04	.02*	.03	.06
African American	.16	.13*	.14	.22
Other race/ethnicity	.09	.06*	.10	.13
Parents’ level of education	6.03	6.05*	6.27*	5.80
Family structure:
Both biological parents	.60	.62	.59	.57
Parent-stepparent	.15	.14	.17	.16
Single mother	.20	.20	.18	.21
Other family structure	.05	.04	.06	.06
Other disruptions:
Recent move	.10	.12*	.06*	.09
Family structure change  between waves	.10	.09	.09	.12
Middle school GPA	2.91	2.96	2.89	2.86*
Social integration:
Teacher bonding	3.78	3.83*	3.77	3.70
Popularity	4.79	5.35*	4.57*	4.16*
Extracurricular  participation	.36	.36	.38	.35
Pathway:
Uniform	.45
Mixed	.24
Divergent	.31
High school characteristics:
School size	1,106.20	867.40*	1,473.71*	1,162.74*
Urban location:
City	.29	.07*	.48*	.45*
Suburb	.36	.37*	.28	.40*
Town	.19	.28*	.14*	.09*
Rural	.17	.27*	.09*	.07*
Private school	.05	.02*	.08	.08*
First-year GPA	2.56	2.60*	2.63	2.45*
N	2,679	1,175	719	785

^*Denotes mean/proportion for mixed is statistically significantly different from uniform using chi-square or ANOVA tests for significance.