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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 8.
Published in final edited form as: J Fam Issues. 2010 Aug;31(8):1106–1143. doi: 10.1177/0192513X10365823

Table 2.

Variable means and standard errors by sex and race

Female Male Female Male

Af Amer White Af Amer White Af Amer White Af Amer White
HEALTH MEASURES AT WI INDIVIDUAL LEVEL SES AND CONTROLS
Physical Health     Low family SES at WI 1.864 1.171 1.830 1.158
    BMI 23.551 21.811 22.945 22.526 0.076 0.043 0.085 0.042
0.182 0.141 0.226 0.162     Low religiosity at WI 0.133 0.277 0.218 0.324
    Poor self-reported health 2.198 2.134 1.982 2.010 0.018 0.015 0.027 0.015
0.043 0.024 0.054 0.021     Non-marital birth 0.403 0.253 ------- -------
Mental Health 0.021 0.015 ------- -------
    Depression Index 1.999 1.605 1.251 1.051     Age 15.469 15.274 15.702 15.463
0.099 0.052 0.077 0.037 0.200 0.133 0.228 0.132
Risk Behaviors PEER LEVEL SES
    Binge drinking episodes 7.595 7.922 15.622 12.836     High % parent HS or less: peer 0.331 0.324 0.254 0.308
1.478 0.783 3.420 1.158 0.035 0.027 0.038 0.026
    Cigarettes smoked per day 0.826 5.519 1.871 5.108     High % single parent: peer 0.514 0.284 0.326 0.243
0.199 0.369 0.311 0.353 0.029 0.020 0.023 0.016
    Lack of Physical Activity Scale 12.788 11.764 10.580 10.273     No friends 0.276 0.305 0.467 0.363
0.229 0.139 0.185 0.158 0.027 0.035 0.028 0.031
    Marijuana use 1.214 1.218 3.582 2.344 SCHOOL LEVEL SES
0.369 0.177 1.164 0.455     High % parent HS or less: school 0.300 0.384 0.277 0.367
0.065 0.048 0.062 0.046
Composite Health Measure 1.499 1.617 1.285 1.454     High % single parent: school 0.628 0.159 0.531 0.135
0.065 0.057 0.071 0.055 0.049 0.031 0.047 0.027
HEALTH MEASURES AT WIII NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL SES
Physical Health     High % parent less than HS: neighborhood 0.529 0.169 0.515 0.180
    BMI 28.111 25.791 26.422 26.279 0.049 0.028 0.054 0.027
0.327 0.195 0.256 0.183     High % female headed household: neighborhood 0.737 0.177 0.687 0.171
    Self-reported health 2.095 2.036 1.856 1.910 0.030 0.029 0.034 0.028
0.040 0.022 0.036 0.021     Low racial heterogeneity 0.079 0.381 0.094 0.357
Mental Health 0.035 0.050 0.038 0.047
    Depression Index 1.501 1.217 1.121 0.902     Urban tract 0.569 0.443 0.552 0.438
0.078 0.035 0.079 0.031 0.077 0.050 0.075 0.049
Risk Behaviors
    Drinks per year 4.946 13.598 15.834 32.548 MARRIAGE AND COHABITATION
1.352 0.812 2.280 1.654
    Cigarettes smoked per day 3.248 9.737 6.397 10.491     Married between WI and WIII 0.108 0.222 0.096 0.133
0.486 0.374 0.656 0.321 0.012 0.015 0.017 0.011
    Lack of Physical Activity Scale 19.331 18.792 17.793 18.108     Cohabited between WI and WIII 0.355 0.323 0.383 0.303
0.076 0.063 0.124 0.070 0.022 0.014 0.025 0.013
    Marijuana use 2.390 2.390 4.496 5.641     Single between WI and WIII 0.537 0.455 0.520 0.564
0.655 0.208 0.672 0.423 0.025 0.020 0.033 0.018
Composite Health Measure 2.126 2.569 2.173 2.688
0.052 0.034 0.071 0.034
N 1371 3456 1109 3222 1371 3456 1109 3222