Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics by Dependent Variable Categories (N=6,938)
| Labor Force (n=2693) | Military (n=691) | College (n=3554) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Mean/% | (St.D) | N | Mean/% | (St.D) | N | Mean/% | (St.D) | Min | Max | |
| Race/Ethnicity | |||||||||||
| White | 1387 | 51.66 | 381 | 55.30 | 1978 | 55.72 | |||||
| Black | 628 | 23.39 | 141 | 20.46 | 665 | 18.73 | |||||
| Asian | 123 | 4.58 | 55 | 7.98 | 382 | 10.76 | |||||
| Hispanic | 547 | 20.37 | 112 | 16.26 | 525 | 14.79 | |||||
| SES Advantage/Disadvantage | |||||||||||
| Household Income (unit=$1,000) | 2036 | 33.02 | (25.88) | 511 | 42.16 | (28.67) | 2751 | 55.95 | (53.83) | 0 | 999 |
| Parents’ Education (HS and Less) | 1477 | 63.36 | 256 | 43.54 | 956 | 31.17 | |||||
| Parents’ Education (College+) | 854 | 36.64 | 332 | 56.46 | 2111 | 68.83 | |||||
| Academic Performance | |||||||||||
| High School Overall GPA | 1965 | 1.86 | (0.77) | 460 | 2.44 | (0.67) | 3040 | 2.76 | (0.71) | 0 | 4 |
| Family Structure | |||||||||||
| 2 Biological Parents | 1164 | 43.22 | 334 | 48.34 | 2265 | 63.73 | |||||
| A Bio-parent and a Step-parent | 514 | 19.09 | 155 | 22.43 | 408 | 11.48 | |||||
| Single Parent | 750 | 27.85 | 141 | 20.41 | 684 | 19.25 | |||||
| Other | 265 | 9.84 | 61 | 8.83 | 197 | 5.54 | |||||
| Social Connectedness | |||||||||||
| Perceived Social Support | 2676 | 31.47 | (4.99) | 691 | 31.02 | (4.75) | 3547 | 32.23 | (4.44) | 3 | 40 |
| Team Sports | 2689 | 1.57 | (1.12) | 691 | 1.73 | (1.13) | 3554 | 1.82 | (1.11) | 0 | 3 |
| # of Friends in the Military | 2625 | 0.06 | (0.32) | 677 | 0.18 | (0.59) | 3504 | 0.06 | (0.31) | 0 | 1 |
| Behavioral Problems | |||||||||||
| Physical Fights | 2658 | 1.64 | (2.08) | 690 | 1.30 | (1.75) | 3543 | 0.96 | (1.59) | 0 | 9 |
| Personal Qualification | |||||||||||
| Cross-sectional PVT percentile-w1 | 2536 | 39.49 | (27.08) | 652 | 55.77 | (26.84) | 3366 | 59.85 | (28.20) | 0 | 100 |
| Body Mass Index (BMI) at Wave I | 2640 | 23.09 | (4.80) | 688 | 22.40 | (3.39) | 3520 | 22.59 | (4.21) | 11.20 | 49.80 |
| Grade Level at Wave I | 2577 | 9.45 | (1.62) | 684 | 10.03 | (1.47) | 3517 | 9.73 | (1.62) | 7 | 12 |
Note: The ranges of continuous variables are shown in the last two columns. The ranges are calculated based on all three categories.