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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 5.
Published in final edited form as: Res Hum Dev. 2011 Feb 23;8(1):67–88. doi: 10.1080/15427609.2011.549711

Table 1.

Sample Characteristic

Total Academic Professional Girls Boys Range
Schools 24 12 12
Classes 124 56 68
 Mean class size (SD) 51.8 (12.2) 55.6 (13.8) 48.3 (9.3)
Gender
 Male (%) 50.3% 49.4% 50.9%
 Female (%) 49.7% 50.6% 49.1%
Mean Age (SD) 15.8 (0.72) 15.7 (0.64) 16.0 (0.77) 15.7 (0.70) 15.9 (0.73) 13-19
Mean SESa (SD) 4.4 (1.5) 5.0 (1.5) 3.8 (1.2) 4.4 (1.5) 4.4 (1.5) 1-10
Mean CES-D Score (SD) 17.9 (11.0) 18.7 (11.4) 17.1 (10.5) 18.6 (11.4) 17.1 (10.5) 0-60
 CES-D Score ≥ 28b (%) 16.8% 21.7% 16.2% 21.5% 16.2%
Mean PSSE (SD) 80.4 (19.9) 80.8 (20.4) 80.0 (19.5) 80.3 (18.6) 80.6 (21.3) 1-125
Social network measures
 Mean friend nominations (SD) 3.7 (2.4) 4.0 (2.3) 3.8 (2.3) 4.1 (2.2) 3.7 (2.3) 0-17
 Mean friends nominated (SD) 3.7 (2.0) 3.9 (1.9) 3.6 (2.1) 4.0 (1.8) 3.5 (2.1) 0-5
 Mean most liked nominations (SD) 3.2 (4.3) 3.5 (4.5) 3.5 (4.3) 3.2 (4.2) 3.8 (4.6) 0-40
 Mean most liked nominated (SD) 3.5 (1.9) 3.6 (1.8) 3.5 (1.9) 3.8 (1.8) 3.3 (1.9) 0-5
 Friend social network status (%)
  Marginalized (0 friend noms.) 3.0% 2.4% 3.2% 2.0% 3.7%
  Peripheral (1-2 noms.) 11.7% 25.7% 28.3% 23.4% 30.8%
  Accepted (3-5 noms.) 49.3% 47.1% 46.8% 49.3% 44.3%
  Popular (6-7 noms.) 28.8% 17.2% 15.0% 17.5% 14.7%
  Favorite (8+ noms.) 7.2% 7.6% 6.7% 7.8% 6.5%
 Most liked network status (%)
  Marginalized (0 most liked noms) 21.0% 22.3% 19.7% 24.6% 17.3%
  Peripheral (1 nom.) 20.1% 20.1% 20.0% 20.3% 19.8%
  Accepted (2-4 noms.) 33.0% 31.5% 34.5% 31.2% 34.9%
  Popular (5-8 noms.) 15.7% 14.7% 16.7% 14.9% 16.7%
  Favorite (9+ noms.) 10.2% 11.4% 9.1% 9.0% 11.3%
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SES was measured by calculating the mean of the answers on three questions for each student. Two questions asked about father’s and mother’s highest level of education (1-7) and the third question asked about allowance per week (1-10).