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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 12.
Published in final edited form as: Res Soc Stratif Mobil. 2012 Mar;30(1):97–112. doi: 10.1016/j.rssm.2011.08.001

Table 1.

Mean Differences among Racial/Ethnic Groups in Parent-Reported Pre-Treatment Social Capital

Both Cities White
N=120
Hispanic
(All)
N=646
Hispanic
(English
Language)
N=294
Hispanic
(Spanish
Language)
N=342
Black
N=65
Number of staff could approach 4.34 3.66*** 3.84* 3.49*** 3.86
Shared expectations with school staff 3.54 3.65 3.65 3.64 3.46
Number of parents at child's school 3.03 3.14 2.78 3.47* 2.80
Shared expectations with other parents 2.24 2.32 2.05 2.58** 1.91
Phoenix White
N=54
Hispanic
(All)
N=241
Hispanic
(English)
N=52
Hispanic
(Spanish)
N=187
Black
N=34

Number of staff could approach 4.22 3.58* 4.10 3.45** 3.50
Shared expectations with school staff 3.40 3.56 3.63 3.55 3.38
Number of parents at child's school 2.94 3.19 2.67 3.35 2.47
Shared expectations with other parents 2.42 2.45 2.29 2.50 1.82*
San Antonio White
N=66
Hispanic
(All)
N=405
Hispanic
(English)
N=242
Hispanic
(Spanish)
N=155
Black
N=31

Number of staff could approach 4.42 3.70** 3.79* 3.53*** 4.26
Shared expectations with school staff 3.64 3.70 3.66 3.76 3.55
Number of parents at child's school 3.09 3.10 2.81 3.62 3.16
Shared expectations with other parents 2.11 2.25 2.00 2.66*** 2.00

Non-Hispanic White is reference group

*

p<0.05

**

p<0.01

***

p<0.001