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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Early Adolesc. 2011 Mar 23;32(3):313–339. doi: 10.1177/0272431610397660

Table 1.

Correlations and Descriptive Information for Adolescents’ Future Expectations, Cultural Experiences, and Adjustment

Descriptives Correlations

M SD 1 2 3 4
1. Expected age to move 19.92 2.59
2. Expected age to marry 23.87 2.90 .20*
3. Educational expectation 15.66 2.17 .01 .14*
4. Career aspirationa 61.66 14.61 −.01 .02 .26*
5. Mexican orientation 3.75 0.72 .28* −.04 −.04 −.11
6. Mainstream orientation 3.95 0.60 −.15* .00 .07 .08
7. Gender role attitudesb 2.23 0.49 .14* −.14* −.24* −.04
8. Familism support 4.39 0.58 .04 .16* .19* −.01
9. Mexican family timec,d 24.96 10.37 .19* −.09 −.01 −.06
10. Mexican peer timec 3.09 3.46 −.03 −.08 −.30* −.17*
11. Depressive symptoms 1.82 0.49 −.00 −.05 −.22* −.09
12. Risky behavior 1.37 0.40 −.10 .10 −.27* −.13*
13. Parental warmthe 3.88 0.63 .17* .03 .31* −.02

Note.

a

Higher values correspond to more prestigious career aspirations.

b

Higher values indicate more traditional gender role attitudes.

c

Untransformed overall means (in hours) across one week are reported.

d

Adolescents whose father was not of Mexican origin were not included.

e

Average of mother warmth and father warmth.

*

p< .05.

**

p < .01.