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Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Res. 2013 Jan 10;42(3):698–714. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.12.014
Asian
Mexican
White
1st Gen 2nd Gen 3rd Gen 1st Gen 2nd Gen 3rd Gen 3rd Gen
High School Graduation
(In-home, Wave 3) Mean 0.91 0.90 0.90 0.68 0.68 0.72 0.82
N 429 429 162 186 532 407 6971
Minimum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maximum 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

College Prep Courses
(Transcript data) Mean 3.15 3.06 2.67 2.29 2.02 2.00 2.59
N 351 349 146 136 390 297 5808
Minimum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maximum 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
College Enrollment
(In-home, Wave 3) Mean 0.81 0.82 0.72 0.37 0.49 0.45 0.63
N 429 429 162 186 532 407 6971
Minimum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maximum 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

GPA
(Transcript data) Mean 2.74 2.66 2.62 2.12 1.96 1.97 2.4
N 355 351 146 137 390 298 5827
Minimum 0 0.25 0 0 0 0 0
Maximum 4 4 4 3.96 4 4 4

Attitudes toward school
(In-home, Wave 1) Mean 32.0 31.2 30.9 32.0 30.6 30.0 30.5
N 581 523 183 255 656 518 8812
Minimum 16 14 17 14 14 8 8
Maximum 40 40 40 40 40 40 40

Maximum effort at school
(In-school) Mean 0.53 0.48 0.32 0.45 0.42 0.43 0.36
N 465 420 149 152 450 330 6870
Minimum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maximum 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Rarely skips school
(In-home, Wave 1) Mean 0.83 0.79 0.79 0.75 0.68 0.75 0.81
N 580 524 184 257 652 519 8811
Minimum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maximum 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Mean school peer attitudes
(In-home, Wave 1) Mean 29.7 29.9 30.1 30.3 30.3 29.9 29.9
N 581 523 183 255 656 518 8812
Minimum 26.3 26.3 26.4 27.4 27.4 26.3 26.3
Maximum 33.5 32.7 31.5 33.5 33.6 33.8 34.3