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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 16.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Ment Health. 2012 Jun 6;2(2):99–119. doi: 10.1177/2156869312445211

Table 3.

Descriptive statistics for the total, boy, and girl samples

Total Sample
Male
Female
Variable Obsa Mean SD Min Max Mean SD Mean SD
Dependent Variable: CES-D
 Wave 1 in home 796 4.19 (2.82) 1 10 4.04 (2.67) 4.36 (2.96)
 Wave 2 in home 627 4.17 (2.83) 1 10 3.88 (2.71) 4.45 (2.92)
 Prop. decreased 625 0.37 0 1 0.37 0.36
 Prop. stayed the same 625 0.27 0 1 0.26 0.27
 Prop. increased 625 0.37 0 1 0.37 0.36
Network Characteristics
 Off list nomination count 798 2.39 (2.20) 0 10 1.12 (1.36) 1.19 (1.21)
 Restricted nom. sample 798 0.40 0 1 0.41 0.39
 Alter CES-D (exclusion) 798 −0.61 (5.18) −25.0 20.4 −0.53 (3.61) 0.18 (4.12)
 Ego CES-D (withdrawal) 796 −0.50 (10.90) −27.2 40.2 −0.19 (5.88) −0.07 (6.91)
 Average friend similarity (homophily) 688 0.66 (0.19) 0 1 0.68 (0.22) 0.63 (0.22)
 Received nominations 798 3.28 (2.93) 0 19 1.89 (1.72) 1.92 (1.73)
 Out nominations 779 3.36 (2.27) 0 10 1.94 (1.41) 1.99 (1.37)
 Reciprocal ties count 779 1.20 (1.31) 0 7 0.85 (0.99) 0.93 (1.06)
 Transitive triplets count 779 3.37 (4.83) 0 29 1.16 (1.70) 1.36 (2.22)
Covariates
 Female 798 0.50 0 1
 Grade 795 9.47 (1.69) 7 12 9.47 (1.72) 9.47 (1.66)
 White 798 0.97 0 1 0.98 0.96
 Parent education 717 2.63 (1.04) 1 5 2.61 (1.03) 2.66 (1.04)
 Single parent 721 0.22 0 1 0.22 0.22
 Parent support 610 0.27 (0.93) −4.12 1.31 0.31 (0.82) 0.24 (1.03)
 Self-esteem 798 0.14 (0.94) −3.52 1.56 0.29 (0.85) −0.01 (1.00)
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Notes: Observations for CES-D change between waves 1 and 2 largely because of high school graduation.