Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics of a subsample of female high school students and the schools they attend.
| % or mean | |
|---|---|
| Panel A. Total Sample of Individuals (N = 4242) | |
| High school childbearing (%) | 4.9 |
| Obese (%) | 9.4 |
| Sociodemographic characteristics | |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| Non-Hispanic Black (%) | 16.0 |
| Hispanic (%) | 19.6 |
| Non-Hispanic Other (%) | 6.0 |
| Non-Hispanic White (%) (reference) | 58.5 |
| Single mother household (%) | 18.8 |
| Parent(s) did not complete high school (%) | 18.7 |
| Mean household income-needs ratio (range, 0–83.7) | 3.1 (0.18) |
| Mean age (range, 13–21) | 16.3 (0.04) |
| Other individual-level control variables | |
| Sexual initiator (%) | 39.8 |
| Mean number of sexual partners (range, 0–4) | 0.8 (0.05) |
| Mean age at first menses (range, 7–26) | 12.7 (0.06) |
| Mean self-esteem (range, 1–5) | 4.0 (0.02) |
| Weight perceptions | |
| Underweight (%) | 11.4 |
| Overweight (%) | 39.8 |
| Just about the right weight (%) (reference) | 48.8 |
| Mean interviewer-rated physical attractiveness (range, 1–5) | 3.7 (0.03) |
| Dropped or stopped out of high school (%) | 10.5 |
| Panel B. Total Sample of Schools (N = 102) | |
| Proportion of obese students in school (range, 1.5–26.3) | 10.7 (0.50) |
| Average income-needs ratio (range, 1.3–9.5) | 2.8 (0.14) |
| Racial composition | |
| Proportion non-Hispanic Black (range, 0–99.2) | 25.3 (0.03) |
| Proportion Hispanic (range, 0–89.6) | 8.8 (0.03) |
| Proportion non-Hispanic other (range, 0–69.1) | 4.0 (0.01) |
| Proportion non-Hispanic White (range, 0–100) | 62.0 (0.04) |
| School urbanicity | |
| Suburban (%) | 52.9 |
| Rural (%) | 24.1 |
| Urban (%) (reference) | 23.0 |
| Region | |
| West (%) | 17.7 |
| Midwest (%) | 29.7 |
| South (%) | 39.6 |
| Northeast (%) (reference) | 13.0 |
| Percent of students testing below grade level (range, 0–9.9) | 2.7 (0.71) |
| Mean grade point average (range, 2.3–4.1) | 3.0 (0.03) |
| Proportion students participating in a sport (range, 29.1–94.3) | 63.3 (0.02) |
Notes: Figures are weighted. Standard errors for means are in shown in parentheses.