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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Res Adolesc. 2013 Feb 4;23(4):10.1111/jora.12027. doi: 10.1111/jora.12027

TABLE 1.

DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS BY WAVEa,b

Wave I Wave II Wave III

Mean SE Range Mean SE Range Mean SE Range

Expect to survive to age 35 0.850   0.003 0.839 0.003 0.923 0.002
Mental and Physical Health
Depression 0.663   0.003 0–3 0.656 0.003 0–3 0.517 0.003 0–3
Self-rated physical health 2.879   0.006 0–4 2.913 0.007 0–4 3.013 0.007 0–4
Routine physical care 0.644   0.003 0.631 0.003 0.347 0.004
Unmet medical needs 0.202   0.003 0.208 0.003 0.234 0.003
Behavioral Characteristics
Impulsivity 2.003   0.008 0–4 1.977 0.009 0–4 2.199 0.009 0–4
Exposure to violence 0.264   0.003 0.191 0.003 0.091 0.003
Violent perpetration 0.6598 0.008 0–7 0.461 0.008 0–7 0.211 0.008 0–7
Neighborhood Characteristics
Neighborhood disadvantage 1.661   0.007 0.00–8.74 1.650 0.008 0.20–8.74 1.428 0.007 0.03–6.13
Proportion residing in urban area 0.629   0.003 0.00–1.00 0.618 0.004 0.00–1.00 0.738 0.003 0.00–1.00
Proportion residents in same house 5 years prior 0.552   0.001 0.03–0.87 0.553 0.001 0.03–0.87 0.523 0.001 0.00–0.85
Demographics
Age 15.701   0.012 12–21 16.218 0.014 12–22 22.005 0.015 17–25
Female 0.506  
Race, ethnicity, and nativity
  White 0.523  
  Black 0.218  
  Hispanic 0.172  
  Asian 0.068  
  American Indian/Other race 0.019  
  Foreign born 0.093  
Family structure
  Two biological married parents 0.500  
  Two parents, unmarried 0.157  
  Single parent 0.275  
  Other family structure 0.068  
Family SES 4.542   0.0197 0–9
Years in neighborhood (in quartiles) 1.660   0.008 0–3

Notes: n = 48,864 observations, 20,103 respondents.

a

Missing data multiply imputed via the Stata ice procedure

b

Ranges not shown for dichotomously coded variables