Table 1:
Means (SD) or Percentages for Selected Variables for Full Sample and Status Profiles, Add Health
| Pair #1 |
Pair #2 |
Pair #3 |
Pair #4 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Sample (N = 6832) | Most Privileged (N = 1721) | Highly Disadvantaged (N = 1664) | Well-off Strivers (N = 595) | Well-off Underachievers (N = 583) | Strivers (N = 512) | Underachievers (N = 599) | Model Students (N = 588) | Well-off Inept Students (N = 570) | |
| Status variablesa | |||||||||
| Family Income | 44.45(41.56) | 71.11(58.00) | 21.10(9.39) | 60.57(27.35) | 58.25(26.26) | 24.58(9.41) | 23.78(9.47) | 24.92(9.76) | 60.94(53.54) |
| PVTb | 100.61(14.49) | 113.49(7.51) | 87.06(10.58) | 92.19(7.71) | 110.16(6.66) | 88.60(10.63) | 109.44(6.50) | 111.61(7.40) | 90.44(8.20) |
| GPA | 2.35(.80) | 3.10(.44) | 1.61(.54) | 2.89(.37) | 1.89(.41) | 2.79(.34) | 1.71(.50) | 2.96(.44) | 1.82(.47) |
| High school graduation status | |||||||||
| H.S. Diploma | 83.06% | 99.36% | 59.56% | 98.99% | 82.33% | 96.88% | 63.27% | 97.28% | 80.35% |
| GED/certificate | 9.56% | .64% | 19.23% | .84% | 13.38% | 1.76% | 27.55% | 2.04% | 9.30% |
| Not completed | 7.38% | .00% | 21.21% | .17% | 4.29% | 1.37% | 9.18% | .68% | 10.35% |
| College aspirations | |||||||||
| College desirabilityc | 4.34(1.11) | 4.73(.71) | 3.94(1.33) | 4.58(.89) | 4.21(1.12) | 4.36(1.08) | 4.09(1.22) | 4.59(.85) | 4.18(1.19) |
| College likelihoodc | 4.02(1.20) | 4.61(.77) | 3.47(1.33) | 4.34(.98) | 3.88(1.16) | 4.00(1.15) | 3.61(1.27) | 4.33(.97) | 3.75(1.29) |
| Physical Fightingd | 49% | 35.21% | 61.00% | 39.50% | 62.09% | 43.55% | 59.77% | 41.84% | 58.42% |
Notes: aShading indicates that the corresponding cluster is above medium for the status(es) highlighted. bPicture vocabulary test, standardized score. cCollege aspirations are measured on a 5-category scale ranging from low to high. dDichotomized measure of violent physical fighting.