Table 3A.
Summary statistics and intercorrelations for Chicago public school students (Study 3).
| Measures | Correlationsa | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1. Grit | – | |||||||
| 2. Standardized achievement tests | 0.15*** | – | ||||||
| 3. Academic conscientiousness | 0.49*** | 0.06*** | – | |||||
| 4. School motivation | 0.49*** | 0.12*** | 0.50*** | – | ||||
| 5. Perceived school safety | 0.15*** | 0.28*** | 0.13*** | 0.16*** | – | |||
| 6. Perceived teacher support | 0.38*** | 0.12*** | 0.51*** | 0.55*** | 0.26*** | – | ||
| 7. Perceived parental support | 0.34*** | 0.07*** | 0.29*** | 0.30*** | 0.10*** | 0.27*** | – | |
| 8. Perceived peer support | 0.42*** | 0.13*** | 0.48*** | 0.53*** | 0.19*** | 0.53*** | 0.27*** | – |
| 9. Female | 0.14*** | −0.01 | 0.13*** | 0.14*** | −0.08*** | 0.09*** | 0.06*** | 0.15*** |
| 10. Hispanic | −0.08*** | 0.04* | −0.09*** | −0.03* | 0.02 | 0.00 | −0.05** | −0.07*** |
| 11. Black | 0.07*** | −0.20*** | 0.06*** | 0.03 | −0.11*** | −0.03 | 0.06*** | 0.06*** |
| 12. White | 0.00 | 0.15*** | 0.02 | −0.01 | 0.10*** | 0.00 | 0.02 | −0.03 |
| 13. Asian | 0.02 | 0.20*** | 0.05** | 0.03* | 0.09*** | 0.06*** | −0.05** | 0.04** |
| 14. Other | 0.03* | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.00 | −0.00 | 0.01 |
| 15. Free lunch | −0.01 | −0.18*** | −0.02 | −0.01 | −0.07*** | −0.03* | −0.03 | −0.03 |
| 16. Reduced price lunch | 0.00 | 0.09*** | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.03* | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| 17. Full price lunch | −0.00 | 0.15*** | 0.01 | −0.01 | 0.07*** | 0.03* | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Observed range | 1.00–5.00 | 120.50–198.50 | 1.00–4.00 | 1.00–4.00 | 1.00–4.00 | 1.00–4.00 | 1.00–4.00 | 1.00–4.00 |
| M | 3.89 | 149.46 | 2.80 | 3.11 | 2.77 | 2.81 | 2.99 | 2.83 |
| SD | 0.89 | 12.45 | 0.56 | 0.64 | 0.58 | 0.55 | 0.89 | 0.61 |
N = 4813.
p < 0.05;
p < 0.01;
p < 0.001.
Full correlations among demographics are truncated to conserve space.