Table 2.
Distribution of students across friendship group positions
| Distribution of Sample on Demographic Characteristic |
Distribution of Positions within Demographic Category | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic Characteristic |
Isolate | Liaison | Non- Member |
Peripheral Member |
Core Member |
||
| Entire Sample | - | 3.5% | 2.7% | 0.8% | 15.4% | 77.5% | |
| Race/Ethnicity | |||||||
| White | 81.0% | 3.1% | 2.7% | 0.8% | 14.3% | 79.1% | |
| Hispanic | 6.4% | 5.8% | 2.3% | 1.0% | 22.2% | 68.7% | |
| Black | 3.1% | 4.8% | 3.0% | 0.9% | 23.3% | 68.1% | |
| Native American | 0.5% | 7.6% | 3.6% | 1.6% | 24.0% | 63.2% | |
| Asian | 1.2% | 4.6% | 2.2% | 1.2% | 18.7% | 73.3% | |
| Other ethnicity | 7.8% | 5.0% | 3.1% | 0.7% | 17.2% | 74.0% | |
| Gender | |||||||
| Female | 51.5% | 1.9% | 2.6% | 0.6% | 12.1% | 82.8% | |
| Male | 48.5% | 5.2% | 2.8% | 1.0% | 18.9% | 72.0% | |
| Lives with Two Biological Parents | |||||||
| No | 22.8% | 5.0% | 2.7% | 1.1% | 18.6% | 72.7% | |
| Yes | 77.2% | 3.0% | 2.7% | 0.7% | 14.4% | 79.1% | |
| Free or Reduced Price School Lunch | |||||||
| No | 68.4% | 2.5% | 2.8% | 0.6% | 13.4% | 80.6% | |
| Yes | 28.7% | 5.9% | 2.4% | 1.2% | 19.9% | 70.6% | |