Table 1.
Means, Percents and Proportions for Key Study Variables by Race and Ethnic Subgroups
| Non-Hispanic Origin |
Puerto | Other | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | White | Black | Asian | Mexican | Rican | Cuban | Hispanic |
| Neighborhood poverty at Wave III | 8.34 | 18.72 | 9.71 | 14.85 | 13.11 | 15.48 | 15.34 |
| Neighborhood poverty at Wave I | 8.22 | 20.77 | 9.51 | 15.48 | 14.41 | 18.05 | 15.76 |
| Two biological parents | .57 | .26 | .74 | .59 | .43 | .59 | .49 |
| Family income (1000s logged) | 3.75 | 3.12 | 3.67 | 3.19 | 3.41 | 3.05 | 3.15 |
| Parents' education | 14.52 | 13.27 | 14.38 | 10.62 | 13.08 | 12.71 | 12.69 |
| Completed high school only | .41 | .52 | .30 | .49 | .54 | .33 | .42 |
| Any higher education | .50 | .30 | .66 | .32 | .36 | .61 | .35 |
| In school full-time | .28 | .20 | .40 | .16 | .22 | .37 | .22 |
| In school part-time | .09 | .07 | .11 | .12 | .10 | .16 | .08 |
| Work hours | 26.48 | 21.50 | 21.52 | 28.07 | 25.08 | 25.38 | 25.80 |
| Married | .17 | .11 | .16 | .27 | .15 | .18 | .19 |
| Cohabiting | .14 | .11 | .07 | .15 | .13 | .08 | .17 |
| Resident child | .19 | .28 | .13 | .30 | .22 | .17 | .26 |
| Lives with parents | .39 | .44 | .52 | .45 | .56 | .59 | .52 |
| Income, Wave III (1000s logged) | 3.06 | 2.64 | 3.15 | 3.09 | 3.11 | 2.23 | 2.82 |
| Public assistance receipt, Wave III | .06 | .17 | .03 | .06 | .09 | .08 | .07 |
| N | 4301 | 2106 | 888 | 1346 | 364 | 362 | 363 |
Note: Descriptive statistics based on Add Health longitudinal project weights.