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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 12.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Res. 2011 Sep;40(5):1434–1444. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2011.04.007

Table 1.

Variable means and definitions

Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum
Neighborhood Disadvantage Scale −0.40 6.29 −16.73 24.59
Parental Educational Practices 0.07 1.00 −2.35 16.29
5th Grade Math Score 115 21 47 151
Black 0.11 0.32 0 1
Hispanic 0.19 0.39 0 1
Asian 0.07 0.26 0 1
Other Race 0.04 0.20 0 1
Female 0.50 0.50 0 1
Single Parent Family 0.17 0.38 0 1
Other non-2-bio family structure 0.11 0.31 0 1
Family SES scale 0.04 0.82 −2.96 2.88
Number of siblings 1.53 1.15 0.0 11.0
Mother foreign-born 0.22 0.41 0 1
Age in months (April 1st grade) 85.0 4.2 76.0 99.0
Parental Educational Expectations 4.06 1.07 1.0 6.0
Parental Depression Scale 15.7 4.8 11 44
# other parents from class known 2.93 3.47 0 40
Private school 0.22 0.41 0 1
1st Grade Math Score 58.8 16.7 12 121

Omitted categories are: white, male, 2-biological-parent family structure, and mother U.S.-born.

N=10,089