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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 18.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Res. 2010 May;39(3):491–505. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.01.003

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics

A. Dependent Variables Mean S.D. Min. Max. N
Individual Economic Distress 0.01 0.64 − 1.66 1.77 917
Collective Economic Decline 1.60 0.65 1.00 3.00 614
Personal Distress − 0.01 0.74 − 1.37 2.01 774
Interpersonal Distrust − 0.01 0.76 − 1.76 0.77 579
Distrust of Federal Government − 0.01 0.78 − 1.71 1.46 589
Stereotyping − 0.01 0.59 − 1.88 1.52 154
Views on Immigrants and Hispanic Immigration Flow − 0.02 0.62 − 1.35 1.49 173
Opposition to Intermarriage 2.55 1.13 1.00 5.00 165
Cool Feelings Toward Hispanics 3.46 2.38 1.00 9.00 364
B. Independent Variables Mean S.D. Min. Max. N

Age 43.34 15.54 18.00 89.00 917
Gender (Male = 1) 0.38 0.48 0.00 1.00 917
Education 12.40 2.74 0.00 20.00 917
Occupational Prestige 39.89 13.34 17.00 86.00 917
Work Status (Full-time = 1) 0.56 0.50 0.00 1.00 917
East 0.19 0.39 0.00 1.00 917
Midwest 0.21 0.40 0.00 1.00 917
South 0.52 0.50 0.00 1.00 917
West 0.08 0.28 0.00 1.00 917
Locality Population Size (ln) 14.15 1.92 9.68 16.79 917
Metropolitan Status (MSA = 1) 0.83 0.38 0.00 1.00 917
2000 Black Population Share (ln) − 1.75 0.73 − 5.90 − 0.56 917
2000 Proportion of Blacks with a High School Diploma 0.72 0.08 0.51 0.96 917
2000 Hispanic Population Share (ln) − 2.89 1.12 − 5.00 − 0.56 917
2000/1990 Hispanic Population Growth (ln) 0.66 0.55 0.06 2.26 917

Note: Statistics for dependent variables are limited to cases for which valid data exists on all independent variables. Statistics for independent variables are limited to those cases for which valid data exists on all other independent variables and on the dependent variable with the largest N (Individual Economic Distress). Computing descriptive statistics for locality characteristics at the individual level produces summaries weighted by locality subsample size.