TABLE 1.

WEIGHTED DISTRIBUTION OF FAMILY AND ACADEMIC BACKGROUNDS: BY THREE GROUPS AND LOW SES

Variable	White		Mexican		Chinese
	High SES	Low SES	High SES	Low SES	High SES	Low SES
First generation	0.008	0.014	0.073	0.303	0.509	0.764
Second generation	0.045	0.034	0.330	0.526	0.397	0.236
Third or higher generation	0.947	0.952	0.597	0.171	0.094	0.000
SES in eighth grade	0.125	−1.329	−0.413	−1.363	0.296	−1.314
Male	0.503	.478	0.503	0.371	0.618	0.399
Age	26.3	26.9	26.4	26.6	26.3	26.7
Ever repeated a grade	0.153	0.425	0.189	0.321	0.076	0.050
Student expectation in eighth grade	15.6	13.7	15.1	14.3	16.1	15.9
Observations	7,924	398	608	338	151	14
Percentage Low SES	5.23		40.21		8.74

SOURCE: Authors’ compilation based on National Educational Longitudinal Study (NELS; 1988–2000). SES = socioeconomic status.