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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 26.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2009 Jan 12;44(5):398–406. doi: 10.1007/s00127-008-0446-6

Table 1. Gender specific sample characteristics at baseline and of those included in the analytic sample of the general growth mixture modeling (GGMM).

Baseline (n = 1,339) GGMM analytic sample (n = 837)


Males (n = 675) Females (n = 664) Males (n = 402) Females (n = 435)




n % n % n % n %
Race/ethnicity
 Non-minority 262 39 206 31 129 32 111 26
 Minority 413 61 458 69 273 68 324 74
Free lunch in first grade
 Paid 331 49 328 49 182 45 195 45
 Subsidized or free 341 50 329 50 220 55 240 55
 Missing 3 1 7 1 0 0
Peer rejectiona
 Almost never 310 46 361 54 211 52 257 59
 Rarely 182 27 151 23 126 31 124 28
 Sometimes 70 10 48 7 43 11 38 9
 Often/always 35 5 24 4 22 4 16 4
 Missing 78 12 80 12 0 0

Mean 95% confidence interval Mean 95% confidence interval Mean 95% confidence interval Mean 95% confidence interval

Aggressive-disruptive problem behavior scorea 2.0 1.9–2.1 1.7 1.6–1.8 2.0 1.9–2.1 1.7 1.6–1.8
Concentration problem scorea 3.2 3.1–3.3 2.9 2.8–3.0 3.1 3.0–3.2 2.8 2.7–3.0
Reading readiness scoreb 27 26.2–26.8 27 26.8–27.4 27 26.2–27.0 27 26.6–27.4

Data were obtained from the Johns Hopkins Prevention Research Center cohort, originally recruited from 19 schools in a Mid-Atlantic school system at entry into first grade in 1985–1986 (age 6) and reassessed as young adults in 2000–2002. The analytic sample included all those with complete baseline information who were successfully assessed in young adulthood (mean age 21)

a

Based on teacher rated report assessed in fall of first grade

b

Standardized reading level based on California Achievement Test Form E&F in first grade, e.g. students at 27th percentile of national average