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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 22.
Published in final edited form as: Sociol Educ. 2010 Oct;83(4):312–332. doi: 10.1177/0038040710383518

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics, Analytic ECLS-K Sample

Variables
  Unstandardized Child-level Variabels Mean

    Student in Special Ed., All Disabilities 0.088
    Student in Special Ed., Speech/Language 0.031
    Student in Special Ed., Learning Disability 0.057
    Student in Special Ed., Mental Retardation 0.007
    Student in Special Ed., Emotional/Behavioral Problem 0.006
    Male 0.504
    Non-Hispanic White 0.577
    Black/African American 0.113
    Hispanic 0.185
    Asian 0.068
    Other Ethnicity 0.055
    Student Changed Schools During Study 0.162
    Mean White Teacher 0.833
    Black Student X Mean White Teacher 0.071
    Hispanic Student X Mean White Teacher 0.139
    Asian Student X Mean White Teacher 0.052
    Other Ethnicity Student X Mean White Teacher 0.040

Standardized Child-Level Variables Mean SD Min. Max.

    Family SES 0.032 0.983 −5.75 3.47
    Academic Test Score 0.022 0.92 −2.86 6.33
    Approaches to Learning 0.041 0.979 −3.78 2.97
    Externalizing Problem Behaviors −0.007 0.971 −3.78 4.15

Standardized School-Level variables Mean SD Min. Max.

    School Percent Minority 42.35 34.47 0.00 100
    School Mean SES 0.007 0.686 −2.81 3.24
    School Mean Test Score 0.000 0.550 −1.26 2.45
    School Mean Approaches 0.031 0.464 −2.21 1.49
    School Mean Externalizing −0.031 0.425 −1.02 3.24

Child-Level n = 11,138

School-Level n = 970