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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 9.
Published in final edited form as: Fam Relat. 2013 Jan 22;62(1):154–174. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2012.00758.x

Table 2.

Descriptive Statistics, Detailed Race ( N = 9,222)

Variable Total
White
Black
Native American
Asian
Other
Black-White
Native-White
Asian-White
Other
Multiracial
Range
% M SD % M SD % M SD % M SD % M SD % M SD % M SD % M SD % M SD % M SD
Dependent variables
Emotional well-being
 Depression 10.3 6.8 9.95 6.76 11.65 7.53 13.28 7.46 12.1 6.51 9.89 5.13 10.59 7.41 11.86 8.00 12.35 8.16 11.49 6.61 (0 – 50)
 Has seriously considered suicide 0.13 0.13 0.11 0.24 0.11 0.07 0.13 0.17 0.21 0.22 (0 – 1)
Social well-being
 Feels socially accepted 0.86 0.86 0.88 0.87 0.83 0.77 0.89 0.76 0.93 0.76 (0 – 1)
 Engagement in school 2.20 0.84 2.19 0.85 2.24 0.88 2.11 0.96 2.13 0.71 2.38 0.74 2.24 0.85 2.25 0.90 2.19 0.87 2.32 1.00 (1 – 5)
Independent variables
Intrafamily social capital
 Close family relationship 0.72 0.74 0.69 0.76 0.64 0.57 0.79 0.56 0.65 0.64 (0 – 1)
 Family understanding 0.55 0.55 0.59 0.69 0.50 0.46 0.60 0.44 0.52 0.59 (0 – 1)
 High parent educational expectations 0.40 0.36 0.53 0.51 0.80 0.55 0.32 0.41 0.31 0.42 (0 – 1)
 Fun with family 0.63 0.64 0.66 0.62 0.54 0.62 0.56 0.58 0.61 0.55 (0 – 1)
 Single parent household 0.39 0.34 0.66 0.57 0.17 0.54 0.85 0.37 0.40 0.40 (0 – 1)
Extrafamily social capital
 Parent community involvement 0.74 0.72 0.83 0.76 0.68 0.64 0.69 0.83 0.80 0.81 (0 – 1)
Closure of parental networks
 Moderate 0.40 0.39 0.43 0.40 0.47 0.19 0.35 0.4 0.44 0.41 (0 – 1)
 Strong 0.23 0.25 0.19 0.16 0.15 0.14 0.25 0.25 0.35 0.18 (0 – 1)
 Very strong 0.16 0.18 0.08 0.12 0.07 0.11 0.09 0.19 0.06 0.14 (0 – 1)
Control variables
 Male 0.51 0.51 0.48 0.63 0.17 0.42 0.51 0.58 0.36 0.39 (0 – 1)
 Mother’s education
  Less than HS 0.11 0.09 0.18 0.26 0.21 0.25 0.15 0.14 0.16 0.22 (0 – 1)
  HS or some college 0.65 0.66 0.18 0.26 0.32 0.56 0.56 0.74 0.42 0.55 (0 – 1)
  College or more 0.24 0.25 0.17 0.11 0.47 0.19 0.29 0.12 0.42 0.23 (0 – 1)
 Log of family income 3.59 0.78 3.7 0.74 3.05 0.89 2.79 0.7 3.73 0.76 3.13 0.85 3.3 0.63 3.67 0.70 3.83 0.67 3.35 0.76 (0 – 6.9)
n 9,222 6,153 2,088 41 462 39 90 146 67 136

Notes: Data are adjusted for the complex sampling design of Add Health. Source: National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health).