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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 24.
Published in final edited form as: Child Dev. 2012 Sep-Oct;83(5):1623–1639. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01798.x

Descriptive Statistics of Variables Used in Analysis by Generation Status: Add Health and AHAA

Variable Total 1.5 Generation 2nd Generation 3rd Generation

Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Adolescent outcome
Math-sci level at t0 3.116 1.221 2.901 1.217 3.002 1.253 3.151 1.214
Math-sci level at t1 3.897 1.146 3.851 1.134 3.957 1.155 3.892 1.145
Math-sci level at t2 4.481 1.288 4.497 1.238 4.556 1.308 4.468 1.289
Math-sci level at t3 4.866 1.446 4.968 1.398 4.999 1.475 4.837 1.444
Sch. Engagement at t0 0.926 0.178 0.922 0.211 0.928 0.174 0.926 0.175
Sch. Engagement at t1 0.900 0.218 0.898 0.229 0.891 0.217 0.901 0.217
Sch. Engagement at t2 0.872 0.265 0.897 0.225 0.870 0.255 0.870 0.269
Sch. Engagement at t3 0.850 0.314 0.874 0.272 0.853 0.294 0.848 0.320
Depression at t0 0.616 0.554 0.708 0.523 0.691 0.580 0.597 0.551
Depression at t1 0.602 0.551 0.692 0.527 0.681 0.574 0.583 0.547
Depression at t6 0.378 0.548 0.374 0.546 0.379 0.545 0.378 0.548
Young-adult outcome
Years of schooling 14.383 2.157 14.457 2.123 14.648 2.209 14.336 2.150
No degree 0.039 0.193 0.045 0.208 0.044 0.204 0.037 0.189
GED 0.050 0.218 0.029 0.168 0.045 0.208 0.052 0.223
H.s. diploma 0.412 0.492 0.383 0.486 0.358 0.480 0.423 0.494
AA and voc 0.177 0.381 0.197 0.398 0.194 0.396 0.172 0.378
Bachelor’s 0.241 0.428 0.260 0.439 0.255 0.436 0.237 0.425
Master’s and cert. 0.063 0.243 0.063 0.244 0.076 0.265 0.061 0.240
Advanced 0.019 0.137 0.022 0.147 0.029 0.167 0.017 0.130
Psychological well-being 0.032 0.733 0.064 0.719 0.049 0.717 0.027 0.736
Covariate
1.5 generation 0.067 0.250 1.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
2nd generation 0.123 0.329 0.000 0.000 1.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
3rd generation 0.810 0.393 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.000 0.000
White 0.581 0.493 0.050 0.217 0.189 0.392 0.685 0.465
Black 0.197 0.398 0.037 0.189 0.059 0.236 0.232 0.422
Hispanic 0.150 0.357 0.485 0.500 0.510 0.500 0.068 0.252
Asian 0.071 0.257 0.428 0.495 0.241 0.428 0.016 0.124
Male 0.471 0.499 0.514 0.500 0.496 0.500 0.463 0.499
Female 0.529 0.499 0.486 0.500 0.504 0.500 0.537 0.499
Age at 9th Grade 14.396 0.606 14.442 0.694 14.268 0.563 14.412 0.603
Age in 2007 27.422 2.324 27.727 2.591 27.449 2.371 27.392 2.291
Parental education 14.002 2.469 13.540 2.929 13.532 2.798 14.112 2.359
Two-parent family 0.573 0.495 0.667 0.472 0.731 0.444 0.541 0.498
Public school 0.927 0.261 0.975 0.156 0.935 0.247 0.922 0.269
School attendance rate 0.920 0.039 0.908 0.037 0.910 0.037 0.923 0.039
School ave. class size 26.581 5.552 30.899 5.438 29.923 6.162 25.714 5.085
Attritted in Wave 4 0.126 0.332 0.215 0.411 0.153 0.360 0.115 0.319