Table 1.

Sample Characteristics for Latino Adolescents in Los Angeles and North Carolina (N=552)

	Los Angeles		NC-Rural		NC-Urban		Contrasts
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Panel A
Future family obligation	3.49	0.86	3.74	0.87	3.76	0.77	NCR>LA*; NCU>LA***
Future family obligation sub scale components
Help your parents financially in the future.	4.46	0.93	4.48	1.05	4.57	0.87	--
Live at home with your parents until you are married.	2.37	1.36	3.10	1.57	3.05	1.52	NCR>LA***; NCU>LA**
Help take care of your brothers and sisters in the future.	3.88	1.31	4.09	1.15	3.93	1.15	--
Spend time with your parents even after you no longer live with them .	4.34	1.00	4.34	1.07	4.35	1.00	--
Live or go to college near your parent.	3.01	1.36	2.97	1.41	3.10	1.33	--
Have your parents live with you when they get older.	2.93	1.40	3.47	1.37	3.59	1.30	NCR>LA***; NCU>LA***
Panel B
Demographic characteristics
Femalea	0.52		0.55		0.54		--
Age	14.83		15.42		15.30		NCR>LA***; NCU>LA**
Foreign bornb	0.19		0.63		0.75		NCR, NCU>LA***
Non-English at homec	0.46		0.86		0.82		NCR, NCU>LA***
Living with both biological parentsd	0.59		0.61		0.54		NCR>NCU*
Number of siblings in household	1.36	1.31	1.89	1.33	1.59	1.35	NCR>LA**
Neither parent graduated HSe	0.26		0.65		0.43		NCR>LA***; NCR>NCU*
Social contact
% Hispanic in school tract	0.26	0.12	0.13	0.07	0.04	0.02	LA, NCR>NCU**
Ethnic discrimination	0.02	0.07	0.06	0.17	0.03	0.09	NCR>LA**; NCR>NCU*
Ethnic identity	7.20	1.63	8.27	1.34	8.38	1.24	NCR, NCU>LA***
Sample Size	314		106		132

^*p<.10,

^**p<.05,

^***p<.01

^aFemale: 0=male, 1=female.

^bForeign-born status: 0=native born, 1=foreign born.

^cNon-English at home: 0=English, 1=Non-English,

^dLiving with biological parents: 0=not, 1=both biological parents.

^eNeither parent graduated from high school: 0=Both parents<HS, 1=1+ parent HS+

Note: Means and standard deviations calculated using the average of the imputed datasets; Constrats use wald tests and p-value calculated by Stata’s - mim- command based on Rubin’s combination rules (1987)