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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2016 Oct 11;168:320–327. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.09.002

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics for the Census/ACS sample

n %
Full Sample 5,483,715 100
Likely Non-Movers 3,815,012 69.56
 Age at Time of Census/Survey
19–24 2,820,911 51.44
25–29 1,451,905 26.47
30–34 948,440 17.29
35+ 262,459 4.78
 Highest Education Completed
8th Grade 20,168 0.37
9th Grade 66,975 1.22
10th Grade 114,636 2.01
11th Grade 147,878 2.70
12th Grade, Without a Diploma 110,112 2.00
High School Diploma/GED 1,534,681 27.99
Some College, No Degree 1,849,821 33.73
Any College Degree 1,639,444 29.90
 Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 4,164,636 75.95
Non-Hispanic Black 691,529 12.61
Any Hispanic Ethnicity 627,550 11.44
 Sex
Men 2,757,075 49.72
Women 2,726,640 50.28
 State-Level Covariates
Mandatory High School Exit Exam 2,475,646 45.15
Mean SD
Math and Science Graduation Requirement 4.28 1.86
Average 4-year college cost 3,231 1,450.49
State-Funded Need-Based Aid 179,500 242,599.7
Poverty Rate 13.27 3.26

Note: Based on a combined 2000–2014 Census/ACS sample restricted to those who were age 18 from 1994 to 2013. State-funded need-based aid reported in thousands.