Table 2.
Descriptive Statistics on Study Variables, Youth Development Study
| Percent | Range | Mean (sd) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adolescent Life Expectations, 1991 | |||
| Generalized Life Expectations (GLE) | 1 – 5 | 3.94 (.61) | |
| Intergenerational Comparative Expectations (ICE) | 1 – 5 | 3.78 (.79) | |
| Adult Outcomes, 2009 | |||
| Social Support | 1 – 4 | 3.35 (.82) | |
| Self-rated Health | 1 – 5 | 3.60 (.90) | |
| Self-Esteem | 1 – 4 | 3.16 (.54) | |
| Depressive Affect | 1 – 5 | 2.47 (.63) | |
| Perceived Financial Problems | 1 – 7 | 4.02 (1.76) | |
| Success at Family/Personal Life | 1 – 4 | 3.12 (.78) | |
| Success at Work Life | 1 – 4 | 2.90 (.84) | |
| Success at Balancing Family and Work Life | 1 – 4 | 2.96 (.74) | |
| Educational Attainment (years) | 10 – 20 | 14.50 (2.03) | |
| Owns Home | 62.03 | ||
| Unemployment in past year | 16.59 | ||
| Logged Hourly Earnings (among employed) | 1–5.66 | 3.01 (.70) | |
| Job Security (among employed) | 1 – 4 | 2.80 (.87) | |
| Intrinsic Work Rewards (among employed) | 1–5 | 3.65 (.70) | |
| Family Socioeconomic (Dis)advantage, 1991 | |||
| Parents’ Education | 1 – 7 | 3.28 (1.62) | |
| Household Income ($1,000s) | 2.5 – 115 | 39.82 (26.50) | |
| Parents’ Intrinsically Rewarding and Self-Directed Work (among employed) | −2.45 – 1.18 | .14 (.66) | |
| No parents employed | 11.79 | ||
| Controls, 1991 | |||
| Lives with two biological/adoptive parents | 47.75 | ||
| Lives with single parent | 28.66 | ||
| Alternative family structures | 23.42 | ||
| Male | 47.72 | ||
| White | 73.38 | ||
| Educational expectations | 1 – 6 | 3.77 (1.17) | |
| Mastery | 1 – 4 | 3.00 (.46) | |
| Grades | 0 – 11 | 7.06 (2.36) | |
N=1,010 except 930–932 for adolescent life expectations, 655–669 for 2009 outcomes, and 514–536 for 2009 outcomes limited to employed respondents.