Table 1.
Distribution of Selected Demographic Characteristics of Participants in Study 1
| Characteristic | Boys (N=24) |
Girls (N=26) |
Total (N=50) |
% in County a |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number (%) of participants | ||||
| Maternal education | ||||
| High School or Less | 2 (8.33) | 5 (19.23) | 7 (14.00) | (34.0) |
| Some College | 3 (12.50) | 5 (19.23) | 8 (16.00) | (31.0) |
| College Graduate | 10 (41.67) | 6 (23.08) | 16 (32.00) | (21.1) |
| Post-Baccalaureate | 9 (37.50) | 10 (38.46) | 19 (38.00) | (12.7) |
| Approximate Income | ||||
| 15,000–24,999 | 1 (4.17) | 4 (15.38) | 5 (10.00) | (8.7) |
| 25,000–34,999 | - | - | - | (8.8) |
| 35,000–49,999 | 2 (8.33) | 4 (15.38) | 6 (12.00) | (12.9) |
| 50,000–74,999 | 4 (16.67) | 4 (15.38) | 8 (16.00) | (17.8) |
| 75,000–99,999 | 5 (20.83) | 7 (26.92) | 12 (24.00) | (13.8) |
| 100,000–150,000 | 8 (33.33) | 2 (7.69) | 10 (20.00) | (15.7) |
| 150,000–199,999 | 0 | 1 (3.85) | 1 (2.00) | (6.8) |
| >200,000 | 1 (4.17) | 1 (3.85) | 2 (4.00) | (6.4) |
| Maternal Ethnicityb | ||||
| Asian | 1 (4.17) | 1 (3.85) | 2 (4.00) | (4.9) |
| Black/not Hispanic | 1 (4.17) | 1 (3.85) | 2 (4.00) | (5.0) |
| Hispanic c | 2 (8.33) | 5 (19.23) | 7 (14.00) | (15.5) |
| White/not Hispanic | 18 (75.00) | 18 (69.23) | 36 (72.00) | (71.2) |
| Mixed Race | 2 (8.33) | 1 (3.85) | 3 (6.00) | (3.8) |
| Second Language | ||||
| No | 16 (66.67) | 15 (57.69) | 31 (62.00) | (64.8) |
| Yes | 7 (29.17) | 5 (19.23) | 18 (38.00) | (35.2) |
Note.
a
Source is U.S. Census Bureau, 2006–2008 American Community Survey at http://factfinder.census.gov/
b
For Asian and Hispanic categories, county values are corrected to reflect the proportion of adults who “speak English very well.”
c
Hispanic ethnicity is not independent from race.