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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Soc Behav. 2017 Jun 28;58(3):291–306. doi: 10.1177/0022146517715671

Table 1.

Covariates used to inform likelihood of college degree attainment

Female Getting along with students scale
Vocabulary score College expectations scale
Disabled Desire for college attendance scale
Household smoker Expectations to live to 35 scale
Parent heavy episodic drinking Expectations killed by 21 scale
Parent receiving public assistance Protective factors scale
Parent educational attainment Depressive symptoms scale
Parent smoker Ever had sex
Wave IV Age Self-rated health
Race/ethnicity How often missed school
U.S.-born Smoking status
Mom is professional Number of close friends that smoke
Dad is professional BMI
Income-to-needs ratio Alcohol consumption
Social control scale Days in past year drunk/high
Parent-child closeness scale Number of close friends that drink
Parent disappointment for child not
      graduating college
Physical activities in last week
Visited dentist within last year
Household size Vegetable consumption
Ever repeated grade Sweet snack consumption
Ever suspended How often wears seatbelt
Ever expelled Usually gets enough sleep
Ever truant Screentime hours
Scale of grades Delinquent behaviors scale
School integration scale Religious attendance scale
Getting along with teachers scale Religious importance scale
Problem with attention scale Perceived neighborhood quality scale
Problems with homework scale

Source: Source: Add Health.

Notes: All covariates are from Wave I, except age at Wave IV.