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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Res. 2017 May 13;67:160–175. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2017.05.002

Table 1.

Summary statistics, Add Health: family sample (n ≈ 3,032)

Wave Mean SD Min Max
Dependent variables
Civic engagement in adulthood
Volunteering 3 0.27 0.45 0.00 1.00
Volunteering 4 0.36 0.48 0.00 1.00
Voting 3 0.42 0.49 0.00 1.00
Voting 4 0.39 0.49 0.00 1.00
Donated blood 3 0.17 0.37 0.00 1.00
Registered organ donor 3 0.36 0.48 0.00 1.00
Registered to vote 3 0.71 0.45 0.00 1.00
Psychological well-being
Depression scale 3 4.79 4.10 0.00 24.00
Depression scale 4 5.50 4.33 0.00 27.00
Life satisfaction 3 0.37 0.48 0.00 1.00
Education and earning
Years of schooling 4 13.31 1.96 8.00 19.00
Log earning 4 10.12 1.01 1.61 13.71
HS dropout 4 0.16 0.36 0.00 1.00
College enrollment 4 0.65 0.48 0.00 1.00
Bachelor degree 4 0.32 0.47 0.00 1.00
Independent variables
Youth volunteering
No youth volunteering Age 12–18 0.58 0.49 0.00 1.00
Youth volunteering (voluntary) Age 12–18 0.36 0.48 0.00 1.00
Youth volunteering (involuntary) Age 12–18 0.08 0.27 0.00 1.00
Control variables
Age 1 16.08 1.71 12.00 21.00
Female All 0.52 0.50 0.00 1.00
White All 0.56 0.50 0.00 1.00
Black All 0.23 0.42 0.00 1.00
Hispanic All 0.14 0.34 0.00 1.00
Other race/ethnicity All 0.07 0.26 0.00 1.00
First-born child All 0.38 0.48 0.00 1.00
Grade = 7 1 0.14 0.35 0.00 1.00
Grade = 8 1 0.14 0.34 0.00 1.00
Grade = 9 1 0.19 0.39 0.00 1.00
Grade = 10 1 0.19 0.39 0.00 1.00
Grade = 11 1 0.18 0.38 0.00 1.00
Grade = 12 1 0.14 0.35 0.00 1.00
Grade = missing 1 0.03 0.16 0.00 1.00
Mother’s education 1 13.05 2.37 0.00 17.00
Family income 1 0.45 0.51 0.00 9.99
Rural status 1 0.29 0.46 0.00 1.00

Note. SD = Standard deviation. Summary statistics do not contain imputed values.