TABLE 1.
Descriptive Statistics of Women in the Youth Development Study
| Description | Coding | Mean or Proportion | SD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Stress (2005) | Stress felt in meeting financial obligations in past year | 1=not at all 7=extremely |
4.341 | 1.784 |
| Sexual Harassment (2003) | Unwanted touching or at least 4 other behaviors in past year | 0=No, 1=Yes | .107 | |
| Job Change (2004–2005) | Started new job in 2004–2005 | 0=No, 1=Yes | .563 | |
| Primary Job Characteristics (2003) | ||||
| Supervisory Authority | Supervise others on job | 0=No, 1=Yes | .274 | |
| Work Hours | Hours in past week | 36.575 | 9.928 | |
| Logged Employees | Logged number employees | 4.312 | 1.817 | |
| Industry Percent Women | Percent women in industry | 56.779 | 20.748 | |
| Temporary Job | Job through temp agency, seasonal, or limited-term | 0=No, 1=Yes | .123 | |
| Long-Term Career Job | Job will probably continue as long-term career | 0=No, 1=Yes | .483 | |
| Individual Characteristics (2003) | ||||
| White | Self-reported race | 0=Non-white, 1=White | .788 | |
| Years Education | Years completed | 14.500 | 1.770 | |
| Married/Cohabiting | Relationship status | 0=No, 1=Yes | .698 | |
| Mother | At least one child | 0=No, 1=Yes | .610 | |
| Recent Birth 2003–2005 |
birth, adopted, stepchild, or other child born 2003–2005 | 0=No, 1=Yes | .262 | |
| Negative Life Event 2003–2005 |
Experienced (1) serious injury/illness; (2) breakup of serious romantic relationship; (3) jail; (4) assault, battery, robbery, or rape; and/or (5) death of spouse/partner | 0=No, 1=Yes | .451 | |
Note: Descriptive statistics reported for analytic sample (the 364 women who responded to workplace sexual harassment questions in 2003). Due to missing data, sample attrition, and women leaving the labor force, sample size varies across measures (min=234, max=364).