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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Res. 2018 May 7;74:120–131. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2018.05.002

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics by health impairment type and for the full sample.

None Physical Mental Multiple Full Sample
Observations 6218 444 761 220 7643
Weighted % of Sample 0.80 0.06 0.11 0.03
Initial College Enrollment
None 0.25 0.31* 0.40***P 0.45***P 0.28
Two-Year 0.32 0.34 0.33 0.35 0.32
Four-Year 0.43 0.35** 0.27***P 0.20***P,M 0.40
Background
Age 14.34 14.33 14.17** 14.32 14.32
(1.51) (1.42) (1.43) (1.51) (1.49)
Race
White 0.66 0.79*** 0.77*** 0.77*** 0.68
Black 0.16 0.09*** 0.11*** 0.12* 0.15
Latino 0.13 0.08*** 0.09*** 0.09* 0.12
Asian 0.03 0.02 0.01*** 0.01*** 0.03
Other 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.03
Female 0.51 0.39*** 0.43*** 0.39** 0.49
Highest Parent Education Level 1.92
(1.24)		 1.93
(1.12)		 1.99
(1.18)		 1.89
(1.25)		 1.93
(1.22)
Household Income 54370.81
(44640.59)		 52391.77
(37568.81)		 55137.54
(46403.31)		 48195.06
(44246.40)		 54140.56
(44446.99)
Lives with Both Parents 0.57 0.55 0.49*** 0.41***P,M 0.56
ASVAB Percentile 54.18 54.13 41.43***P 39.53***P 52.32
(27.76) (25.87) (27.98) (26.25) (28.01)
High School Preparation
GPA 2.97
(0.76)		 2.85**
(0.74)		 2.69**P
(0.78)		 2.75***
(0.74)		 2.92
(0.77)
Took Advanced Math 0.46 0.41* 0.28***P 0.20***P,M 0.43

Note: Standard deviations in parentheses. Significant differences (p < .05) between a physical impairment and a mental impairment or multiple impairments are represented by P. Significant differences (p < .05) between a mental impairment and multiple impairments are represented by M. Differences between each impairment type and no impairment are indicated by *** (p < .001), ** (p < .01), or * (p < .05).