Table 1B.

Descriptive statistics for childhood socioeconomic characteristics among middle-class, working-age PSID respndents (1985–2011).

	Combined Sample	White	Black	p Value for Difference
Parents Poor
Poor	36.92	31.21	47.26	***
Average	44.69	50.77	33.68
Well Off	18.39	18.02	19.06
Lived with Both Parents	73.86	80.16	62.48	***
Father's Education
Less Than High School	33.61	27.53	44.60	***
Some High School	12.89	11.98	14.53
High School Graduate	34.61	36.76	30.71
Some College	7.66	9.22	4.82
College Graduate	11.25	14.51	5.34
Mother's Education
Less Than High School	22.35	18.04	30.16	***
Some High School	16.35	13.38	21.72
High School Graduate	43.56	47.94	35.62
Some College	9.35	10.44	7.39
College Graduate	8.39	10.20	5.11
N (Person-Years)	112,209	72,257	39,946
N (Individuals)	17,059	10,861	6280

^aTests for difference are based on two-tailed t-tests generated from bivariate OLS, logit, ordered, or multinomial logit regression models. All models were estimated using robust standard errors clustered at the family level.

**p < 0.01; *p < 0.05; ⁺p < 0.10

^***p < 0.001.

Source: Panel Study of Income Dynamics, 1985–2011