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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 28.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Probl. 2017 Mar 10;65(2):191–210. doi: 10.1093/socpro/spw056

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics

Variable Mean Std. Dev. Min. Max
Dependent Variable
Achieved SES 5.90 2.09 1 10
Independent Variables
System 0.37 0.83 0 4
System2 0.84 2.40 0 16
Ascribed SES 6.18 2.63 1 10
Additional Covariates
Male 0.47 - 0 1
White 0.55 - 0 1
Black 0.22 - 0 1
Hispanic 0.16 - 0 1
Other Race 0.08 - 0 1
Age 29.11 1.75 25 34
Age2 850.25 101.61 625 1156
Lives w/ Bio. Parents 0.54 - 0 1
Delinquency 1.86 3.05 0 27
Low Self-Control 1.09 0.79 0 4
No Youth Group Participation 0.44 - 0 1
Youth Group Weekly 0.25 - 0 1
Youth Group Monthly 0.16 - 0 1
Youth Group Rarely 0.15 - 0 1
Delinquent Peers 2.52 2.64 0 9
Married w/ Kid 0.29 - 0 1
Married No Kid 0.11 - 0 1
Cohab. w/ Kid 0.08 - 0 1
Cohab. No Kid 0.10 - 0 1
Single w/ Kid 0.10 - 0 1
Single No Kid 0.32 - 0 1
Efficacy 3.79 0.74 1 5
Perceived SES 5.02 1.74 1 10
N: 15,517