Table 6.
Mean Background Characteristics in NCERDC Data
| Group |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Students | Black Students | Black with White Mom | Hispanic Students | Hispanic with White Mom | |
| Free/reduced lunch | .266 | .728* | .639*† | .702* | .571*† |
| (.001) | (.001) | (.006) | (.004) | (.008) | |
| (306,826] | [137,094] | [6,210] | [15,806] | [3,604] | |
| Mother’s education | 13.0 | 12.3* | 11.9*† | 9.6* | 11.6*† |
| (.003) | (.004) | (.02) | (.02) | (.03) | |
| [607,471] | [266,839] | [13,072] | [49,771] | [8,279] | |
| Mother married at birth | .860 | .389* | .352*† | .626* | .672*† |
| (.0004) | (.001) | (.004) | (.002) | (.005) | |
| [607,835] | [267,077] | [14,083] | [50,133] | [8,300] | |
| Mother’s age at birth | 26.9 | 24.7* | 23.5*† | 25.0* | 24.9* |
| (.01) | (.01) | (.05) | (.02) | (.06) | |
| [607,719] | [267,035] | [14,083] | [50,131] | [8,302] | |
| Father’s education | 13.0 | 12.5* | 12.3*† | 9.5* | 10.7*† |
| (.003) | (.004) | (.02) | (.02) | (.04) | |
| [577,430] | [184,505] | [11,440] | [45,441] | [7,750] | |
| First birth | .457 | .399* | .476*† | .389* | .389* |
| (.001) | (.001) | (.004) | (.002) | (.002) | |
| [607,757] | [267,050] | [14,081] | [50,120] | [8,301] | |
Note.—Standard errors for means are in parentheses; sample sizes are in brackets. Means are all measured in third grade.
*
Significantly different from the white student mean at the 5 percent level.
†
Significantly different from the own minority group mean (black or Hispanic) at the 5 percent level.