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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 29.
Published in final edited form as: Health Econ. 2013 Feb 21;23(2):159–181. doi: 10.1002/hec.2907

Table I.

National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health, Descriptive Statistics)

Variable Observed Mean SD Min Max
Currently working (10+ h/week) 12,229 0.77 0.42 0 1
Earnings last year ($) 14,436 34,137.57 37,521.63 0 920,000
Social program participation 14,414 0.24 0.43 0 1
Diagnosed ADHD 14,436 0.05 0.22 0 1
Early diagnosis 14,426 0.023 0.15 0 1
Late diagnosis 14,426 0.027 0.16 0 1
Years of schooling 14,433 14.28 2.06 8 21
Ever married 14,428 0.50 0.50 0 1
Test score (wave 3) 14,436 101.06 14.09 9 123
Test score missing 14,436 0.19 0.39 0 1
Age (wave 4) 14,436 28.96 1.74 24.25 34.66667
Female 14,436 0.54 0.50 0 1
Hispanic people 14,436 0.16 0.37 0 1
Black people 14,436 0.22 0.41 0 1
Maternal years of education 14,436 13.21 2.24 0 17
Family income as adolescent ($1,000 s) 14,436 46.12 42.27 0 990
Married parents 14,436 0.71 0.42 0 1
Test score (wave 1) 14,436 100.74 14.47 13 146
Rural status 14,436 0.26 0.44 0 1
Missing family information 14,436 0.30 0.46 0 1
Childhood mistreatment scale 14,436 0.00 0.58 −0.46231 4.545121
Ever diagnosed asthma 14,436 0.15 0.36 0 1
Low birth weight 14,436 0.11 0.28 0 1
Ever diagnosed diabetes 14,436 0.03 0.16 0 1
Mistreatment missing 14,436 0.25 0.43 0 1
Low birth weight missing 14,436 0.17 0.38 0 1
Marijuana use (wave 1) 14,436 0.14 0.35 0 1
Obese (wave 1) 14,436 0.07 0.26 0 1
Depressed (wave 1) 14,436 0.08 0.27 0 1
Sexual initiation (wave 1) 14,436 0.39 0.49 0 1
Smoke (wave 1) 14,436 0.25 0.43 0 1
Drink (wave 1) 14,436 0.41 0.49 0 1