Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics for Analytic Sample by Type of Disability.
| None |
Mental |
Physical |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.92 |
0.04 |
0.03 |
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| Variables | Mean/prop. | SD | Mean/prop. | SD | Mean/prop. | SD |
| Dependent variable | ||||||
| Completed bachelor’s degree (within 6 years) | 0.61a | 0.48 | 0.56 | |||
| Demographic characteristics | ||||||
| Female | 0.56 | 0.61 | 0.61 | |||
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| White | 0.70a | 0.81b | 0.69 | |||
| Black | 0.10ab | 0.03b | 0.15 | |||
| Hispanic | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.06 | |||
| Other | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.09 | |||
| Parental education above a bachelor’s degree | 0.57a | 0.68b | 0.49 | |||
| Parental logged income | 10.91 | 1.01 | 10.84 | 1.45 | 10.80 | 1.08 |
| Initial enrollment risk factors | ||||||
| Delayed enrollment | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.09 | |||
| Initially enrolled part time | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.05 | |||
| Financially independent | 0.03a | 0.06 | 0.04 | |||
| Had a job | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.09 | |||
| Institutional selectivity | ||||||
| Highly selective | 0.27 | 0.21 | 0.27 | |||
| Moderately selective | 0.54a | 0.63b | 0.52 | |||
| Minimally selective | 0.11 | 0.08b | 0.14 | |||
| Not selective | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.07 | |||
| Academic services | ||||||
| Used any accommodations | 0.00 | 0.39b | 0.23 | |||
| Academic preparation | ||||||
| High school GPA | 3.32a | 0.47 | 3.20 | 0.52 | 3.30 | 0.46 |
| Completed calculus in high school | 0.28 | 0.22 | 0.21 | |||
| SAT (in 100s) | 10.56b | 1.89 | 10.55 | 1.95 | 10.24 | 2.04 |
| Educational expectations | ||||||
| Bachelor’s degree | 0.26 | 0.20 | 0.26 | |||
| Master’s degree or certificate | 0.47 | 0.48 | 0.40 | |||
| Professional or doctoral degree | 0.27 | 0.32 | 0.33 | |||
| Postsecondary processes | ||||||
| First-year academic performance | ||||||
| GPA | 2.86 | 0.80 | 2.55 | 0.92 | 2.68 | 0.97 |
| Ever failed | 0.24ab | 0.33 | 0.31 | |||
| Ever withdrew | 0.22a | 0.35 | 0.28 | |||
| First-year social integration | ||||||
| Social Integration Scale | −0.09 | 0.98 | −0.03 | 1.00 | −0.10 | 0.99 |
| Academic Integration Scale | −0.08 | 1.01 | 0.03 | 1.05 | −0.04 | 1.18 |
| Lowered expectations | 0.27a | 0.38b | 0.29 | |||
| Lived on campus | 0.63 | 0.64 | 0.68 | |||
| Disrupted enrollment patterns | ||||||
| Enrolled part time | 0.19 | 0.21 | 0.22 | |||
| Ever stopped out | 0.19a | 0.28 | 0.24 | |||
| Type of transfer | ||||||
| None | 0.81a | 0.73 | 0.78 | |||
| Horizontal | 0.11a | 0.14 | 0.11 | |||
| Downward | 0.08a | 0.12 | 0.11 | |||
| N | 7,000 | 340 | 210 | |||
Source. Beginning postsecondary students: 04/09.
Note. Details may not sum to total due to rounding. Twenty individuals are categorized as “other” (not shown).
GPA = grade point average.
a
Value is significantly different than mental disability, p < .05.
b
Value is significantly different than physical disability, p < .05.