Table 1.
Weighted Descriptive Statistics of Add Health Respondents by Mobility (Frequencies at Wave 1) n = 496
| Variable | % | Mobility (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same Tract | Same County | Same State | Out of State | ||
| Sex | |||||
| Female | 59.43 | 18.70 | 24.78 | 35.65 | 20.87 |
| Male* | 40.57 | 17.83 | 20.38 | 38.85 | 22.93 |
| Race/Ethnicity | |||||
| Black | 17.24 | 20.00 | 17.78 | 33.33 | 28.89 |
| Hispanic | 5.36 | 21.43 | 28.57 | 21.43 | 28.57 |
| White* | 70.11 | 17.49 | 22.95 | 38.80 | 20.77 |
| Other Single Race | 3.45 | 33.33 | 22.22 | 22.22 | 22.22 |
| Multiracial | 3.83 | 5.00 | 25.00 | 35.00 | 35.00 |
| Mother’s Highest Education | |||||
| Less than High School* | 2.04 | 12.50 | 37.50 | 25.00 | 25.00 |
| High School | 19.34 | 16.44 | 27.40 | 34.25 | 21.92 |
| Vocation/Technical Program | 5.09 | 5.00 | 20.00 | 50.00 | 25.00 |
| Some College | 11.20 | 25.00 | 18.18 | 25.00 | 31.82 |
| Bachelor’s or Above | 59.29 | 17.60 | 21.89 | 39.06 | 21.46 |
| Unsure | 3.05 | 25.00 | 16.67 | 41.67 | 16.67 |
| Region | |||||
| West* | 13.98 | 16.44 | 23.29 | 31.51 | 28.77 |
| Midwest | 26.44 | 12.32 | 28.26 | 38.41 | 21.01 |
| South | 49.62 | 23.17 | 17.76 | 36.68 | 22.39 |
| Northeast | 9.96 | 11.54 | 28.85 | 34.62 | 25.00 |
| High School Size | |||||
| At most 125* | 1.41 | 57.14 | 14.29 | 14.29 | 14.29 |
| 126-350 | 10.69 | 35.85 | 9.43 | 39.62 | 15.09 |
| 351-775 | 31.65 | 21.66 | 17.83 | 37.58 | 22.93 |
| At least 776 | 56.25 | 12.90 | 29.03 | 35.48 | 22.58 |
| College-Educated Level | |||||
| Low* | 11.09 | 42.37 | 11.86 | 35.59 | 10.17 |
| Average | 75.60 | 17.09 | 23.98 | 35.46 | 23.47 |
| High | 13.31 | 4.29 | 21.43 | 41.43 | 32.86 |
| College Selectivity | |||||
| Nonselective* | 0.39 | 50.00 | 0.00 | 50.00 | 0.00 |
| Selective | 70.33 | 17.88 | 21.23 | 36.87 | 24.02 |
| Highly Selective | 16.90 | 18.60 | 23.26 | 32.56 | 25.58 |
| Elite | 12.38 | 17.46 | 23.81 | 39.68 | 19.05 |
Note:
*
Reference Group