TABLE 1.

Descriptive Statistics for the Analytical Sample

Variable	M or proportion	SD	Min.	Max.
Looks
Overall looks at grade 3	3.09	0.45
Overall looks at grade 9	2.78	0.66
Emotional well-being at grade 9a	0.000	1.000
Popularity and likability at grade 9a	0.000	1.000
Dating and sexual behaviors at grade 9a	0.000	1.186
Covariates
Child female at birth	0.499
Race-ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	0.769
Non-Hispanic Black	0.122
Non-Hispanic Other	.047
Hispanic	0.062
Mother’s education at birth
Less than high school	0.087
High school	0.204
Some college	0.332
Bachelor’s degree	0.228
Beyond bachelor’s degree	0.150
Family income-to-needs ratio at grade 9	5.035	5.387	0.066	63.553
Age at which child entered Tanner Stage 2	10.077	0.763	8.864	12.738
Age at which child entered Tanner Stage 3	11.796	0.914	9.378	14.951
Age at which child entered Tanner Stage 4	12.996	0.836	9.889	15.603
Age at which child entered Tanner Stage 5	14.324	0.868	10.969	16.156
Weight patterns at third-grade and ninth-grade
Normal-Normal	0.589
Overweight-Normal	0.084
Normal-Overweight	0.097
Overweight-Overweight	0.231
Mother-reported internalizing behaviors at grade 1	48.259	8.893	33.000	79.000
Mother-reported social skills at grade 1	58.373	26.849	2.000	97.000
Site
0	0.094
1	0.109
2	0.097
3	0.102
4	0.103
5	0.103
6	0.098
7	0.101
8	0.094
9	0.098

Note. Results were based on 1,049 complete cases.

^aLatent means were constrained to zero.