Table 1.

Variable proportions, means, and correlations by gender (females n=654 and males n=645)¹

		All	F	M	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
1	Low childhood SEP (%)	43.4	45.7	41.2	--	.37	.19	.06	.42	.26	.10	−.39	.06	.24	.22	.03	−.04	−.08	−.10	−.06	−.09
2	Adol. poverty dur. (m)	40.1	0.41	0.39	.29	.17 .16	.20	.09	.36	.21	.24	−.33	.09	.22	.23	.09	−.03	.09	.01	−.32	−.03
3	High-poverty sch. (%)	43.6	43.7	43.5	.04	.19	--	.14	.17	.02	.03	−.13	−.07	.04	.12	.01	.07	−.09	−.04	−.11	−.07
4	Unsafe sch. score (m) *	1.62	1.71	1.54	.09	.02	−.08	.79 .81	.16	.13	−.02	−.19	−.02	−.13	.08	.06	−.05	.27	−.02	−.08	−.02
5	Lower educ. expect. (%)	56.7	54.7	58.7	.33	.22	.05	.09	--	.38	.31	−.72	.07	.17	.36	.32	.01	.17	.01	−.20	−.07
6	Academic probs. (%)	34.7	30.9	38.4	.15	.22	.11	.15	.32	--	.24	−.43	.18	.22	.28	.06	−.06	.07	−.02	−.14	−.07
7	Suspend/expel (%) *	39.5	29.6	49.5	.19	.15	−.01	.13	.19	.12	--	−.39	.20	.34	.32	.13	.02	−.09	.07	−.30	−.16
8	Educ. attain. HS (%)2 *	67.2	71.5	63.0	−.35	−.25	−.16	−.08	−.64	−.35	−.35	--	−.18	−.25	−.43	−.12	−.05	−.04	−.10	.22	.02
9	YA HD freq. (m)3 *	1.09	0.57	1.63	.06	.03	.07	.05	.11	.07	.23	−.19	1.87 6.58	.15	.24	.28	.06	.14	.08	−.10	−.22
10	Repeated unempl. (%)	4.49	4.37	4.61	−.03	.10	.33	.13	.20	.16	.05	−.24	.01	--	.32	.14	−.07	−.04	−.08	−.00	−.34
11	Adult poverty dur. (m) *	0.26	0.31	0.22	.13	.08	.06	.03	.21	.28	.24	−.37	.07	.31	.16 .12	.17	.01	.16	.08	−.23	−.27
12	Midlife HD freq. (m)4	0.54	0.29	0.79	.09	.07	.14	.04	.06	.18	.11	−.13	.37	.12	.09	.98 2.67	−.00	−.05	−.02	−.02	−.16
13	Age at interview (m)	17.1	17.1	17.0	.03	−.05	−.08	−.09	−.01	−.13	.08	−.12	.04	−.02	.01	−.04	1.86 1.94	−.08	.09	−.18	−.02
14	Alc. onset age ≤14 (%)*	6.98	2.42	11.1	.04	.06	−.05	−.02	.07	−.12	.11	−.16	.08	−.30	. 08	.11	.00	--	−.15	−.22	−.04
15	Fam. alc. history (m) *	0.07	0.08	0.06	−.00	−.09	−.11	−.01	.10	−.11	.13	.09	−.06	−.13	.01	−.04	.02	.04	.01 .01	−.13	−.13
16	Two-parent HH (%) *	54.4	51.1	57.6	−.02	−.29	.11	.06	−.04	−.02	−.15	.06	.01	.02	−.14	.03	−.10	−.21	−.21	--	.16
17	Married at age 25 (%) *	28.4	32.5	24.2	−.01	−.14	−.12	−.01	−.04	−.00	.03	.13	−.11	−.41	−.21	−.12	−.12	−.13	.12	.24	--

NOTES.

^*p<.05 when comparing males with females; correlational coefficients for females shown above the diagonal and males below the diagonal. Variances are shown on the diagonal with female values displayed above male values. Low childhood SEP = parent did not graduate high school; m = mean value; adol.=adolescent; dur.=duration; sch.=school; educ.=educational; HS= high school graduate; expect.= expectations; probs.=problems; YA= young adult; HD = heavy drinking; unempl.=unemployment; freq.=frequency; alc=alcohol; Fam. alc. history=Family alcohol history score; HH= household;

¹Educational attainment HS = High school diploma by age 19 but no Bachelor’s degree. Other categories not shown in table: Educational attainment < HS degree: total=22.3%, female=17.1%, male=27.6%; Bachelor’s degree or higher by age 25: total=10.5%, female=11.5%, male=9.5%

²Inclusion criteria: Black American (n=2,805), ages 15-19 (n=1,951) and NLSY school survey data available (n=1,299), resulting in females n=654 and males n=645.

³% who engaged in YA HD (not included in table): 37.8%

⁴% who engaged in midlife HD (not included in table): 25.0%