Table 2 Descriptive Statistics of the NLSY 97 Sample at College Entrance Year and College Completion Year for the Full Sample and By College Fields of Study (N = 1031)
STEM | Health | Education | Arts & Humanities | Social Sciences | Business | Others | Multiple | Full Sample | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Health Behaviors | |||||||||
College Entrance | |||||||||
Substance Use Behaviors (0–3) | 0.63 (0.89) | 0.63 (0.91) | 0.61 (0.93) | 0.65 (0.95) | 0.71 (0.97) | 0.84 (1.02) | 0.71 (1.05) | 0.77 (0.96) | 0.71 (0.96) |
College Graduation | |||||||||
Substance Use Behaviors (0–3) | 0.77 (0.94) | 0.64 (0.82) | 0.64 (0.73) | 0.84 (0.98) | 0.75 (0.98) | 0.92 (1.01) | 0.68 (0.82) | 0.85 (0.93) | 0.80 (0.95) |
Baseline (College Entrance) | |||||||||
Demographics | |||||||||
Race/Ethnicity | |||||||||
White (%) | 75.88 | 68.75 | 69.88 | 69.09 | 54.97 | 65.20 | 74.29 | 74.36 | 67.94 |
African American (%) | 8.82 | 10.42 | 13.25 | 15.00 | 20.47 | 15.20 | 17.14 | 15.38 | 14.69 |
Hispanic (%) | 9.41 | 12.50 | 15.66 | 9.55 | 18.71 | 13.24 | 2.86 | 7.69 | 11.93 |
Asian (%) | 3.53 | 0.00 | 1.20 | 3.18 | 2.92 | 4.41 | 5.71 | 2.56 | 3.15 |
Other and missing (%) | 2.35 | 8.33 | 0.00 | 3.18 | 2.92 | 1.96 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.29 |
Gender | |||||||||
Male (%) | 62.35 | 12.5 | 15.66 | 41.36 | 32.16 | 55.39 | 45.71 | 31.62 | 41.7 |
Female (%) | 37.65 | 87.5 | 84.34 | 58.64 | 67.84 | 44.61 | 54.29 | 68.38 | 58.3 |
Parental Education | |||||||||
BA & more (%) | 62.35 | 58.33 | 42.17 | 60.91 | 43.86 | 47.06 | 42.86 | 59.83 | 53.34 |
HS (%) | 17.65 | 12.5 | 31.33 | 13.18 | 30.41 | 18.63 | 22.86 | 23.08 | 20.61 |
Some College (%) | 17.06 | 27.08 | 25.3 | 22.73 | 23.98 | 29.41 | 28.57 | 13.68 | 22.9 |
Missing (%) | 2.94 | 2.08 | 1.20 | 3.18 | 1.75 | 4.90 | 5.71 | 3.42 | 3.15 |
Baseline Mental Health Problem | |||||||||
Physical Condition (%) | 2.94 | 6.25 | 2.41 | 5.91 | 4.09 | 2.45 | 0.00 | 5.98 | 4.01 |
Learning Problem (%) | 1.76 | 2.08 | 0.00 | 4.09 | 5.26 | 0.98 | 0.00 | 5.98 | 2.96 |
Chronic Condition (%) | 10.00 | 4.17 | 7.23 | 10.45 | 11.70 | 8.82 | 8.57 | 8.55 | 9.45 |
Age | 18.34 | 18.69 | 18.46 | 18.51 | 18.60 | 18.65 | 18.23 | 18.30 | 18.50 |
(0.83) | (1.32) | (1.00) | (1.12) | (1.22) | (1.27) | (1.03) | (0.71) | (1.09) | |
Self-rated General Health | 4.27 | 4.25 | 4.18 | 4.20 | 4.11 | 4.26 | 4.06 | 4.23 | 4.21 |
(0.78) | (0.67) | (0.78) | (0.86) | (0.81) | (0.78) | (0.84) | (0.80) | (0.80) | |
Income to Poverty Ratio | 469.21 | 498.86 | 395.46 | 521.85 | 453.18 | 539.44 | 447.63 | 490.23 | 487.09 |
(440.48) | (266.44) | (208.72) | (475.96) | (534.75) | (569.75) | (467.69) | (473.38) | (475.41) | |
Weeks of Working at Employed Job | 587.11 | 647.53 | 752.44 | 591.29 | 675.95 | 759.88 | 689.73 | 711.61 | 668.91 |
(527.36) | (570.88) | (551.99) | (544.68) | (585.82) | (704.09) | (506.45) | (618.59) | (594.14) | |
Years of Degree Completion | 4.79 | 4.90 | 5.04 | 4.85 | 5.00 | 4.94 | 4.86 | 4.73 | 4.89 |
(1.37) | (1.69) | (1.60) | (1.55) | (1.77) | (1.61) | (1.56) | (1.25) | (1.55) | |