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| Variable name | Description | Metric | Mean | S.D. |
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| Study abroad | Student participated in study abroad at any time during their postsecondary education | 0 = student did not participate.
1 = student did participate | .04 | .184 |
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| Female | Student’s sex | 0 = male
1 = female | .542 | .498 |
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| Mother/father family structure | Student lived with mother and father in eighth grade
| 0 = nonmother/father household
1 = mother/father household | .693 | .461 |
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| Number of siblings | Student’s number of sibling | 0 = zero siblings
6 = six or more siblings | 2.11 | 1.45 |
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| Habitus | | | | |
| Parent’s nativity | Does the student have a foreign-born parent? | 0 = parents are U.S born
1 = at least one parent is foreign born | .159 | .366 |
| Family vacations | How frequently, over the past year, did the student and their parent take day trips or vacations together? (the question was asked of parents in the student’s senior year of high school) | 0 = never
3 = frequently | 2.04 | .839 |
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| Social networks | | | | |
| Intergenerational closure | How many of the student’s friend’s parents does the student’s parent know?
| 0 = parent does not know any of his/her child’s friend’s parents
5 = parent knows at least five of his/her child’s friend’s parents | 2.62 | 1.77 |
| Peer support for education | Does student report that the followings are important among their friends: (1) studying; (2) getting good grades; (3) graduating from high school; (4) attending college | 0 = all four are not at all important among friends
8 = all four are very important | 6.13 | 1.69 |
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| Cultural capital | | | | |
| Extracurricular activities | How many of the following extracurricular activities does the student participate in? (1) a team sport; (2) an individual sport; (3) cheerleading; (4) band; (5) drama; (6) student government; (7) honor society; (8) yearbook or newspaper; (9) service clubs; (10) academic clubs (11) hobby clubs; (12) vocational education or professional clubs; (13) an intramural team sport; (14) an intramural individual sport | 0 = student does not participate in any of these activities
14 = student participates in 14 of these activities | 2.48 | 2.11 |
| Goes to museums | How many of the following types of museums does the student go to? (1) Art museums; (2) science museums; (3) history museums (asked of student’s parent when the student was in eighth grade). | 0 = child does not go to any of these type of museums
3 = child goes to all three of these types of museums | 1.62 | 1.15 |
| Goes to extra classes | How many of the following classes has the student attended outside of his or her regular school? (1) Art; (2) music; (3) dance; (4) language; (5) the history and culture of his/her ancestors. (asked of student’s parent when the student was in eighth grade)
| 0 = student does not attend any of these type of classes
5 = student attends all five type of classes | .73 | .87 |
| Household educational resources | How many of the following items does the student have in his/her home? (1) A specific place for study; (2) a daily newspaper (3) an encyclopedia; (4) an atlas; (5) a dictionary; (6) a computer; (7) more than 50 books; (8) pocket calculator. (asked of the student in the eighth grade) | 0 = student has zero of these items at home
8 = student has all eight of these items at home | 6.12 | 1.33 |
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| Parent’s socioeconomic status | | | | |
| Parent’s education | Highest level of education obtained by either of the student’s parents | 10 = less than high school
21 = doctoral degree | 14.73 | 2.67 |
| Parent’s occupation | What is the student’s parent’s highest occupational prestige? | 0 = unemployed
4 = professional | 2.26 | .94 |
| Parent’s income | What was the student’s family’s total income when the student was in eighth grade (in thousands of dollars)? | 0 = no income
highest = over $200,000 | 51.40 | 47.46 |
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