Diminished Returns of Educational Attainment on Numeracy Score of Latino Populations: Insights from UAS Data
Table 1.
Descriptive Data Overall and by Ethnicity
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| |
All (n = 5659) |
|
Non-Latino (n =5030) |
|
Latino (n = 629) |
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|
| |
Mean |
Std. Deviation |
Mean |
Std. Deviation |
Mean |
Std. Deviation |
|
|
| Age (Yrs) * |
49 |
16 |
50 |
15 |
39 |
14 |
|
|
| Education Years* |
11.11 |
2.28 |
11.22 |
2.22 |
10.21 |
2.58 |
|
|
| Numeracy Score (Yr 12)* |
51.1 |
8.4 |
51.7 |
8.4 |
46.7 |
7.6 |
|
|
| |
n |
% |
N |
% |
n |
% |
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|
| Ethnicity |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Non-Latino |
5030 |
88.90 |
5030 |
100 |
- |
- |
|
|
| Latino |
629 |
11.1 |
- |
- |
629 |
100 |
|
|
| Gender* |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Men |
2551 |
45.1 |
2341 |
46.5 |
210 |
33.4 |
|
|
| Women |
3108 |
54.9 |
2689 |
53.5 |
419 |
66.6 |
|
|
| Married* |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| No |
2198 |
38.8 |
1901 |
37.8 |
297 |
47.2 |
|
|
| Yes |
3459 |
61.1 |
3127 |
62.2 |
332 |
52.8 |
|
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| In Labor market* |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| No |
2329 |
41.2 |
2081 |
41.4 |
248 |
39.4 |
|
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| Yes |
3329 |
58.8 |
2948 |
58.6 |
381 |
60.6 |
|
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| US-Born* |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| No |
335 |
5.9 |
163 |
3.2 |
172 |
27.3 |
|
|
| Yes |
5324 |
94.1 |
4867 |
96.8 |
457 |
72.7 |
|
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