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Diminished Returns of Educational Attainment on Numeracy Score of Latino Populations: Insights from UAS Data

Open Journal of Neuroscience | Vol 2, Issue 1

Table 1. Descriptive Data Overall and by Ethnicity

	All (n = 5659)		Non-Latino (n =5030)		Latino (n = 629)
	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	%
Ethnicity
Non-Latino	5030	88.90	5030	100	-	-
Latino	629	11.1	-	-	629	100
Gender*
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
In Labor market*
No	2329	41.2	2081	41.4	248	39.4
Yes	3329	58.8	2948	58.6	381	60.6
US-Born*
No	335	5.9	163	3.2	172	27.3
Yes	5324	94.1	4867	96.8	457	72.7