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Table 2 College board summary statistics

From: The effect of banning affirmative action on human capital accumulation prior to college entry

 

California

 

Rest of country

 
 

All

Black

Hispanic

White

Asian

All

Black

Hispanic

White

Asian

SAT

514

427

453

536

548

513

424

464

524

559

Math

          
 

(114)

(101)

(101)

(102)

(120)

(110)

(96.5)

(106)

(104)

(120)

SAT

495

434

445

529

485

511

435

467

525

502

Verbal

          
 

(114)

(103)

(103)

(102)

(123)

(107)

(98.4)

(108)

(101)

(128)

GPA

3.26

2.89

3.1

3.33

3.38

3.22

2.9

3.04

3.26

3.37

 

(.627)

(.624)

(.624)

(.602)

(.612)

(.659)

(.661)

(.659)

(.645)

(.64)

Male

.41

.43

.42

.46

.47

.46

.41

.43

.46

.48

U.S.

.86

.96

.83

.95

.67

.95

.94

.83

.98

.68

citizen

          

ESL

.20

.03

.36

.05

.43

.05

.02

.28

.02

.38

Income

5.31

3.96

3.65

6.54

4.54

5.65

3.7

3.97

6.06

5.09

($10,000s)

          
 

(3.5)

(2.93)

(2.75)

(3.46)

(3.37)

(3.27)

(2.7)

(3.03)

(3.21)

(3.46)

Mom

13.9

14.5

10.6

15.4

13.6

14.8

14.3

13

15

14.1

educ

          

(yrs)

          
 

(4.32)

(3.1)

(5.28)

(2.88)

(4.54)

(3.18)

(3.11)

(4.26)

(2.98)

(4.33)

Dad

14.4

14.3

10.8

15.9

14.4

15.1

13.9

13.1

15.4

15.1

educ

          

(yrs)

          
 

(4.49)

(3.28)

(5.51)

(3.1)

(4.43)

(3.43)

(3.33)

(4.62)

(3.22)

(4.29)

Observations

829336

56636

172424

410050

190226

1608725

490165

186190

867729

64641

  1. Notes: Standard deviations in parentheses. Rest of country excludes California, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Washington, North Dakota, and Wyoming. Sample includes 1994–1996 and 1998–2001.
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