Descriptive Statistics
Week 4 Descriptive Statistics Exercises SPSS Output
Part I
Respondent’s Age Descriptive Statistics
N Minimum Maximum Mean Std. Deviation Skewness Statistic Statistic Statistic Statistic Statistic Statistic Std. Error
Respondent’s age at time of
interview
1000 19.378 49.430 36.63733 6.198741 -.374 .077
Valid N (listwise) 1000
Highest School Grade Completed
Descriptive Statistics
N Minimum Maximum Mean Std. Deviation Skewness Statistic Statistic Statistic Statistic Statistic Statistic Std. Error
Highest school grade
completed
989 1 16 11.28 1.561 -.727 .078
Valid N (listwise) 989
Race and Ethnicity
Race/ethnicity
Frequency Percent Valid Percent
Cumulative
Percent
Valid Black, not Hispanic 803 80.3 80.5 80.5
Hispanic 128 12.8 12.8 93.3
White, not Hispanic 53 5.3 5.3 98.6
Other 14 1.4 1.4 100.0
Total 998 99.8 100.0 Missing Refused 1 .1
DK 1 .1 Total 2 .2
Total 1000 100.0
Currently Employed
Currently employed?
Frequency Percent Valid Percent
Cumulative
Percent
Valid No 546 54.6 54.7 54.7
Yes 452 45.2 45.3 100.0
Total 998 99.8 100.0 Missing System 2 .2 Total 1000 100.0
Part II
Part III Family Income
Descriptive Statistics
N Minimum Maximum Mean Std. Deviation Skewness Statistic Statistic Statistic Statistic Std. Error Statistic Statistic Std. Error
Family income prior month,
all sources
895 $0 $6,593 $1,172.59 $26.345 $788.153 2.030 .082
Valid N (listwise) 895
