Table 1 Sample characteristics
From: Academic performance and social networks of adolescents in a caribbean city in Colombia
Variables | Girls, n = 425 (52.7%) | Boys, n = 381 (47.3%) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Location | n (%) | n (%) | |
Urban | 338 (79.5) | 299 (78.5) | 0.714 |
Rural | 87 (20.5) | 82 (21.5) | |
Family structure, n (%) | |||
Other | 40 (9.4) | 24 (6.3) | 0.264 |
Single parent | 106 (24.9) | 98 (25.7) | |
Nuclear | 279 (65.6) | 259 (68.0) | |
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||
Age | 14.8 (1.3) | 15 (1.4) | 0.027 |
Family Affluence Scale | 1.8 (1.5) | 1.9 (1.7) | 0.166 |
Apgar score | 13.9 (4.5) | 14.3 (3.7) | 0.125 |
Academic performance | 7.3 (0.7) | 7.1 (0.7) | 0.001 |
Network variables | |||
Social activity | 8.9 (6.3) | 8.9 (6.3) | 0.965 |
Popularity | 8.8 (4.6) | 9 (4.5) | 0.734 |
Reciprocity | 0.42 (0.21) | 0.38 (0.2) | 0.008 |
Homophily | -0.03 (0.05) | -0.05 (0.06) | 0.001 |
Academic performance of friends | 7.3 (0.4) | 7.3 (0.4) | 0.005 |
Network size | 12.4 (6.3) | 12.7 (5.8) | 0.480 |
Network density | 50.8 (17.6) | 47.3 (16.2) | 0.003 |
Cluster of friends | 91.7 (92.6) | 91.6 (89.2) | 0.996 |
Centrality | 15.4 (21.0) | 18.2 (20.3) | 0.053 |