CSULB Student Assessment Findings, Division of Student Services

CSULB Freshmen 2003: Demographics

Freshman survey data can be manipulated in countless ways. Demographic items in the tables below can be crosstabulated with any of the variables in the freshman survey database. If you have requests for reports of various demographic groups, please contact Dr. Susan Platt (platt@csulb.edu) for assistance.

Student's Gender
Student's Ethnicity
Age as of December 31, 2003
Student Native English Speaker?
U.S. Citizen
Parental Income
Mother's Education
Father's Education
First Generation College Student
Planned Residence for Fall 2003
Student's Religious Preference

Student's Gender
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	Male	988	32.6	32.6	32.6
	Female	2044	67.4	67.4	100.0
	Total	3032	100.0	100.0
Missing	System	1	.0
Total		3033	100.0

Student's Ethnicity
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	White	1199	39.5	39.5	39.5
	African American	177	5.8	5.8	45.4
	American Indian	2	.1	.1	45.4
	Asian American	620	20.4	20.4	65.9
	Latino	630	20.8	20.8	86.6
	Other	140	4.6	4.6	91.3
	Multi-ethnic	248	8.2	8.2	99.4
	Didn't respond	17	.6	.6	100.0
	Total	3033	100.0	100.0

Age as of December 31, 2003
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	16 or less	1	.0	.0	.0
	17	46	1.5	1.5	1.6
	18	2447	80.7	81.4	82.9
	19	453	14.9	15.1	98.0
	20	18	.6	.6	98.6
	21-24	30	1.0	1.0	99.6
	25-29	8	.3	.3	99.9
	30-39	2	.1	.1	99.9
	40-54	1	.0	.0	100.0
	55 or more	1	.0	.0	100.0
	Total	3007	99.1	100.0
Missing	System	26	.9
Total		3033	100.0

Student Native English Speaker?
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	No	753	24.8	25.1	25.1
	Yes	2246	74.1	74.9	100.0
	Total	2999	98.9	100.0
Missing	System	34	1.1
Total		3033	100.0

U.S. Citizen
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	No	49	1.6	1.6	1.6
	Perm res	141	4.6	4.7	6.3
	Yes	2827	93.2	93.7	100.0
	Total	3017	99.5	100.0
Missing	System	16	.5
Total		3033	100.0

Parental Income
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	Less than $10,000	108	3.6	3.7	3.7
	$10,000-$14,999	133	4.4	4.6	8.3
	$15,000-$19,999	135	4.5	4.6	12.9
	$20,000-$24,999	148	4.9	5.1	18.0
	$25,000-$29,999	130	4.3	4.5	22.5
	$30,000-$39,999	253	8.3	8.7	31.2
	$40,000-$49,999	253	8.3	8.7	39.9
	$50,000-$59,999	247	8.1	8.5	48.4
	$60,000-$74,999	336	11.1	11.6	60.0
	$75,000-$99,999	444	14.6	15.3	75.2
	$100,000-$149,999	420	13.8	14.4	89.7
	$150,000-$199,999	158	5.2	5.4	95.1
	$200,000-$249,999	57	1.9	2.0	97.1
	$250,000 or more	85	2.8	2.9	100.0
	Total	2907	95.8	100.0
Missing	System	126	4.2
Total		3033	100.0

Mother's Education
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	Grammar or less	295	9.7	9.8	9.8
	Some HS	199	6.6	6.6	16.5
	HS graduate	483	15.9	16.1	32.6
	Postsecondary	86	2.8	2.9	35.4
	Some college	774	25.5	25.8	61.2
	College grad	682	22.5	22.7	83.9
	Some grad schl	81	2.7	2.7	86.6
	Grad degree	401	13.2	13.4	100.0
	Total	3001	98.9	100.0
Missing	System	32	1.1
Total		3033	100.0

Father's Education
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	Grammar or less	279	9.2	9.4	9.4
	Some HS	189	6.2	6.4	15.8
	HS graduate	489	16.1	16.5	32.4
	Postsecondary	89	2.9	3.0	35.4
	Some college	671	22.1	22.7	58.0
	College grad	709	23.4	24.0	82.0
	Some grad schl	50	1.6	1.7	83.7
	Grad degree	482	15.9	16.3	100.0
	Total	2958	97.5	100.0
Missing	System	75	2.5
Total		3033	100.0

First Generation College Student
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	no	2339	77.1	78.4	78.4
	yes	646	21.3	21.6	100.0
	Total	2985	98.4	100.0
Missing	System	48	1.6
Total		3033	100.0

Planned Residence for Fall 2003
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	W/family	1639	54.0	54.2	54.2
	Private home	414	13.6	13.7	67.9
	Dormitory	920	30.3	30.4	98.4
	Frat/sorority	3	.1	.1	98.5
	Other campus	26	.9	.9	99.3
	Other	20	.7	.7	100.0
	Total	3022	99.6	100.0
Missing	System	11	.4
Total		3033	100.0

Student's Religious Preference
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	Baptist	179	5.9	6.1	6.1
	Buddhist	106	3.5	3.6	9.7
	E Orthodox	14	.5	.5	10.1
	Epsicopal	19	.6	.6	10.8
	Hindu	13	.4	.4	11.2
	Islamic	24	.8	.8	12.0
	Jewish	37	1.2	1.3	13.3
	LDS (Mormon)	28	.9	.9	14.2
	Lutheran	86	2.8	2.9	17.1
	Methodist	42	1.4	1.4	18.6
	Presbyterian	92	3.0	3.1	21.7
	Quaker	8	.3	.3	22.0
	Catholic	940	31.0	31.9	53.8
	7th Day Adv	14	.5	.5	54.3
	Unitarian	3	.1	.1	54.4
	UCC	46	1.5	1.6	55.9
	Oth Christian	602	19.8	20.4	76.3
	Other Relig	87	2.9	2.9	79.3
	None	611	20.1	20.7	100.0
	Total	2951	97.3	100.0
Missing	System	82	2.7
Total		3033	100.0

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