CSULB Student Assessment Findings, Division of Student Services

CSULB Freshmen 2004: 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, 2004
Student Native English Speaker?
U.S. Citizen
Parental Income
Mother's Education
Father's Education
First Generation College Student
Proportion of Time Living w/Mother
Proportion of Time Living w/Father
Proportion of Time Living w/Stepmother
Proportion of Time Living w/Stepfather
Proportion of Time Living w/Grandparent
Proportion of Time Living w/Legal Guardian
Proportion of Time Living w/Other Adult(s)
Planned Residence for Fall 2004
Student's Religious Preference
Consider Yourself a Born-again Christian

Student's Gender
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	Male	719	33.0	33.2	33.2
	Female	1449	66.5	66.8	100.0
	Total	2168	99.5	100.0
Missing	System	10	.5
Total		2178	100.0

Student's Ethnicity
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	White	625	28.7	28.9	28.9
	African American	124	5.7	5.7	34.6
	American Indian	6	.3	.3	34.9
	Asian American	518	23.8	23.9	58.8
	Latino	555	25.5	25.6	84.4
	Other	83	3.8	3.8	88.3
	Multi-ethnic	254	11.7	11.7	100.0
	Total	2165	99.4	100.0
Missing	System	13	.6
Total		2178	100.0

Age as of December 31, 2004
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	16 or less	3	.1	.1	.1
	17	35	1.6	1.6	1.8
	18	1773	81.4	81.7	83.5
	19	332	15.2	15.3	98.8
	20	20	.9	.9	99.7
	21-24	5	.2	.2	100.0
	25-29	1	.0	.0	100.0
	Total	2169	99.6	100.0
Missing	System	9	.4
Total		2178	100.0

Student Native English Speaker?
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	No	613	28.1	28.4	28.4
	Yes	1545	70.9	71.6	100.0
	Total	2158	99.1	100.0
Missing	System	20	.9
Total		2178	100.0

U.S. Citizen
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	No	52	2.4	2.4	2.4
	Perm res	114	5.2	5.2	7.6
	Yes	2006	92.1	92.4	100.0
	Total	2172	99.7	100.0
Missing	System	6	.3
Total		2178	100.0

Parental Income
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	Less than $10,000	113	5.2	5.7	5.7
	$10,000-$14,999	116	5.3	5.8	11.5
	$15,000-$19,999	92	4.2	4.6	16.1
	$20,000-$24,999	123	5.6	6.2	22.3
	$25,000-$29,999	103	4.7	5.2	27.5
	$30,000-$39,999	188	8.6	9.4	36.9
	$40,000-$49,999	187	8.6	9.4	46.3
	$50,000-$59,999	152	7.0	7.6	54.0
	$60,000-$74,999	218	10.0	11.0	64.9
	$75,000-$99,999	256	11.8	12.9	77.8
	$100,000-$149,999	268	12.3	13.5	91.3
	$150,000-$199,999	96	4.4	4.8	96.1
	$200,000-$249,999	31	1.4	1.6	97.6
	$250,000 or more	47	2.2	2.4	100.0
	Total	1990	91.4	100.0
Missing	System	188	8.6
Total		2178	100.0

Mother's Education
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	Grammar or less	266	12.2	12.4	12.4
	Some HS	145	6.7	6.8	19.2
	HS graduate	368	16.9	17.2	36.4
	Postsecondary	51	2.3	2.4	38.7
	Some college	514	23.6	24.0	62.7
	College grad	492	22.6	23.0	85.7
	Some grad schl	45	2.1	2.1	87.8
	Grad degree	261	12.0	12.2	100.0
	Total	2142	98.3	100.0
Missing	System	36	1.7
Total		2178	100.0

Father's Education
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	Grammar or less	249	11.4	11.9	11.9
	Some HS	150	6.9	7.2	19.1
	HS graduate	328	15.1	15.7	34.8
	Postsecondary	51	2.3	2.4	37.3
	Some college	465	21.3	22.3	59.5
	College grad	496	22.8	23.8	83.3
	Some grad schl	40	1.8	1.9	85.2
	Grad degree	309	14.2	14.8	100.0
	Total	2088	95.9	100.0
Missing	System	90	4.1
Total		2178	100.0

First Generation College Student
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	no	1608	73.8	75.8	75.8
	yes	512	23.5	24.2	100.0
	Total	2120	97.3	100.0
Missing	System	58	2.7
Total		2178	100.0

Proportion of Time Living w/Mother
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	None	56	2.6	2.6	2.6
	Some	58	2.7	2.7	5.4
	Most	81	3.7	3.8	9.2
	All	1933	88.8	90.8	100.0
	Total	2128	97.7	100.0
Missing	System	50	2.3
Total		2178	100.0

Proportion of Time Living w/Father
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	None	293	13.5	14.4	14.4
	Some	123	5.6	6.1	20.5
	Most	55	2.5	2.7	23.2
	All	1558	71.5	76.8	100.0
	Total	2029	93.2	100.0
Missing	System	149	6.8
Total		2178	100.0

Proportion of Time Living w/Stepmother
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	None	1171	53.8	95.2	95.2
	Some	26	1.2	2.1	97.3
	Most	9	.4	.7	98.0
	All	24	1.1	2.0	100.0
	Total	1230	56.5	100.0
Missing	System	948	43.5
Total		2178	100.0

Proportion of Time Living w/Stepfather
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	None	1125	51.7	89.7	89.7
	Some	19	.9	1.5	91.2
	Most	18	.8	1.4	92.7
	All	92	4.2	7.3	100.0
	Total	1254	57.6	100.0
Missing	System	924	42.4
Total		2178	100.0

Proportion of Time Living w/Grandparent
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	None	1076	49.4	83.2	83.2
	Some	86	3.9	6.6	89.8
	Most	10	.5	.8	90.6
	All	122	5.6	9.4	100.0
	Total	1294	59.4	100.0
Missing	System	884	40.6
Total		2178	100.0

Proportion of Time Living w/Legal Guardian
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	None	1110	51.0	90.7	90.7
	Some	19	.9	1.6	92.2
	Most	4	.2	.3	92.6
	All	91	4.2	7.4	100.0
	Total	1224	56.2	100.0
Missing	System	954	43.8
Total		2178	100.0

Proportion of Time Living w/Other Adult(s)
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	None	1092	50.1	88.7	88.7
	Some	47	2.2	3.8	92.5
	Most	24	1.1	1.9	94.5
	All	68	3.1	5.5	100.0
	Total	1231	56.5	100.0
Missing	System	947	43.5
Total		2178	100.0

Planned Residence for Fall 2004
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	W/family	1466	67.3	67.5	67.5
	Private home	171	7.9	7.9	75.4
	Dormitory	509	23.4	23.4	98.8
	Frat/sorority	6	.3	.3	99.1
	Other campus	11	.5	.5	99.6
	Other	9	.4	.4	100.0
	Total	2172	99.7	100.0
Missing	System	6	.3
Total		2178	100.0

Student's Religious Preference
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	Baptist	115	5.3	5.5	5.5
	Buddhist	90	4.1	4.3	9.8
	Church of Christ	115	5.3	5.5	15.2
	E Orthodox	20	.9	1.0	16.2
	Epsicopal	8	.4	.4	16.6
	Hindu	10	.5	.5	17.0
	Islamic	12	.6	.6	17.6
	Jewish	30	1.4	1.4	19.0
	LDS (Mormon)	8	.4	.4	19.4
	Lutheran	47	2.2	2.2	21.7
	Methodist	26	1.2	1.2	22.9
	Presbyterian	58	2.7	2.8	25.7
	Quaker	4	.2	.2	25.8
	Catholic	760	34.9	36.2	62.0
	7th Day Adv	6	.3	.3	62.3
	Unitarian	1	.0	.0	62.4
	UCC	6	.3	.3	62.6
	Oth Christian	307	14.1	14.6	77.2
	Other Relig	71	3.3	3.4	80.6
	None	407	18.7	19.4	100.0
	Total	2101	96.5	100.0
Missing	System	77	3.5
Total		2178	100.0

Consider Yourself a Born-again Christian
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	No	1654	75.9	80.4	80.4
	Yes	404	18.5	19.6	100.0
	Total	2058	94.5	100.0
Missing	System	120	5.5
Total		2178	100.0

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