Table 1.
Parent and child demographics
| N = 1,548 (% of complete data) |
|
|---|---|
| Parent’s gender | |
| Male | 228 (15) |
| Female | 1,313 (85) |
| Missing | 7 |
| Parent’s age | Mean = 41.1, |
| SD = 7.8 | |
| Marital status | |
| Never married | 122 (8) |
| Married | 1,060 (69) |
| Living with partner | 67 (4) |
| Separated or divorced | 256 (17) |
| Widowed | 23 (2) |
| Missing | 20 |
| Parent’s race | |
| White | 980 (64) |
| Black or African-American | 337 (22) |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 22(1) |
| Asian | 30 (2) |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Is | 5 (.3) |
| Other | 107 (7) |
| Multiple races | 50 (3) |
| Missing | 17 |
| Parent’s ethnicity | |
| Non Hispanic | 1,370 (89) |
| Hispanic | 167 (11) |
| Missing | 11 |
| Guardian’s relationship to child | |
| Mother, stepmother, foster mother | 1,248 (81) |
| Father, stepfather, foster father | 211 (14) |
| Grandparent | 42 (3) |
| Guardian or other | 35 (2) |
| Missing | 12 |
| Guardian’s education level | |
| ≤8th grade | 27 (2) |
| Some high school | 75 (5) |
| High school degree/GED | 277 (18) |
| Some college/technical degree | 529 (35) |
| College degree | 433 (28) |
| Advanced degree | 193 (13) |
| Missing | 14 |
| Child’s age (years) | |
| 8–12 | 665 (54) |
| 13–17 | 566 (46) |
| Child’s gender | |
| Male | 736 (48) |
| Female | 809 (52) |
| Missing | 3 |