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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Feb 19.
Published in final edited form as: Parent Sci Pract. 2005;5(4):347–370. doi: 10.1207/s15327922par0504_3

TABLE 3.

Total Number of Conflicts with Mothers, Fathers, and Parents by Household Structure and Child Gender

Household Structure
Child Gender
Two-Biological
Blended
Single-Mother
Females
Males
Total
Level of Conflict N % N % N % N % N % N %
Mothers
 None 91 39.6 26 31.3 48 34.3 70 30.2a 95 43.0b 165 36.4
 Moderate 124 53.9 47 56.6 68 48.6 126 54.3 113 51.1 239 52.8
 High 15 6.5a 10 12.0ab 24 17.1b 36 15.5b 13 5.9a 49 10.8
 Total 230 100.0 83 100.0 140 100.0 232 100.0 221 100.0 453 100.0
Fathers
 None 135 58.7 50 60.2 79 52.3 106 65.4 185 59.1
 Moderate 74 32.2 26 31.3 56 37.1 44 27.2 100 31.9
 High 21 9.1 7 8.4 16 10.6 12 7.4 28 8.9
 Total 230 100.0 83 100.0 151 100.0 162 100.0 313 100.0
Parents
 None 81 35.2 24 28.9 48 34.3 61 26.3a 92 41.6b 153 33.8
 Moderate 117 50.9 44 53.0 77 55.0 133 57.3b 105 47.5a 238 52.5
 High 32 13.9 15 18.1 15 10.7 38 16.4b 24 10.9a 62 13.7
 Total 230 100.0 83 100.0 140 100.0 232 100.0 221 100.0 453 100.0

Note. Two-Biological = Two-Biological-Parent. Within household structure and gender columns, proportions in the same row with different superscripts differ at p < .05. Moderate = 1–6 conflicts with mothers, 1–3 conflicts with fathers, and 1–7 conflicts with parents. High = 7 or more conflicts with mothers, 4 or more conflicts with fathers, and 8 or more conflicts with parents.