Table 1.
Characteristics of the Sample
| Adult Children (n = 158) |
Fathers (n = 158) |
Mothers (n = 158) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Means and Standard Deviations | |||||
| Age | 34.97 | 63.00 | 61.26 | ||
| (7.28) | (9.27) | (8.79) | |||
| Years of education | 15.05 | 14.13 | 14.03 | ||
| (1.97) | (2.80) | (2.66) | |||
| Self-reported physical healtha | 3.75 | 3.34 | 3.27 | ||
| (0.85) | (0.94) | (1.01) | |||
| Proportions | |||||
| Gender | |||||
| Women | 0.52 | 0.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Ethnicity | |||||
| African American | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 | ||
| European American | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.68 | ||
| Marital Status | |||||
| Married/Remarried | 0.61 | 0.90 | 0.89 | ||
| Other | 0.39 | 0.10 | 0.11 | ||
a
Rated 1 = poor, 2 = fair, 3 = good, 4 = very good, 5 = excellent.