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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Fam Psychol. 2009 Jun;23(3):279–290. doi: 10.1037/a0015403

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics of Sample

Wave 1
Wave 2
N M SD N M SD t
Parent Report of Family Economic Stress
    Financial difficulties (M) 403 1.81 1.03 319 1.69 0.89 −1.87
    Financial difficulties (F) 376 1.81 0.99 292 1.72 0.86 −2.00*
    Financial strain (M) 404 2.68 1.00 317 2.77 1.00 1.31
    Financial strain (F) 376 2.67 0.97 293 2.84 0.98 1.98*
    Financial adjustments (M) 407 1.30 1.56 330 1.24 1.54 −0.21
    Financial adjustments (F) 381 1.30 1.58 299 1.27 1.62 −0.78
Adolescent Perceptions of Family Economic Stress
    Financial difficulties 435 1.69 0.93 339 1.68 0.81 −0.31
    Financial worry 434 1.60 0.93 337 1.72 0.94 1.85
    Conflict over money 436 1.63 0.72 341 1.94 0.83 6.55***
Adolescent Perceptions of Financial Constraints
    Financial needs 439 2.14 1.03 344 2.23 0.98 1.80
    Financial wants 438 2.42 1.18 344 2.26 1.01 −2.11*
Adolescent Depressive Symptoms 444 1.64 0.42 348 1.71 0.46 3.28***
Adolescent Academic Outcomes
    Grades 436 10.50 1.75 344 9.59 2.02 −10.12***
    School engagement 439 4.16 0.63 344 3.89 0.73 −8.86***
    Positive attitudes about school 439 3.50 0.82 343 3.48 0.74 −0.44

Note. M = mother report; F = father report. Wave 1 maximum N = 444. Wave 2 maximum N = 348.

*

p < .05.

**p < .01.

***

p < .001.