Table 1.

Description and Summary Statistics (weighted) of Study Measures

			Entire Sample (n=13,673)		Men (n=6502)		Women (n=7171)
Variable	Range	α	Mean/Prop	s.d	Mean/Prop	s.d	Mean/Prop	s.d
Self-perceived adult identity	0,1		40%		39%		42%	*
Family Structure
Two biological parent family	0,1		57%		58%		57%
“Step-parent” family	0,1		16%		16%		16%
”Adoptive” two parent family	0,1		1%		1%		1%
Single mother family	0,1		19%		18%		19%
Single father family	0,1		3%		3%		3%
All other	0,1		4%		4%		4%
Missing family income	0,1		0.20	0.01	0.20	0.01	0.21	0.01
Family income (log)	0–6.91		3.58	0.03	3.57	0.03	3.59	0.03
Parent education	1–8		5.31	0.08	5.32	0.09	5.31	0.09
Number of siblings	0–4		1.37	0.03	1.38	0.03	1.37	0.03
Parent-adolescent conflict	0,1		0.40	0.01	0.36	0.01	0.43	0.01***
Parent-adolescent closeness	0–4	0.83	3.20	0.02	3.28	0.02	3.12	0.02***
Parental control	0–7	0.63	1.86	0.05	1.85	0.06	1.89	0.05
Parental presence	0–4	0.36	2.77	0.02	2.79	0.02	2.76	0.02
Peer-like communication	0,1		0.65	0.01	0.58	0.01	0.72	0.01***
Household responsibility	0–4		2.04	0.02	1.93	0.02	2.14	0.02***
Male	0,1		51%
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	0,1		67%		67%		68%
Black	0,1		16%		16%		16%
Hispanic	0,1		12%		12%		11%
Asian	0,1		3%		3%		3%
Other	0,1		2%		2%		1%
Age	18–26		21.76	0.12	21.85	0.12	21.67	0.12

Note: Asterisks note results of t-tests of mean differences by gender

^***p<.001;

^**p<.01;

^*p<.05.

All independent variables are measured at Wave 1.

Source: National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. n=13,673