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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Fam Syst Health. 2009 Sep;27(3):267–283. doi: 10.1037/a0017116

Table 2.

Index women’s household configurations at baseline, N=144 women

% (n)
Lives alone 27.8 (40)
Only with partner (spouse, partner, boyfriend or girlfriend) 19.4 (28)
“Traditional” nuclear family (with male partner and child/ren or grandchild/ren) 11.1 (16)
Only with children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews 13.9 (20)
Three-generation household 9.2 (13)
Only with peers 5.6 (8)
Siblings raising child(ren) together 4.2 (6)
Extended family not otherwise categorized 6.9 (10)
Mixed family and friends not otherwise categorized 2.1 (3)

Total 100 (144)