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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Subst Use. 2008 Jan 1;13(4):283–292. doi: 10.1080/14659890802170745

Table I.

Selected demographic characteristics by family type

Characteristics Levels Family type Single-parent (n=179) Nuclear (n=755) Blended (n=77) Extended (n=130) Combined (n=1141)
Gender Female 50.3 49.0 50.6 59.2 50.5
Male 49.7 50.9 49.4 40.8 49.4
Missing 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
Age (years) Mean 10.4 10.4 10.3 10.4 10.4
Std Error (0.051) (0.025) (0.060) (0.066) (0.025)
Country of birth U.S. 78.2 66.5 84.4 71.5 70.1
Mexico 20.1 32.1 15.6 25.4 28.3
Other 0.6 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.4
Missing 1.1 0.9 0.0 3.1 1.1
Time in USA 1=Less than 1 year 5.0 3.8 3.9 3.8 4.0
2=Between 1 and 5 years 12.8 14.6 7.8 13.8 13.8
3=Between 6 and 10 years 16.2 19.7 7.8 13.1 17.6
4=More than 10 years 5.0 9.0 5.2 5.4 7.7
5=All my life 58.7 49.3 74.0 60.8 53.7
Missing 2.2 3.6 1.3 3.1 3.2
Language Spoken at home English 19.6 8.9 19.5 12.3 11.7
Mostly English 6.7 4.5 5.2 5.4 5
Both English and Spanish 48 51.1 51.9 52.3 50.8
Mostly Spanish 14.5 13.9 7.8 13.1 13.5
Spanish 8.4 19.5 14.3 13.8 16.7
Some other language 1.1 0.3 0 0 0.4
Missing 1.7 1.9 1.3 3.1 1.9
Language used to complete instrument English 90.5 90.1 93.5 90.0 90.4
Spanish 9.5 9.9 6.5 10.0 9.6
Lunch programme Free 87.7 80.8 81.8 84.6 82.4
Reduced 12.3 19.2 18.2 15.4 17.6