Table 2.

Means, Standard Deviations, and Ranges For Measures used in Analyses

	All Respondents				Males		Females

	Mean	Std. Dev	Min	Max	Mean	Std. Dev	Mean	Std. Dev
Attitudes Towards Courtship
Dating Young OK	3.73	1.66	1	8	3.95	1.83	3.51	1.44
Sex Young OK	3.95	1.99	1	8	4.25	2.04	3.65	1.90
Cohabitation OK	2.83	1.13	1	4	2.88	1.11	2.79	1.15
Timing of Marriage
Ideal Age at Marriage (Years)	26.07	2.86	18	35	25.53	2.88	26.58	2.75
Work Before Marriage Important	3.75	0.57	1	4	3.69	0.63	3.80	0.50
Marriage
OK if No Marriage	2.77	1.04	1	4	2.91	1.01	2.64	1.06
OK if No Children	2.67	1.03	1	4	2.78	0.99	2.57	1.06
Child’s Gender
If Son Record	.50	.50	0	1	.50	.50	.50	.50
CONTROLS
Social Desirability
If Daughter Asked 1^st	.51	.50	0	1	.51	.50	.50	.50
Respondent Gender
If Respondent is Male	.49	.50	0	1
Respondent Family Formation Experience
Currently Married	.66	.47	0	1	.63	.48	.68	.47
Previously Married	.10	.30	0	1	.08	.27	.13	.34
Ever Cohabited	.51	.50	0	1	.50	.50	.51	.50
Ever a Parent	.59	.49	0	1	.53	.50	.64	.48
Had Sex by age 18	.60	.49	0	1	.63	.48	.58	.49
Has Daughters (Parents Only)	.67	.47	0	1	.63	.48	.70	.46
Age of Oldest Child (Parents Only)	5.98	3.83	0	17	5.63	3.71	6.27	3.90
# of Children Ever Born (Parents Only)	1.90	.86	1	6	1.84	.87	1.94	.85
Respondent Education, Work, Income
Education (years)	13.99	2.10	8	17	13.92	2.22	14.06	1.97
Work (% of last 6 months full-time)	77.73	36.49	0	100	92.73	20.62	63.26	42.19
Income (log 1993 family income)	10.53	1.44	0	13.38	10.55	1.24	10.51	1.60
Respondent Religious Background
Fundamentalist Protestant	.11	.31	0	1	.09	.28	.13	.33
Catholic	.54	.50	0	1	.57	.50	.52	.50
Jewish, Other, None	.12	.32	0	1	.14	.35	.09	.28
Religious Service Attendance	3.21	1.50	1	6	3.04	1.50	3.37	1.49