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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sociol Forum (Randolph N J). 2010 Dec 1;25(4):787–803. doi: 10.1111/j.1573-7861.2010.01212.x

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics (n=914)

Mean SD Range
Cohabitation Experience (W4) .33 0–1
Current Cohabitation (W4) .18 0–1
Age at First Cohabitation (W4) (n = 301) 19.08 1.68 14–23
Delinquency (W2) (α = .77) .14 .42 0–5.43
Offending (W4) (α = .71) .15 .45 0–4.57
Substance Use (W2) (α = .79) 0.93 1.41 0–7.00
Substance Use (W4) (α = .69) 1.86 1.68 0–7.33
Age (W4) 20.17 1.74 17–24
Female (W1) .52 0–1
Race/Ethnicity (W1)
  White .66 0–1
  African-American .24 0–1
  Hispanic .10 0–1
Parents' Income (in thousands) (W1) 61.16 35.70 0–160
Mother's Education (W1)
  Less than 12 years .10 0–1
  12 years .35 0–1
  More than 12 years .54 0–1
Family Type (W1)
  Married, biological parents .54 0–1
  Cohabiting parent .04 0–1
  Step parent .12 0–1
  Single parent .23 0–1
  Other .08 0–1
Currently in School (W3) .79 0–1
Employment Status (W3)
  Unemployed .50 0–1
  Part-time .34 0–1
  Full-time .17 0–1
Adolescent's Income (W2) 69.99 149.82 0–2500
Religiosity (W2) (α = .72) .00 .88 −1.50–1.37
Been Pregnant/Gotten Someone Pregnant (W3) .12 0–1
Low Self-Control (W3) (α = .70) 1.88 .62 0–4
Friends' Delinquency (W3) (α = .85) .50 .96 0–7.14
Friends' Substance Use (W3) (α = .77) 2.34 1.96 0–8