Table 2.

Means and standard errors of internalizing and externalizing problems at age 3 and 12 of married and divorced children as rated by the father

	Married until age 12	Divorced between age 3 and 12	MLR χ2 difference	P value
Age 3 internalizing
Boys	4.37 (0.10)	4.28 (0.28)	0.058	0.81
Girls	4.27 (0.10)	4.88 (0.41)	3.164	0.08
Age 3 externalizing
Boys	15.46 (0.25)	16.07 (0.76)	0.441	0.51
Girls	13.82 (0.23)	16.38 (0.92)	11.575	<0.001
Age 12 internalizing
Boys	3.45 (0.11)	5.46 (0.57)	23.411	<0.001
Girls	3.25 (0.09)	5.18 (0.54)	102.630	<0.001
Age 12 externalizing
Boys	6.21 (0.16)	7.72 (0.77)	4.150	0.04
Girls	4.02 (0.11)	5.90 (0.54)	77.567	<0.001