Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics of the Sample
| Construct Dimension | Opioid-Dependent Group |
Comparison Group |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | (SD) | M | (SD) | |
| Age | 41.68 | (7.10) | 39.39 | (5.61) |
| Ethnic heritage | ||||
| Hispanic | 0.15 | (0.36) | 0.14 | (0.35) |
| African-American | 0.29 | (0.46) | 0.33 | (0.47) |
| European | 0.56 | (0.50) | 0.53 | (0.50) |
| Years of education | 11.92 | (1.71) | 13.37 | (1.87) |
| Currently employed | 0.18 | (0.39) | 0.88 | (0.32) |
| Number of biological children | 2.32 | (1.44) | 1.75 | (0.89) |
| Number of coparenting relationships | 1.58 | (0.88) | 1.29 | (0.60) |
| Age of target child | 10.81 | (6.80) | 8.41 | (6.14) |
| Male gender for target child | 0.52 | (0.50) | 0.55 | (0.50) |
| Ever legally married to mother of target child | 0.42 | (0.50) | 0.70 | (0.46) |
| Current sexual relationship with mother of target child | 0.27 | (0.45) | 0.64 | (0.48) |
Note. For dichotomous variables, M represents the proportion of participants confirming that characteristic. The target child for the study was each father’s youngest biological child.