Table 1. Characteristics of Focus Group Participants and Cohabitors by Gender and Race/Ethnicity.
| White Men | White Women |
Black Men | Black Women |
Latinos | Latinas | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Focus Group Participants | ||||||
| Age (mean) | 26.6 | 28.6 | 26.9 | 25.8 | 27.5 | 27.5 |
| Educational Attainment | ||||||
| % High School or Less | 36.3 | 12.0 | 36.3 | 23.0 | 23.5 | 16.0 |
| % Technical/Some College | 40.9 | 35.0 | 45.4 | 38.5 | 23.5 | 40.0 |
| % College Graduate | 22.7 | 53.8 | 18.0 | 38.5 | 53.9 | 44.0 |
| % not growing up with biological parents through age 16 |
33.0 | 33.0 | 68.5 | 58.0 | 42.0 | 33.0 |
| % Ever cohabited | 50.0 | 53.8 | 45.4 | 53.8 | 41.2 | 40.0 |
| % Currently cohabiting | 5.0 | 31.0 | 18.0 | 11.5 | 41.0 | 16.0 |
| % Currently married | 23.0 | 30.0 | 18.0 | 23.0 | 35.0 | 44.0 |
| N | 22 | 26 | 22 | 26 | 17 | 25 |
| B. Cohabiting Interviewees | ||||||
| Age (mean) | 27.4 | 28.9 | 24.5 | 24.1 | 22.4 | 23.2 |
| Educational Attainment | ||||||
| % High School or Less | 14.3 | 10.0 | 60.0 | 71.4 | 80.0 | 40.0 |
| % Technical/Some College | 71.4 | 60.0 | 30.0 | 28.6 | 20.0 | 60.0 |
| % College Graduate | 14.3 | 30.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| % not growing up with both biological parents through age 18 |
86.0 | 70.0 | 71.0 | 60.0 | 80.0 | 50.0 |
| N | 7 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 10 |