Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics (N = 1,603)

	M	SD	Range	% missing
Time-variant dependent variablesa
Coparenting in the short-term	2.28	0.62	1–3	10.67
Coparenting in the medium-term	2.17	0.66	1–3	13.13
Coparenting in the long-term	2.20	0.64	1–3	21.30
Time-invariant independent variables
Relationship Characteristics
Continuum of Pre-Dissolution Commitment	0.70	0.71	0–2	0.00
% Dating	44.48
% Cohabiting	40.86
% Married	14.66
Pre-dissolution Relationship Quality	6.17	1.63	0–8	0.69
Child Characteristics
Male	0.52		0–1	0.00
Difficult temperament	2.90	1.08	1–5	0.56
Time-variant independent variablesa
New partner in the short-term	0.32		0–1	0.75
New partner in the medium-term	0.42		0–1	0.16
New partner in the long-term	0.46		0–1	0.13
Time-invariant control variables
Mother’s age	23.68	5.52	15–43	0.00
Mother’s education				0.12
Less than high school	0.38		0–1
High school degree	0.35		0–1
At least some college	0.27		0–1
Mother’s race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic/non-Black	0.17		0–1	0.00
Non-Hispanic Black	0.62		0–1	0.12
Hispanic	0.21		0–1	0.06
Father’s age	26.49	7.23	15–80	0.94
Father’s education				7.30
Less than high school	0.34		0–1
High school degree	0.43		0–1
At least some college	0.23		0–1
Father employed	0.76		0–1	5.99
Time-variant control variables
Dissolution occurred at age one	0.52		0–1	0.00
Dissolution occurred at age three	0.32		0–1	0.00
Dissolution occurred at age five	0.16		0–1	0.00

^aFor time-varying variables such as coparenting and whether or not the mother had a new partner, the percent missing reported at each time point was the percent of interviewed mothers missing. For example, the percent missing on coparenting in the medium-term was the percent of mothers interviewed two years after the dissolution of their relationship without a valid score on coparenting. For attrition rates, see the text.