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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Fam Relat. 2011 Dec;60(5):511–524. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2011.00666.x

Table 1.

Means (and Standard Deviations) of Covariates by Parenting Cluster.

Overall Sample Cooperative Coparenting (CC) Parallel Parenting (PP) Single Parenting (SP) Significant Differences (p < .05)
Parents never married 0.17 0.15 0.14 0.23
Resident parent remarried 0.32 0.25 0.36 0.34 CC < PP, SP
Resident parent is father 0.13 0.20 0.10 0.09 CP > PP, SP
Resident parent education 12.23 (2.04) 12.68 (2.01) 12.36 (1.96) 11.75 (2.07) CC, PP > SP
Income (1,000s) 19.24 (16.32) 24.59 (17.81) 18.72 (15.53) 15.33 (15.13) CC > SP
Resident parent is White 0.61 0.63 0.63 0.55
Resident parent is Black 0.29 0.24 0.25 0.26
Resident parent is Hispanic 0.09 0.11 0.11 0.17
Resident parent is other 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.02
Child age 12.41 (3.52) 12.24 (3.54) 12.14 (3.49) 12.78 (3.52)
Child is son 0.49 0.55 0.49 0.47 CC > SP
Months since separation 81.04 (53.42) 56.01 (49.69) 74.55 (49.9) 87.16 (57.67) CC < PP < SP

Note: Standard deviations (in parentheses) are not shown for binary or categorical variables. Means and proportions are weighted. All data were obtained from Wave II interviews. Unweighted sample sizes: cooperative coparenting (n = 254), parallel parenting (n = 328), single parenting (n = 362).