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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Behav. 2012 Jul;36(4):433–445. doi: 10.5993/AJHB.36.4.1

Table 1. Prevalence (N, %) of Demographics by Parental Educational Attainment and Financial Strain (N=1117).

Parental Educational Attainment
Financial Strain
>=HS (n=837)a
<HS (n=280)b
Low (n=902)
High (n=215)
N % N % P-valueb N % N % P-valueb
Female 459 54.8% 125 44.6% 0.001 468 51.9% 116 54.0% 0.129
Race/Ethnicity 0.001 0.043
 White 436 52.1% 42 15.0% 401 44.5% 77 35.8%
 Black 124 14.8% 70 25.0% 137 15.2% 57 26.5%
 Asian/Pacific
  Islander
170 20.3% 134 47.9% 255 28.3% 49 22.8%
 Other 107 12.8% 34 12.1% 109 12.1% 32 14.9%
Hours Worked for Pay 0.001 0.573
 0 hours 245 29.3% 107 38.2% 284 31.5% 68 31.6%
 1-19 hours 368 44.0% 96 34.3% 381 42.2% 83 38.6%
 20-29 hours 151 18.0% 51 18.2% 163 18.1% 39 18.1%
 30 hours
or more
73 8.7% 26 9.3% 74 8.2% 25 11.6%
Relationship Status 0.495 0.001
 Single 529 63.2% 178 63.6% 583 64.6% 124 57.7%
Committed
 relationship
263 31.4% 70 25.0% 267 29.6% 66 30.7%
 Married 39 4.7% 28 10.0% 47 5.2% 20 9.3%
Separated/
 divorced or
widowed
6 0.7% 4 1.4% 5 0.6% 5 2.3%
Has Children 58 6.9% 40 14.3% 0.001 55 6.1% 43 20.0% 0.001
Year in School 0.093 0.108
 1st year 277 33.1% 112 40.0% 321 35.6% 68 31.6%
 2nd year 263 31.4% 89 31.8% 286 31.7% 66 30.7%
 3rd year 156 18.6% 56 20.0% 163 18.1% 49 22.8%
 4th year 90 10.8% 18 6.4% 89 9.9% 19 8.8%
 5th year
 or more
51 6.1% 5 1.8% 43 4.8% 13 6.0%
Think of Self as Adult 0.692 0.001
 Never 10 1.2% 12 4.3% 20 2.2% 2 0.9%
 Seldom 52 6.2% 13 4.6% 50 5.5% 15 7.0%
 Sometimes 237 28.3% 79 28.2% 270 29.9% 46 21.4%
Most of
 the time
346 41.3% 103 36.8% 370 41.0% 79 36.7%
All of the
 time
192 22.9% 73 26.1% 192 21.3% 73 34.0%

Note.

a

HS: High School

b

P-values were generated using unadjusted logistic regression