Table 1.
Characteristics of Parent-Adolescent Dyads (N =523 pairsa)
| Parents | Adolescents | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years), mean ± SD | 43.9 ± 7.5 | 15.0 ± 1.3 | ||
| Female, % | 50.7 | 48.0 | ||
| Non-Hispanic White, % | 67.5 | 82.9 | ||
| Parental education, % | Less than high school | 11.7 | - | |
| High school completed | 29.8 | - | ||
| Some college | 29.1 | - | ||
| Bachelor’s degree or higher | 29.4 | - | ||
| Annual household income, % | <$50,000 | 39.2 | ||
| $50,000 – $84,999 | 27.7 | |||
| ≥$85,000 | 33.1 | |||
| Political affiliations, % | Republican | 30.9 | 23.3 | |
| Democrat | 30.7 | 20.7 | ||
| Independent | 23.5 | 13.9 | ||
| Other/No affiliation/Not interested in politics | 14.8 | 42.1 | ||
| Religion, % | Baptist | 16.6 | 15.5 | |
| Protestant | 15.9 | 16.5 | ||
| Catholic | 24.8 | 24.3 | ||
| Jewish | 2.1 | 1.8 | ||
| Other Christian | 24.4 | 22.7 | ||
| Other non-Christian | 2.3 | 2.9 | ||
| None | 13.9 | 16.3 | ||
| Geographical region, % | East Coast | 34.8 | ||
| Central | 51.9 | |||
| West Coast | 13.3 |
a
Due to missing values, sample size for adults ranged from 514 – 523 and for youth 384 – 523.