Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for Variables of Primary Interest

Construct and variable	Descriptive statistics	Possible values
Caretaking burden
Care for mother	18.94 (4.77)	0–32
Household chores	22.95 (5.66)	0–40
Care for siblings	16.26 (4.93)	0–28
Characteristics of the child
Age	12.09 (2.80)	8–17
Gender (male)	46% (163)	Yes/no?
Oldest child	36% (129)	Yes/no?
Only child	26% (93)	Yes/no?
Characteristics of the mother
Age	38.23 (6.20)	23–55
African American	52% (184)	Yes/no?
Hispanic	6% (23)	Yes/no?
Years of education	12.45 (2.66)	0–22
Employed outside home	39% (138)	Yes/no?
Substance abuse problem	53% (188)	Yes/no?
Anxiety symptoms	15% (52)	Yes/no?
Depressive symptoms	9% (34)	Yes/no?
Eccentric personality	16% (56)	Yes/no?
Dramatic personality	32% (115)	Yes/no?
Anxious personality	22% (79)	Yes/no?
Social support: Family	12.49 (4.20)	0–20
Social support: Friends	12.90 (3.04)	0–20
Characteristics of the Family
Single-parent family	45% (162)	Yes/no?
No. of minor children	2.55 (1.45)	1–8
Potential consequences: Child report
Psychological distress	43.77 (8.25)	33–90
School maladjustment	47.09 (8.63)	29–88
Parent–child relations	51.99 (7.56)	10–57
Peer relations	52.82 (7.61)	10–58
Potential consequences: Maternal report
Internalizing pathology	48.88 (12.30)	27–120
Externalizing pathology	51.19 (14.69)	27–120
Social competence	47.80 (11.17)	19–78

Note. Descriptive statistics represent the mean for continuous variable with the standard deviation in parentheses and the percent for categorical variables with the count in parentheses. All categorical variables were dummy coded so that Yes = 1 and no = 0.