Table 1.
Descriptive statistics for all study variables
| Percentage | Mean (SD) | |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | ||
| Key variables | ||
| Family support | -- | 2.69 (0.38) |
| Child maltreatment (W2) | -- | 0.33 (0.72) |
| PC depression (W2) | 6.1% | -- |
| Control variables | ||
| Child maltreatment (W1) | -- | 0.88 (1.03) |
| PC depression (W1) | 10.2% | -- |
| PC race/ethnicity | ||
| Hispanic | 44.9% | -- |
| African American | 34.4% | -- |
| White | 16.7% | -- |
| Other | 4.0% | -- |
| PC marital status | ||
| Married | 56.4% | -- |
| Cohabiting | 11.7% | -- |
| Single | 31.9% | -- |
| Family size | -- | 5.29 (1.98) |
| Per capita income | -- | 6,249.70 (5,181.78) |
| Male child | 50.3% | -- |
| Female PC | 91.8% | -- |
| PC education > HS | 45.0% | -- |
| Age of PC | -- | 35.81 (8.33) |
| Age of child | -- | 8.56 (4.20) |
| Level 2 | ||
| Key variable | ||
| Neighborhood violence | -- | 2.75 (1.27) |
| Control variables | ||
| Concentrated poverty | -- | −0.10 (0.79) |
| Immigrant concentration | -- | 0.28 (1.04) |
| Residential stability | -- | −0.22 (1.04) |
Note. Descriptive statistics were computed using the analytic sample (N=3,156), which comprises cases with complete data for wave 1 predictors and controls and wave 2 primary caregiver depression or child maltreatment. W = wave; PC = primary caregiver.