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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 13.
Published in final edited form as: Demography. 2012 Feb;49(1):23–47. doi: 10.1007/s13524-011-0080-x

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics

Always Two-
Biological-
Parent Family
(N = 1,409)
Always Social-
Father Family
(N = 60)
Always Singe-
Mother Family
(N = 734)
One or More
Transitions
(N = 1,471)
Transition to
Two-Biological-
Parent Family
(N = 338)
Transition to
Social-Father
Family
(N = 610)
Transition to
Singe-Mother
Family
(N = 978)
Age 1 Age 5 Age 1 Age 5 Age 1 Age 5 Age 1 Age 5 Age 1 Age 5 Age 1 Age 5 Age 1 Age 5
Lack of Social Support (N = 3,399) −0.13
(0.86)
−0.20
(0.75)
−0.12
(0.69)
0.01
(1.03)
0.16*
(1.13)
0.18*
(1.15)
0.05*
(1.04)
0.10*
(1.08)
−0.05
(0.92)
0.06*
(1.04)
0.12*
(1.12)
0.12*
(1.10)
0.04*
(1.03)
0.12*
(1.09)
Material Hardship (N = 3,618) −0.23
(0.84)
−0.25
(0.83)
0.02
(1.11)
0.14*
(1.21)
0.16*
(1.08)
0.16*
(1.05)
0.13*
(1.05)
0.16*
(1.06)
0.21*
(1.14)
0.11*
(1.04)
0.17*
(1.07)
0.15*
(1.09)
0.12*
(1.06)
0.19*
(1.06)
Depression (N = 3,659) −0.13
(0.83)
−0.12
(0.87)
−0.14
(0.89)
0.06
(1.13)
0.13*
(1.14)
0.06*
(1.04)
0.06*
(1.06)
0.08*
(1.08)
0.10*
(1.10)
0.10*
(1.06)
0.09*
(1.08)
0.03
(1.06)
0.03*
(1.02)
0.14*
(1.13)
Parenting Stress (N = 3,163) −0.12
(0.95)
−0.10
(0.95)
0.17*
(1.08)
−0.08
(1.03)
0.15*
(1.07)
0.09*
(1.07)
0.03*
(0.99)
0.05*
(1.00)
−0.05
(1.06)
−0.07
(1.00)
0.15*
(0.98)
0.12*
(1.00)
−0.01
(0.96)
0.06*
(1.00)

Note: Means and standard deviations presented. Variables have been age standardized in 3-month intervals to have a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1. Sample sizes for the lack of social support, material hardship, depression, and parenting stress measures are for observations with non-missing data on the relevant measure at all time points; sample sizes for the family structure variables are based on 3,674 observations with non-missing data on at least one of the outcome measures at all time points. Estimates are based on analyses of 10 multiply imputed datasets.

*

indicates that the mean is significantly different from that of “Always Two-Biological-Parent Family” at the relevant age.