Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for Parents and Offspring

	Means or %
	All	Age categories
		18 to 22	23 to 26	27 to 34
Offspring’s age	23.2	19.9	24.3**	29.9**
Parent’s age	50.7	49.1	51.1**	54.2**
Parent sex (male) (%)	47.0	49.1	46.5	42.6
Parent had recent health problem (%)	36.9	35.4	41.1	36.1
Parent’s household income (%)
<$40k	15.3	13.3	10.9	24.6*
$40k–100k	50.0	46.0	56.6*	52.5
>$100k	34.7	40.7	32.6	23.0**
Parent’s employment status (%)
Full-time	67.5	71.6	71.3	54.1**
Part-time	10.1	8.8	10.9	12.3
Retired	2.1	1.1	1.6	4.9^
Homemaker	5.4	3.9	5.4	9.0
Not working	12.1	11.6	9.3	16.4
Other employment status	2.8	3.2	1.6	3.3
Parent’s total number of offspring (%)	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.2
Offspring’s parents are married (%)	67.2	71.2	67.4	57.4*
Offspring’s sex (male) (%)	46.5	49.8	48.1	36.9*
Offspring’s race/ethnicity (%)
White only	66.8	70.9	65.9	58.2*
Black only	22.4	17.9	24.0	31.1*
Hispanic, any race	2.4	2.8	3.1	0.8
Multi-racial or other race	8.4	8.4	7.0	9.8
Offspring’s employment status (%)
Full-time	43.8	18.9	69.8**	74.6**
Part-time	34.0	50.5	16.3**	13.9**
Not working	17.5	25.6	10.1**	6.6**
Homemaker	3.7	3.9	3.9	3.3
Other employment status	0.9	1.1	0.0^	1.6
Offspring is a student (%)	48.1	75.1	20.2**	14.8**
Offspring has children (%)	21.1	4.9	25.6**	54.1**
Offspring had recent health problem (%)	31.9	32.6	31.0	31.1
Offspring’s household income (%)
<$40k	22.2	27.4	18.6*	13.9**
$40k–100k	42.7	34.0	57.4**	47.5*
>$100k	35.1	38.6	24.0**	38.5
Offspring coresides with parents (%)	50.4	71.6	34.9**	17.2**
Offspring’s marital status (%)
Single, never married	71.6	89.5	62.0**	40.2**
Married	13.4	1.8	14.7**	39.3**
Cohabiting	11.6	7.7	17.1*	14.8^
Other marital status	3.4	1.1	6.2*	5.7*
Offspring is considered an adult by parents (%)	4.1	3.8	4.3**	4.3**
Offspring lives <50 miles from parent (%)	76.5	74.4	76.7	81.1
Offspring emotionally close with parent (%)	46.6	66.0	34.9**	13.9**
N	536	285	129	122

^**p<0.01,

^*p<0.05,

^{^}p<0.10 for difference from 18–22 age group.