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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 23.
Published in final edited form as: Fam Relatsh Soc. 2012 Mar 1;1(1):43–61. doi: 10.1332/204674312X633153

Table 1.

Summary Means and Standard Deviations

Weighted Unweighted
Mean S.D. Mean S.D. Min Max
Outcomes (Year Five)
Std. Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (PPVT-R (Std.)) [n = 2180] 95.78 17.03 93.36 15.83 40 139
Std. Woodcock-Johnson Letter-Word Identification Test (WJT (Std.)) [n = 2192] 102.12 14.48 99.93 14.99 46 186
Aggressive Behaviour (Aggression) [n = 2492] 10.96 5.96 11.16 6.51 0 36
Anxiety/Depression Symptoms [n = 2527] 3.68 3.12 3.50 3.07 0 20
Obesity [n = 2030] 0.16 0.36 0.17 0.37 0 1
Asthma [n = 3605] 0.04 0.20 0.08 0.26 0 1
Family Structure (At-Birth)
Parents Married 0.61 0.49 0.25 0.43 0 1
Parents Cohabiting 0.20 0.40 0.36 0.48 0 1
Mother is Single 0.19 0.40 0.39 0.49 0 1
Family Structure (Year Five)
Parents Married 0.55 0.50 0.32 0.47 0 1
Parents Cohabiting 0.08 0.27 0.14 0.35 0 1
Mother is Single 0.25 0.44 0.38 0.49 0 1
Mother Married to New Partner 0.04 0.19 0.04 0.19 0 1
Mother Cohabiting with New Partner 0.09 0.27 0.12 0.32 0 1
Family Stability (Birth to Year Five)
Stable Marriage 0.46 0.50 0.20 0.40 0 1
Cohabitation to Marriage 0.05 0.23 0.08 0.27 0 1
Stable Cohabitation 0.05 0.21 0.07 0.26 0 1
Stable Single 0.06 0.24 0.14 0.34 0 1
Cohabiting at Year Five (Unstable) 0.03 0.17 0.07 0.26 0 1
Married at Year Five (Unstable) 0.04 0.19 0.04 0.20 0 1
Single at Year Five (Unstable) 0.19 0.40 0.25 0.43 0 1
Mother Married to New Partner at Year Five (Unstable) 0.04 0.19 0.04 0.19 0 1
Mother Cohabiting with New Partner at Year Five (Unstable) 0.09 0.27 0.12 0.32 0 1
Other Covariates
Male 0.55 0.50 0.52 0.50 0 1
Firstborn (Father) 0.34 0.47 0.22 0.41 0 1
Mother White 0.41 0.49 0.49 0.50 0 1
Mother Black 0.22 0.42 0.26 0.44 0 1
Mother Hispanic 0.29 0.45 0.03 0.18 0 1
Other 0.08 0.27 0.12 0.33 0 1
Father of Different Race 0.09 0.29 0.37 0.48 0 1
Mother HS Dropout 0.31 0.46 0.26 0.44 0 1
Mother had HS Diploma 0.26 0.44 0.25 0.43 0 1
Mother had Some College 0.19 0.40 0.11 0.32 0 1
Mother had College Degree 0.24 0.42 0.23 0.42 0 1
Mother has < Education 0.19 0.40 0.52 0.50 0 1
Mother has Same Education 0.56 0.50 0.25 0.43 0 1
Mother has > Education 0.25 0.43 30.28 6.04 0 1
Mother’s Age 32.11 6.19 32.85 7.11 19 53
Father’s Age 35.13 7.05 0.08 0.28 20 72
Mother had a Father Figure 0.08 0.26 0.10 0.30 0 1
Father had a Father Figure 0.07 0.25 0.43 0.50 0 1
Mother lived with both parents at 15 0.53 0.50 0.45 0.50 0 1
Father lived with both parents at 15 0.58 0.49 4.72 4.74 0 1
Years parents knew each other before pregnancy 6.93 5.83 2.97 0.61 0 31
Mother’s DDI 3.01 0.61 3.00 0.71 1 4
Father’s DDI 3.01 0.68 0.26 0.44 1 4
Mother’s Parents had Mental Problems 0.26 0.44 0.20 0.40 0 1
Father’s Parents had Mental Problems 0.19 0.40 6.79 2.64 0 1
Mother’s WAIS Scores 7.12 2.82 6.50 2.74 0 15
Father’s WAIS Scores 6.62 2.73 0.52 0.50 0 15

Data: FFCWS

The table presents weighted and unweighted means and standard deviations.

Unweighted N = 3,676