Table II.
Descriptive Statistics for Study Variables
| Variable | n | % |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 644 | 50.1 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| White | 567 | 44.1 |
| Black | 565 | 44.0 |
| Hispanic | 88 | 6.8 |
| Asian | 21 | 1.6 |
| Native American | 5 | 0.4 |
| Other | 37 | 2.9 |
| Family income | ||
| <$25,000 | 276 | 21.5 |
| $25,000–$40,000 | 270 | 21.0 |
| $40,000–$65,000 | 273 | 21.2 |
| ≥$65,000 | 281 | 21.9 |
| Don’t Know/Refused | 185 | 14.4 |
| Poverty | ||
| Above poverty threshold | 895 | 69.6 |
| ≤Poverty threshold | 198 | 15.4 |
| No income this year/Don’t know/Refused | 192 | 14.9 |
| HW smoking/drinking | 886 | 68.9 |
| Regular smoking | 169 | 13.2 |
| Heavy episodic drinking | 240 | 18.7 |
| Marijuana use | 349 | 27.2 |
| M | SD | |
| Parental education (years) | 13.45 | 2.47 |
| Economic problems | 1.68 | 1.84 |
| # of Persons in the FU | 4.24 | 1.25 |
| # of Children in the FU | 2.36 | 1.07 |
| Parenting practices | ||
| Acceptance | 2.40 | 0.50 |
| Control | 2.45 | 0.45 |
| Monitoring | 3.80 | 0.84 |
| Self-control | 2.57 | 0.38 |
Note. FU = Full Household; HW Smoking/Drinking = Head and/or Wife smoked or drank.