Table 2.

Youths’ demographic characteristics and emotional and behavioral health: Child welfare (NSCAW) versus community (Add Health) youths

Independent variables	NSCAW (N = 730)	Add Health (N = 4,445)	Range	Sig. p
Female	.56 [.48, .65]	.51 [.49, .53]	0–1	n.s.
Age, in years	13.02 (0.78)	13.38 (0.66)	12–14	n.s.
White	.51 [.42, .59]	.70 [.63, .77]	0–1	<.001
Black	.28 [.19, .36]	.13 [.08, .19]	0–1	<.001
Hispanic	.15 [.08, .21]	.11 [.08, .15]	0–1	<.01
Another race	.07 [.04, .10]	.05 [.03, .07]	0–1	<.05
Parent/caregiver education, years	11.56 (2.47)	13.94 (2.45)	0–20	<.001
Two-parent/caregiver household	.32 [.25, 39]	.73 [.69, .76]	0–1	<.001
Parental closeness	4.27 (0.97)	4.72 (0.49)	1–5	<.001
Depression	.15 [.09, .20]	.14 [.13, .16]	0–1	n.s.
Delinquency	0.93 (1.91)	0.81 (0.96)	0–11	n.s.

Notes: Continuous measures include standard error in parentheses. Categorical measures include 95% confidence interval in brackets. NSCAW = National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being; Add Health = National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health; sig. = significance; n.s. = not significant; weighted means are presented.