Table 2. Baseline Demographic Characteristics of Experimental and Control Groups.

Variable	Total		Group				P
	N	Percent	Experimental		Control
			N	Percent	N	Percent
Parent
Agea	36.9 (±8.1)		36.9 (±8.1)		36.8 (±8.1)		0.864
Gender
Male	25	7.23	13	7.07	12	7.41	0.532
Female	321	92.77	171	92.93	150	92.59
Marital status
Married	156	45.09	86	46.74	70	43.21	0.685
Divorced/separated	67	19.37	31	16.85	36	22.22
Never married	95	27.46	50	27.17	45	27.78
Living with someone	28	8.08	17	9.24	11	6.79
Employment
Full-Time	212	61.27	111	60.32	101	62.35	0.972
Part-Time	36	10.41	20	10.87	16	9.88
Homemaker	43	12.43	25	13.59	18	11.11
Unemployed	55	15.89	28	15.22	27	16.66
Occupation
Professional	75	21.67	39	21.20	36	22.22	0.351
Technical	271	78.33	145	78.80	126	77.78
Education level
Less than high school	32	9.25	14	7.61	18	11.03	0.752
High school diploma	118	34.10	65	35.33	53	32.71
College degree	196	56.65	105	57.06	91	56.18
Race
African American	218	63.01	117	63.59	101	62.60	0.968
White	106	30.64	55	29.89	51	31.25
Other	22	6.35	12	6.52	10	6.15
Ethnicity
Hispanic	17	4.91	10	5.43	7	4.32	0.412
Not hispanic	329	95.09	174	94.57	155	95.68
Income
<$20 000	115	33.24	65	35.33	50	30.86	0.268
$20 000–$39 999	132	38.15	60	32.61	72	44.44
⩾$40 000	60	17.35	37	20.1	23	14.21
Do not wish to respond	39	11.26	22	11.96	17	10.49
Biological parent
Yes	301	87.50	157	85.33	144	90.00	0.126
No	43	12.50	27	14.67	16	10.00
Children
Agea	9.1 (±0.95)		9.2 (±0.96)		9.0 (±0.93)		0.203
Gender
Male	154	44.50	83	45.10	71	43.80	0.448
Female	192	55.50	101	54.90	91	56.20
Education level
2nd grade	66	19.10	35	19.00	31	19.10	0.467
3rd grade	145	41.90	72	39.10	73	45.10
4th grade	135	39.00	77	41.90	58	35.80
Race
African American	222	64.20	117	63.60	105	64.80	0.957
White	93	26.90	50	27.20	43	26.50
Other	31	8.90	17	9.20	14	8.70
Ethnicity
Hispanic	26	7.51	13	7.07	13	8.02	0.446
Not hispanic	320	92.49	171	92.93	149	91.98

^avalues denoted as mean (±s.d.).