Table 2.

Weighted Descriptive Statistics of Women's First Cohabitation, 2002 National Survey of Family Growth (Standard deviation in parentheses where appropriate; sample size is unweighted)

Socioeconomic and Demographic Factors
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	71.6%
Non-Hispanic black	14.7%
Foreign-born Hispanic	6.3%
Native-born Hispanic	7.5%
Family structure at 14
Both bio parents	65.9%
Stepfamily	12.1%
Other	22.0%
Maternal education
Less than HS/Missing	27.1%
HS/GED	37.3%
Some college	20.7%
College	14.9%
Mother had birth before 18	18.9%
HS at start of cohabitation	69.8%
Prior Family Behaviors
Children born > 6 months prior to start of cohabitation	22.6%
Children born ≤ 6 months prior to start of cohabitation	3.2%
Prior marriage	14.9%
Partner married before	22.5%
Partner had children from prior relationship	25.7%
Cohabitation Characteristics
Average age at start of cohabitation	22.8 years (5.24)
Average months of cohabitation duration	27.8 months (31.91)
Engaged at start of cohabitation	47.0%
N	3387