Table 1.

Descriptive Information about Stepfather-Stepchild Relationship Indicators

	x̄	SD	% low	% high
Closeness
Feel close with stepfather	3.72	1.17	38	62
Think stepfather cares about you	4.33	0.94	19	81
Stepfather is warm & loving	3.78	1.09	31	69
Satisfaction with communication	3.67	1.14	33	67
Satisfaction with relationship	3.81	1.11	28	72
	% Does activity/talked about topic
Activities
Gone shopping	24
Played sports	25
Gone to church	19
Gone to event	17
Worked on school project	10
(Did no activities)	45
Communication
Talked about dating or parties	27
Talked about grades	42
Talked about things at school	37
(Didn’t talk about any topic)	43

Note: Results are weighted & based on non-missing data; Low = responses of “somewhat/neither agree or disagree,” “very little/disagree,” and “not at all/strongly disagree”; High = response of “very much/strongly agree,” and “quite a bit/agree”