Table 1.

Sample fixed characteristics (weighted %).

	Total (N = 8,984)		Analytical Sample (N = 6,337)		Analytical Sample (based on multiply imputed person-year data)
	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male
Parental Education (%)
Less than high school	11.31	12.33	10.17	11.52	12.25	12.30
High school diploma/GED	31.56	30.50	30.57	30.33	32.84	32.38
Some college	25.13	24.37	25.15	23.61	25.50	24.53
College degree or more	27.05	28.15	29.04	29.99	29.42	30.78
Missing on parental education	4.95	4.65	5.06	4.55	––	––
Race/Ethnicity (%)
Non-Hispanic white	67.02	66.29	62.72	63.9	60.57	62.77
Non-Hispanic black	15.53	15.31	19.66	17.71	21.37	18.45
Hispanic	12.25	13.43	11.71	13.00	12.03	13.08
Other	5.19	4.98	5.91	5.39	6.03	5.70
Family Structure at Age 12 (%)
Two biological parents	52.98	56.55	53.15	55.47	51.41	53.87
Single mother	22.54	20.20	23.58	21.24	24.51	22.58
Stepparent	16.15	14.77	14.51	15.10	14.28	14.95
Other	8.33	8.48	8.76	8.19	9.80	8.60
Ever Married at Last Observation (%)	39.81	29.95	20.74	17.59
Ever Cohabited at Last Observation (%)	58.93	48.10	62.17	50.30
Among Ever-Married (%)
College-educated spouse	18.99	22.01	34.42	34.48
Missing on spouse education	7.10	5.97	5.64	8.27
Unweighted Sample Size	4,385	4,599	2,932	3,405

Note: An additional 102 respondents were excluded because they have missing data on spouses’ education.