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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Assess. 2014 Apr 21;26(3):763–773. doi: 10.1037/a0036571

Table 1.

Demographics of Total Samples of Parents in Studies 1 and 2

Demographic Characteristic Study 1 (N = 347) Study 2 (N = 184)
% n % n
Child Age (M, SD) 9.24 3.43 8.68 3.62
Income (M, SD) 34,763.08 27,624.67
Child Gender
 Female 41.9 143 42.6 78
 Male 58.1 198 57.4 105
Relation to Child
 Mother 80.0 272 82.1 151
 Father 7.9 27 8.7 16
 Other 12.1 41 9.2 17
Mother Education
 Less than high school 10.6 35 6.1 11
 High school 39.8 131 51.1 92
 2 year college/technical school 34.7 114 27.2 49
 4-year college 8.8 29 11.7 21
 Post college degree 5.2 17 3.3 6
Father Education
 Less than high school 15.7 52 13.0 23
 High school 51.7 171 49.7 88
 2 year college/technical school 15.4 51 18.1 32
 4-year college 6.6 22 9.6 17
 Post college degree 3.3 11 4.5 8
Race/Ethnicity
 White 94.4 322 89.6 164
 White Hispanic 2.3 8 2.2 4
 Black .6 2 3.3 6
 Black Hispanic .6 2 1.1 2
 Asian/Pacific Islander .3 1 --- ---
 Other 1.8 6 3.8 7
Ever talked – Counselor 52.5 179 31.5 58
Know someone – mental health tx 92.6 311 67.6 123
Know someone – psychiatric hospital 73.3 247 54.6 100