Table 2.
Selected Parental Characteristics by Single vs. Multiple-Partner Fertility among Men and Women Aged 25–32 with Two or More Children in the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (Add Health)
| Add Health women (n=2,523) | Add Health men (n=1,433) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPF | MPF | SPF | MPF | |
| Fertility characteristics | ||||
| Average number of births | 2.32 | 2.73 | 2.26 | 2.86 |
| Mean age at 1st birth | 21.8 yrs | 19.1 yrs | 22.9 yrs | 20.7 yrs |
| Intended 1st birth | 60.0% | 30.1% | 62.5% | 35.7% |
| Union type at 1st birth | ||||
| Non-coresidential | 20.3% | 60.5% | 18.0% | 48.1% |
| Cohabiting | 27.2% | 27.1% | 33.8% | 34.2% |
| Married | 52.5% | 12.4% | 48.2% | 17.7% |
| Only marital births | 51.8% | 4.9% | 47.6% | 6.2% |
| Only non-coresidential births | 3.9% | 19.1% | 2.6% | 13.1% |
| Parental well-being | ||||
| Depressed (CES-D) | 24.5% | 34.3% | 13.6% | 20.1% |
| Happy in role of parent | ||||
| Strongly agree | 79.6% | 70.6% | 77.3% | 58.2% |
| Agree | 18.0% | 25.4% | 17.1% | 24.0% |
| Neither agree nor disagree | 1.4% | 2.8% | 3.2% | 8.2% |
| Disagree | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.8% | 6.5% |
| Strong disagree | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 3.0% |
| Feel close to child(ren) | ||||
| Strongly agree | 89.0% | 81.3% | 84.0% | 66.6% |
| Agree | 9.8% | 17.1% | 12.3% | 21.7% |
| Neither agree nor disagree | 0.7% | 1.2% | 1.8% | 5.3% |
| Disagree | 0.3% | 0.4% | 1.7% | 4.5% |
| Strong disagree | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.9% |
| Child coresidence | ||||
| Lives with all of their children | 97.2% | 87.4% | 85.1% | 13.3% |