Table 1.

Individual and Family Characterizes of Youth by Runaway-Homeless Status

	Youth with one-time runaway- homeless episode		Youth with repeated runaway- homeless episodes		Non-runaway- homeless youth
	183		122		2,305
N (Min)	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE
Individual characteristics
Age 12	0.315	0.035	0.297	0.044	0.347	0.010
Female	0.617	0.043	0.633	0.048	0.473	0.010
Hispanics	0.231	0.032	0.252	0.043	0.240	0.009
Black	0.209	0.032	0.200	0.046	0.215	0.009
Asian	0.022	0.011	0.008	0.008	0.018	0.003
Family SES
50%–100%	0.196	0.031	0.182	0.045	0.152	0.009
101%–150%	0.100	0.024	0.147	0.037	0.117	0.009
151%–200%	0.131	0.031	0.120	0.030	0.101	0.007
More than 200%	0.479	0.042	0.435	0.049	0.527	0.011
Mother’s education
Less than HS	0.477	0.037	0.510	0.047	0.446	0.011
HS graduates	0.401	0.038	0.340	0.045	0.360	0.011
Some college or more	0.122	0.026	0.150	0.035	0.193	0.009
Father’s education
Less than HS	0.489	0.041	0.516	0.050	0.466	0.011
HS graduates	0.343	0.036	0.249	0.052	0.321	0.010
Some college or more	0.168	0.030	0.235	0.053	0.213	0.009
Housing and neighborhood characteristics
Homeowners	0.379	0.037	0.402	0.056	0.314	0.010
Rural	0.157	0.028	0.203	0.037	0.202	0.009
Mostly mobile home	0.056	0.040	0.102	0.060	0.088	0.050
% of Whites in the county of residence (Census 1990)	0.790	0.011	0.780	0.015	0.777	0.003
Family conflict measures
Family structures
Single mom	0.226	0.031	0.273	0.043	0.209	0.008
Single dad	0.008	0.007	0.018	0.013	0.023	0.003
No. of children under age 18 in HH	2.523	0.096	2.745	0.112	2.561	0.026
Youths’ report on relationship with mom	24.50	0.396	23.22	0.567	25.57	0.108
Mother no involvement	0.191	0.032	0.157	0.035	0.098	0.006
Mother permissive	0.248	0.034	0.289	0.042	0.329	0.010
Mother authoritative	0.139	0.027	0.184	0.035	0.112	0.007
Mother authoritarian	0.422	0.039	0.371	0.046	0.461	0.010
Mother monitoring	10.04	0.252	9.586	0.338	10.596	0.069
Youth’s report on relationship with dad	19.61	0.744	17.50	0.971	21.63	0.201
Father no involvement	0.306	0.034	0.337	0.047	0.249	0.009
Father permissive	0.164	0.030	0.149	0.035	0.244	0.009
Father authoritative	0.196	0.030	0.281	0.041	0.155	0.008
Father authoritarian	0.333	0.038	0.233	0.039	0.353	0.010
Father monitoring	6.228	0.353	5.415	0.427	7.138	0.098
Socioemotional health
Behavioral Problems Index-Youth Report	2.436	0.119	2.503	0.144	1.901	0.031
Behavioral Problems Index-Parents Report	1.718	0.122	1.937	0.146	1.324	0.030
Substance Abuse Index	0.874	0.073	0.844	0.096	0.471	0.017
Educational outcomes
Not completing HS	0.257	0.034	0.350	0.047	0.164	0.006