Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of the Grown Children (N = 592) and Their Parents (n = 399)

Variables	Grown Children			Parents
	M	SD	Range	M	SD	Range
Age	23.82	5.13	18 – 41	50.67	4.80	40 – 60
Years of education	13.91	1.82	10 – 17	14.25	2.02	9 – 17
Annual household incomea	3.77	1.61	1 – 5	4.51	1.40	1 – 5
Self-reported healthb	3.70	0.96	1 – 5	3.45	1.03	1 – 5
Distance in miles				172.18	580.85	0 – 5,000
	Proportions
Female	.53			.52
Racial/ethnic minorityc	.35			.34
Coreside with parents	.30			.21
Have children	.24			1.00
Marital status
Married	.15			.64
Remarried	.01			.09
Cohabiting with partner	.11			.04
Divorced or separated	.02			.17
Widowed or other	.02			.01
Single/never married	.70			.06
Work status
Employed full time	.45			.66
Employed part time	.33			.10
Unemployed	.12			.04
Homemaker	.04			.06
Retired				.03
Disabled	.00			.09
Other	.03			.04
Student (full time)	.35

^a1 = less than $10,000, 2 = $10,001 – $25,000, 3 = $25,001 – $40,000, 4 = $40,001 – 75,000, 5 = $75,001 – $100,000, 6 = more than $100,000.

^b1 = poor, 2 = fair, 3 = good, 4 = very good, 5 = excellent.

^cProportion Black or multiracial.