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. 2015 Oct 5;18(5):431–438. doi: 10.1111/jch.12701

Table 1.

Demographic and Sociofamilial Distribution Among All Pedigrees

Total Parental Marital Status Single‐Parent Status Paternal Absence Status
Parents not married Parents married P value Living with one parent Living with two parents P value No absence Partial absence Complete absence P value
No. 148 63 (42) 85 (58) 62 (42) 86 (58) 74 (50) 31 (21) 43 (29)
Proband age, median (IQR range), y 12.2 (9.0–15.1) 11.9 (8.3–15.4) 12.3 (9.4–15.1) .647 12.6 (9.0–15.4) 12.1 (9.0–15.1) .806 12.2 (9.3–15.1) 13.2 (9.4–15.1) 12 (8.3–15.5) .821
Proband male sex, No. (%) 78 (53) 26 (41) 52 (61) .016 26 (42) 52 (60) .026 45 (61) 13 (42) 20 (47) .132
Proband ethnicity, No. (%)
African American 69 (47) 39 (62) 30 (35) .012 40 (65) 29 (34) .003 24 (32) 16 (52) 29 (67) .009
Hispanic 51 (34) 17 (27) 34 (40) 14 (23) 37 (43) 29 (39) 11 (35) 11 (26)
Caucasian 22 (15) 5 (8) 17 (20) 6 (10) 16 (19) 17 (23) 3 (10) 2 (5)
Others 6 (4) 2 (3) 4 (5) 2 (3) 4 (5) 4 (5) 1 (3) 1 (2)
Mother's education, No. (%)
<High school 27 (19) 9 (15) 18 (22) .134 8 (14) 19 (23) .211 13 (18) 11 (37) 3 (7) .001
High school or GED 38 (27) 19 (31) 19 (23) 17 (29) 21 (25) 20 (28) 7 (23) 11 (27)
Some college/technical school 52 (36) 26 (43) 26 (32) 26 (44) 26 (31) 20 (28) 8 (27) 24 (59)
College degree/postgraduate 26 (18) 7 (11) 19 (23) 8 (14) 18 (21) 19 (26) 4 (13) 3 (7)
Father's education, No. (%)
<High school 36 (26) 15 (26) 21 (26) .135 14 (25) 22 (26) .135 17 (24) 10 (33) 9 (24) .058
High school or GED 60 (43) 31 (53) 29 (35) 30 (54) 30 (36) 24 (33) 13 (43) 23 (61)
Some college/technical school 24 (17) 7 (12) 17 (21) 7 (13) 17 (20) 16 (22) 5 (17) 3 (8)
College degree/postgraduate 20 (14) 5 (9) 15 (18) 5 (9) 15 (18) 15 (21) 2 (7) 3 (8)
Mother employed, No. (%) 89 (62) 43 (70) 46 (56) .079 41 (69) 48 (57) .134 44 (61) 15 (50) 30 (73) .133
Father employed, No. (%) 103 (74) 33 (57) 70 (85) <.001 33 (58) 70 (84) <.001 62 (86) 22 (73) 19 (50) <.001
Size of the family (first‐degree), No. (%) 4.5 (4–5) 4 (3–4) 4 (4–5) <.001 4 (3–4) 4 (4–5) <.001 4 (4–5) 4 (3–5) 3 (3–4) <.001
Maternal age, median (IQR range), y 37.4 (32.9–42.2) 35.3 (31.6–40.1) 38.8 (35.1–44.0) .002 35.2 (31.4–39.3) 38.8 (35.2–44) .002 39.2 (35–44.3) 36.4 (32.1–41.3) 34.6 (31.8–38.9) .003
Paternal age, median (IQR range), y 40.4 (36.0–45.5) 37.4 (34.2–45.1) 41.6 (36.7–45.8) .214 37.4 (35.0–48.0) 41.6 (36.6–45.0) .659 42.2 (37.6–45.7) 37.1 (29.4–45.2) 34.6 (31.8–38.9) .313
Residential urban status, No. (%) 128 (90) 54 (90) 74 (90) .962 52 (90) 76 (90) .872 64 (89) 24 (83) 40 (98) .096

Abbreviations: GED, General Educational Development test; IQR, interquartile range. Data missing for mother's education and employment status (5), father's education and employment status (8), maternal age (13), paternal age (75), and residential urban status (6).