Table 1.

Sample descriptives of children born to Hispanic mothers. Fragile families data. N = 1084.

Variables^a	% or median^b	Std. dev.	Min	Max
Child characteristics
Male	51%
Age in months	62	3.17	58	72
Low birth weight	6%
Lives with mother full-time	98%
Maternal nativity & country of origin
Mother U.S.-born (vs. foreign-born)	59%
Mother Mexican-origin (vs. non-Mexican)	60%
Other maternal characteristics
Age at child’s birth	23	5.80	15	43
Self-rated excellent health status^c	24%
Depressed (at child age 1)	14%
Less than high school degree	48%
Has high school degree	27%
Some college education	21%
College graduate	4%
Working (at child age 1)	47%
Religious	40%
Father’s race
Hispanic	84%
Black	8%
White	6%
Other race	2%
Household composition
Number other children in household	1	1.25	0	6
Grandparent in household	26%
Mother married to biological father	23%
Mother cohabiting with biological father	46%
Mother single	31%

Data not weighted.

Variables assessed at birth unless otherwise noted.

Median, std. dev. and min/max provided for continuous variables; % of sample = 1 for dummy variables.

Ref: very good, good, fair, or poor self-rated maternal health.