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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Hum Ecol. 2015 Dec;16(2):45–61. doi: 10.6115/ijhe.2015.16.2.45

Table 2. Means of time with parents and peers by generationa.

All Generations

1st/2nd 3rd



Variables Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
N 465 238 227
Time with parents:
Time either parent engaged
 Weekend day 5.61 3.59 6.15 3.61 5.03 3.49 ***
 Weekday 3.07 2.41 3.03 2.48 3.12 2.34
Time mother only engaged
 Weekend day 2.24 2.80 2.20 2.91 2.27 2.68
 Weekday 1.88 2.02 1.93 2.08 1.83 1.95
Time father only engaged
 Weekend day 0.84 1.60 0.81 1.54 0.86 1.67
 Weekday 0.53 1.12 0.47 0.99 0.60 1.24
Time both parents engaged
 Weekend day 2.53 3.03 3.13 3.25 1.90 2.65 ***
 Weekday 0.66 0.95 0.63 0.94 0.69 0.96
Time with peers:
Time spent with peers
 Weekend day 1.38 2.38 0.91 1.85 1.87 2.75 ***
 weekday 0.95 2.01 0.99 2.18 0.92 1.83
***

p < .001,

**

p < .01,

*

p < .05,

+

p < .10 two-tailed test

a

Time in hours