Table 1. Sample Characteristics by Three-Generation Household Coresidence.
| Full sample | Three-Generation | Not Three-Generation | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| (% or M) | (% or M) | (% or M) | |
| Ever Three-Generation | 23 | - | - |
| Maternal Characteristics | |||
| Age | |||
| <20 | 8 | 23 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 24 | 41 | 19 |
| 25-29 | 26 | 20 | 28 |
| 30-34 | 25 | 11 | 29 |
| 35+ | 18 | 5 | 21 |
| Race/Ethnicity | |||
| Black | 14 | 20 | 12 |
| White | 58 | 43 | 62 |
| Hispanic | 22 | 29 | 20 |
| Asian | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| American Indian/Alaskan Native | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Other | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Nativity | |||
| Immigrant | 19 | 18 | 19 |
| Native-Born | 81 | 82 | 81 |
| Relationship Status | |||
| Stably Married | 67 | 36 | 75 |
| Stably Cohabiting | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Stably Single/Divorced | 12 | 28 | 7 |
| Partnered to Unpartnered | 6 | 8 | 5 |
| Unpartnered to Partnered | 6 | 14 | 3 |
| Two Transitions | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| Poverty | |||
| Always Poor | 11 | 16 | 9 |
| Sometimes Poor | 25 | 43 | 20 |
| Never Poor | 64 | 41 | 70 |
| Education | |||
| Less than HS | 19 | 30 | 16 |
| High school | 28 | 36 | 26 |
| Some College | 28 | 26 | 28 |
| College + | 25 | 7 | 30 |
| Mother work prior to birth | 72 | 70 | 73 |
| WIC | 52 | 77 | 45 |
| Siblings | |||
| No siblings | 40 | 58 | 35 |
| 1 sibling | 34 | 26 | 37 |
| 2 siblings | 16 | 10 | 18 |
| 3 + siblings | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| English primary language | 87 | 85 | 88 |
| Mother's English literacy (M) | 11.0 | 11.2 | 10.9 |
| (SD) | (2.9) | (2.5) | (2.9) |
| Residential Moves | |||
| None | 53 | 40 | 57 |
| One | 30 | 33 | 29 |
| Two | 17 | 27 | 14 |
| Urban | 85 | 85 | 86 |
| Region | |||
| Northwest | 22 | 18 | 24 |
| Northeast | 17 | 16 | 17 |
| South | 37 | 41 | 35 |
| West | 24 | 25 | 24 |
| Child Characteristics | |||
| Boy | 51 | 50 | 51 |
| Premature | 12 | 13 | 11 |
| Low birth weight | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| Kindergarten Start | |||
| 2006 | 73 | 74 | 72 |
| 2007 | 27 | 26 | 28 |
| Kindergarten age (M) | 68.2 | 68.1 | 68.2 |
| (SD) | (4.4) | (4.6) | (4.4) |
| Maternal grandparent Characteristics | |||
| Lived with both parents at 16 | 58 | 47 | 61 |
| AFDC growing up | 11 | 15 | 10 |
| Depression | |||
| Grandmother | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| Grandfather | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Grandmother's Education | |||
| Less than HS | 37 | 41 | 36 |
| High school | 30 | 33 | 30 |
| Some college | 18 | 18 | 19 |
| College + | 15 | 9 | 17 |
| N | 6550 | 1500 | 5050 |
Note: All Ns are unweighted and rounded to the nearest 50. Standard deviations (SD) in parentheses. Estimates are weighted using WKR0. WIC=Women, Infants and Children, AFDC=Aid to Needy Families with Dependent Children.