Table 1.
Descriptive Information about Stepfather Labeling Groups (Means & %’s)
| Consistently Stepfather (1) | Delayed Stepfather (2) | Retreat from Stepfather Label (3) | Consistently Mother’s Husband (4) | Differences p < .05 | |
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| Female (%) | 51.3 | 50.4 | 48.3 | 44.5 | 1 > 4 |
| Race (%) | |||||
| Hispanic | 11.5 | 14.4 | 11.5 | 12.4 | |
| White | 71.5 | 77.9 | 70.9 | 74.8 | 2 > 1,3 |
| Black | 10.3 | 7.1 | 11.5 | 11.0 | 1, 3 > 2 |
| Age | 14.92 (0.14) | 15.07 (0.30) | 15.27 (0.19) | 14.89 (0.25) | 2,3 > 1,4; 3 > 2 |
| Mother’s Education (%) | |||||
| Less than High School | 14.4 | 22.6 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 2 > 1,3,4; 1 > 3,4 |
| High School | 35.2 | 32.1 | 25.8 | 35.7 | 1,2,4 > 3 |
| Some College | 32.7 | 29.2 | 38.6 | 33.7 | 3 > 1,2 |
| Bachelor’s or more | 17.8 | 16.2 | 28.4 | 23.8 | 3,4 > 1,2 |
| Income (in thousands of dollars) | 48.45 (2.55) | 45.11 (4.50) | 56.04 (7.16) | 40.1 (4.04) | 3 > 1,2,4; 1,2 > 4 |
| Years in Stepfamily | 8.00 (0.23) | 6.64 (0.53) | 6.74 (0.53) | 5.65 (0.43) | 1 > 2,3,4; 2,3 > 4 |
| Number of full siblings | 0.74 (0.05) | 0.81 (0.16) | 0.66 (0.10) | 0.55 (0.10) | 2>1,3,4; 1 >3,4; 3>4 |
| Number of half siblings | 0.67 (0.04) | 0.75 (0.13) | 0.59 (0.09) | 0.50 (0.09) | 2>1,3,4; 1 >3,4; 3>4 |
| Number of step siblings | 0.24 (0.04) | 0.10 (0.04) | 0.10 (0.05) | 0.14 (0.05) | 1 > 2,3,4 |
| Number of prior father figures | 1.92 (0.04) | 2.06 (0.08) | 2.01 (0.06) | 2.03 (0.10) | 2,3,4 > 1 |
| Birth was marital (%) | 74.3 | 79.8 | 82.4 | 79.0 | 2,3 > 1 |
| Closeness with Mother | 4.50 (0.02) | 4.50 (0.05) | 4.43 (0.05) | 4.28 (0.11) | 1,2 > 3,4; 3 > 4 |
| Closeness with Non-Resident Biological Father | 2.41 (0.09) | 2.98 (0.22) | 3.04 (0.18) | 3.21 (0.31) | 2,3,4 > 1; 4 > 2,3 |
| Closeness with Stepfather, Wave II | 3.86 (0.04) | 3.95 (0.07) | 3.78 (0.11) | 3.76 (0.09) | 2 > 1,3,4; 1 > 3,4 |
| N | 826 | 147 | 132 | 87 | |
Note: Standard errors are in parentheses; Means are weighted and standard errors adjust for weighting, clustering, and stratification. Significant differences between means highlighted in the 6th column are based on t-tests.