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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Demography. 2016 Feb;53(1):1–26. doi: 10.1007/s13524-015-0443-9

Table 1.

Weighted distribution of family composition and mean aggressive behavior at age 4 (ECLS-B, 2001-2006/7, N~6550)

Proportion of all children Proportion of children with step/half-siblings Aggressive Behavior Score

Mean SD
Overall 1.000 8.807 4.446
Bio father/no step/half-sibs 0.645 8.353 4.116
Stepfather/no step/half-sibs 0.029 8.989 4.341
No father/no step/half-sibs 0.154 9.500 5.040 a
Bio father/any step-half sibs 0.089 0.516 9.345 4.397 a
Stepfather/any step-half sibs 0.027 0.157 10.563 5.487 a,b,c
No father/any step-half sibs 0.056 0.327 10.343 5.121 a,b,c
a

different from biological father, no step/half sibs, p<.05

b

different from biological father, any step/half sibs, p<.05

c

different from no biological father, no step/half sibs, p<.05