Table 3.
Demographics of mothers and fathers in the first 100 families enrolled in the HudsonAlpha CSER project
| Continuous Variables | Total Mean (SD) |
Fathers Mean (SD) |
Mothers Mean (SD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age** | 32.25 (11.1) | 34.31 (11.5) | 30.22 (10.5) |
| No. Typical Children | 1.71 (0.8) | 1.75 (0.9) | 1.67 (0.7) |
| No. Affected Children | 1.13 (0.4) | 1.15 (0.4) | 1.10 (0.3) |
| Categorical Variables |
Total
N=200 (%) |
Fathers
N=100 (%) |
Mothers
N=100 (%) |
|
Race
White Black Other |
163 (81.5%) 12 (6.0%) 25 (12.5%) |
79 (79.0%) 6 (6.0%) 15 (15.0%) |
84 (84.0%) 6 (6.0%) 10 (10.0%) |
|
Education
< High School High School Some College College Advanced |
19 (9.5%) 34 (17.0%) 67 (33.5%) 49 (24.5%) 31 (15.5%) |
11 (11.0%) 20 (20.0%) 31 (31.0%) 25 (25.0%) 13 (13.0%) |
8 (8.0%) 14 (14.0%) 36 (36.0%) 24 (24.0%) 18 (18.0%) |
| Employed** | 127 (63.5%) | 82 (82.0%) | 45 (45.0%) |
**
Significant difference between mothers and fathers, p<0.001
Levene’s test for equality of variance did not reach significance for any of the comparisons above. For this reason, traditional t-statistic and associated p-value was reported. No adjustment for unequal variances (e.g., Satterthwaite) was used.