Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of the Sample and Distribution of Study Variables

Characteristic	n	%
Gender
Male	1,271	44.03
Female	2,299	55.97
Marital status
Married	960	32.91
Partnered	260	8.74
Separated	286	7.16
Divorced	524	11.75
Widowed	353	7.89
Never married	1,170	31.55
Parental status
Does not have child	668	21.76
Has child	2,769	78.24
Employment status
Employed full-time	1,795	50.80
Employed part-time	538	16.02
Unemployed	366	10.08
Retired	99	2.57
Homemaker	77	2.73
Student	371	9.84
Disabled/other	314	7.96
Religious affiliation
Baptist	1,865	49.08
Methodist	216	5.88
Episcopalian	17	.45
Pentecostal	304	8.62
Catholic	202	5.96
Other Christian	549	17.25
Other religion	71	2.25
Unaffiliated	344	10.51
Social network types
Optimal	811	22.76
Ambivalent	1097	30.78
Family-centered	686	19.26
Strained	970	27.21
Characteristic	M	SD	Range
Age	43.15	16.32	18–93
Education	12.30	2.58	0–17
Household income (annual)	32,037.15	32,687.94	0–520,000
Number of children aged 13+ years	1.61	2.05	0–15
Frequency of contact with family	6.13	1.28	1–7
Subjective closeness to family	3.64	0.65	1–4
Family loves	3.52	0.73	1–4
Family listens	2.79	1.12	1–4
Family interested	3.41	0.84	1–4
Family demands	2.04	1.03	1–4
Family criticizes	1.86	0.95	1–4
Family takes advantage	1.61	0.91	1–4
Frequency of contact with congregants	3.75	1.83	1–6
Subjective closeness to congregants	3.02	0.95	1–4
Congregants loves	3.44	0.78	1–4
Congregants listens	2.30	1.18	1–4
Congregants interested	3.13	1.00	1–4
Congregants demands	1.71	0.89	1–4
Congregants criticizes	1.44	0.77	1–4
Congregants takes advantage	1.29	0.66	1–4

Note. Percentages are weighted and frequencies are unweighted.