Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics for Treatment and Control Groups (N = 139 families)
| Treatment (n = 70)
|
Control (n= 69)
|
Test | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Statistic | |
| Demographic characteristics | |||||
| Marrieda | 0.70 | na | 0.66 | na | 0.85 |
| Length of marriage | 10.54 | 7.29 | 9.33 | 6.07 | 0.76 |
| Number children in home | 3.07 | 1.48 | 2.75 | 1.27 | 1.34 |
| Education (fathers) | 5.22 | 1.69 | 7.15 | 12.93 | 1.13 |
| Education (mothers) | 5.97 | 2.05 | 5.83 | 1.63 | 0.44 |
| Age of adults (fathers) | 42.03 | 10.07 | 38.56 | 8.13 | 1.98* |
| Age of adults (mothers) | 38.10 | 8.34 | 35.75 | 6.03 | 1.86† |
| Age of target child | 10.89 | 0.87 | 11.14 | 0.85 | 1.64 |
| Gender of target childb | 0.50 | na | 0.61 | na | 0.23 |
| Study Variables | |||||
| Parental monitoring | 26.74 | 10.32 | 27.71 | 10.43 | 0.55 |
| Racial pride socialization | 4.31 | 3.07 | 3.70 | 3.18 | 1.17 |
| Conduct problems | 1.34 | 2.11 | 1.57 | 2.21 | 0.61 |
| Positive self-concept | -0.02 | 0.80 | 0.02 | 0.82 | 0.25 |
| Substance use initiation | 0.11 | na | 0.17 | na | 1.00 |
Notes. T-test for continuous and ordinal variables; Chi-squared cross-tab statistic for binary variables.
a
1 = Married (0 = Cohabiting).
b
1 = Male (0 = Female).
*
p ≤.05;
†
p<.10 (two-tailed tests).