Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics, by Parent Residence Type (n = 891)a
| Full Sample | Stayed in the Parental Home (n = 302) | Returned to the Parental Home (n = 169) | Living Independently (n = 420) | |||
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| Dependent Variable | Mean/Percentage | SD | Range | |||
| Depressive Symptoms | 14.46 | 30.00 | 6–48 | 13.72b | 16.16d | 14.30 |
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| Independent Variables | ||||||
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| Parent Resident Type | ||||||
| Returned to the parental home | 19.49% | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Stayed in the parental home (Living independently) | 34.84% | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 45.67% | -- | -- | -- | |||
| Prior depressive symptoms | 14.76 | 28.81 | 6–48 | 14.04 | 15.42 | 15.11 |
| Rationales to Reside with Parentse | ||||||
| Enjoy living with parents | 65.48% | 76.65%b | 45.53% | -- | ||
| Employment problems | 13.85% | 10.85%b | 19.20% | |||
| Controls | ||||||
| Parental closeness | 4.14 | 3.07 | 1–5 | 4.24c | 4.13 | 4.07 |
| Female | 50.39% | 44.38%c | 48.95% | 55.59% | ||
| Age | 20.49 | 6.19 | 18–24 | 19.49bc | 20.77d | 21.14 |
| Race (White) | ||||||
| Black | 23.30% | 20.66% | 23.10% | 25.39% | ||
| Hispanic | 7.00% | 5.73% | 8.25% | 7.44% | ||
| Family structure (Two bio) | ||||||
| Single parent | 22.24% | 18.33%c | 23.91% | 24.51% | ||
| Step-parent | 13.16% | 10.00% | 12.42% | 15.89% | ||
| Other | 11.45% | 10.20% | 8.74% | 13.56% | ||
| Mother’s education (HS) | ||||||
| Less than HS | 9.79% | 7.25% | 11.35% | 11.07% | ||
| Some college | 35.26% | 35.00% | 31.56% | 37.03% | ||
| College or more | 23.09% | 22.93% | 22.86% | 23.31% | ||
| Gainfully active | 73.73% | 80.60%bc | 68.17% | 70.86% | ||
| Relationship Status (Single) | ||||||
| Dating | 40.43% | 50.51%c | 55.98%d | 26.10% | ||
| Cohabiting | 19.41% | 1.65%c | 6.69%d | 38.39% | ||
| Married | 6.33% | 0.36%c | 3.17%d | 12.24% | ||
| Children | 0.24 | 2.13 | 0–5 | 0.05c | 0.15d | 0.42 |
a
All means and standard deviations are weighted
b
Significant differences between stayed in the parental home and returned to the parental home
c
Significant differences between stayed in the parental home and living independently
d
Significant differences between returned to the parental home and living independently
e
Percentages for the motivations to reside with parents for the full sample are based on the subset living with parents (n = 471)