Table 1.
Sample Descriptives by Fathers’ Coresidence Status at 1 Year
| Coresidence status
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resident
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Nonresident
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| Background variables | M or % | SD | M or % | SD |
| Father characteristics | ||||
| Married at child’s birth (mother report) | 66.6 | 7.0a | ||
| Age at child’s birth (M) | 30.60 | 6.31 | 25.81a | 9.48 |
| Race | ||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 32.5 | 9.4a | ||
| Black, non-Hispanic | 27.8 | 64.4a | ||
| Hispanic | 34.1 | 20.1a | ||
| Other, non-Hispanic | 5.6 | 6.1 | ||
| Education | ||||
| Less than high school | 24.2 | 35.0 | ||
| High school diploma or GED | 24.7 | 42.0a | ||
| Some college | 24.0 | 20.6 | ||
| BA or higher | 27.1 | 2.5a | ||
| Foreign born | 31.5 | 10.6a | ||
| Lived with both parents at 15 | 61.9 | 36.6a | ||
| Physical health (M, range: 1–5)b | 4.01 | 0.89 | 4.05 | 1.44 |
| Religious service attendance (M, range: 1-5)b | 3.44 | 1.32 | 2.98a | 1.98 |
| Major depressive episode (CIDI–SF)b | 7.6 | 19.2a | ||
| Ever incarcerated (mother report)b | 12.9 | 34.4a | ||
| Positive fathering attitudes (M, range: 1–4) | 3.78 | 0.36 | 3.54a | 0.82 |
| Other characteristics | ||||
| Baby is a boy (mother report) | 55.0 | 50.3 | ||
| Grandmother lived with focal child (mother report)b | 11.1 | 33.2a | ||
| Unweighted number of cases (n) | 2,307 | 801 | ||
Note. All data are based on fathers’ reports, unless otherwise indicated. All figures are weighted by 1-year city sampling weights. The total number of unweighted cases here (N = 3,108) is lower than the total number of fathers in the analysis (N = 3,869) because not all fathers were interviewed at Year 1 and are thus are missing 1-year residence status. CIDI–SF = Composite International Diagnostic Interview—Short Form.
a
Significantly different than resident fathers at p < .05.
b
Time-varying covariates. Sample statistics measured at the Year 1 survey.