Table 1.

Demographic Information for FES, LSOG, and WFDS^a

	FES	LSOG	WFDS
Parents	(N = 247)	(N = 191 Grandmothers @T1)	(N = 95 Mothers in full families)
Age in years, M (SD)	56.42 (4.96)	42.84 (4.43)	77.73 (3.02)
Mothers, %	56	100	100
Race, %
Black	24	1	6
White	71	65	94
Other	5	28	—
Married, %	72	93	48
Years of education, M (SD)	14.51 (2.03)	—	—
Education, %
Less than high school	2	13	8
High school graduate	24	38	37
Post-high-school vocational	—	—	6
At least some college	28	36	13
College graduate	23	3	19
Some graduate school	22	10	17
Employed, %	61	49	—
Number of children, M (SD)	2.77 (1.47)	3.67 (1.61)	3.18 (1.35)
Adult children	(N = 627)	(N = 311 Parents @T3)	(N = 253 within 95 full families)
Age in years, M (SD)	28.72 (6.81)	36.30 (2.88)	49.27 (5.43)
Daughters, %	52	64	52.9
Married, %	29	81	76
Years of education, M (SD)	14.60 (1.92)	—	—
Education, %
Less than high school	4	3	4
High school graduate	18	24	12
Post-high-school vocational	—	4	4
At least some college	32	28	12
College graduate	31	24	38
Some graduate school	16	17	30
Employed, %	60	82	86
Parents	37	100	75
Grandchildren		(N = 502 @T8)
Age in years, M (SD)	—	28.20 (5.11)	—
Daughters, %	—	57	—
Married, %	—	46	—
Education, %
Less than high school	—	4	—
High school graduate	—	10	—
Post-high-school vocational	—	7	—
At least some college	—	38	—
College graduate	—	26	—
Some graduate School	—	14	—
Employed, %	—	81	—
Parents	—	41	—

Notes: FES = Family Exchanges Study; LSOG = Longitudinal Study of Generations; WFDS = Within-Family Differences Study.

^aData were not weighted in any of the analyses included in the paper.