Table 2.

a. Descriptive information by parenting stage, among Men, MIDUS I and II (1996–2004) N=736
	Remain never parent	New Parent	School-aged child	Adolescent	Young Adult	Adult Child	Remain adult child
Age at baseline	38.40	30.94	31.34	35.59	39.72	46.15	55.83
	(7.39)	(4.34)	(3.85)	(5.88)	(5.06)	(4.52)	(5.93)
Youngest child age	NA	2.56	5.50	10.16	16.43	24.57	33.91
		(1.79)	(2.78)	(3.66)	(4.54)	(5.56)	(6.73)
Change in # of children
No change	100%	0.00%	7.14%	65.43%	87.85%	90.91%	88.89%
Gain 1 child		31.25%	48.21%	24.69%	5.52%	3.03%	1.85%
Gain 2 children		43.75%	28.57%	4.94%	2.76%	1.52%	1.23%
Gain 3 + children		25.00%	16.07%	4.94%	2.21%	1.52%	2.47%
Lost child		0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	1.66%	3.03%	5.56%
Change in work hours	−0.29	−1.88	−2.54	1.80	−2.36	−3.68	−12.23
	(14.83)	(13.66)	(12.77)	(16.54)	(15.35)	(16.20)	(22.03)
N	42	16	56	81	181	198	162

b. Descriptive information by parenting stage, among women, MIDUS I and II (1996–2004) N=583
	Remain never parent	New Parent	School-aged child	Adolescent	Young Adult	Adult Child	Remain adult child
Age at baseline	38.29	31.09	31.28	33.67	38.09	44.37	52.80
	(7.32)	(4.04)	(4.73)	(4.95)	(5.13)	(4.59)	(5.93)
Youngest child age	NA	2.82	5.54	10.55	17.08	24.31	32.47
		(1.66)	(3.22)	(3.56)	(4.22)	(5.59)	(7.31)
Change in # of children
No change	100%	0.00%	26.09%	73.91%	90.15%	89.12%	83.21%
Gain 1 child		72.73%	32.61%	15.94%	4.55%	2.72%	3.65%
Gain 2 children		27.27%	21.74%	8.70%	1.52%	1.36%	1.46%
Gain 3 + children		0.00%	19.57%	1.45%	0.76%	3.40%	5.84%
Lost child		0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	3.03%	3.40%	5.84%
Change in work hours	−1.49	−2.55	−3.54	1.62	0.57	−1.54	−9.47
	(18.41)	(13.82)	(18.21)	(17.63)	(17.90)	(16.97)	(21.05)
N	41	11	46	69	132	147	137