Table 1.

Distribution of Demographic and Family Variables^a.

Demographic Variables	African Americans		Black Caribbeans
	%	N	%	N
Ageb
Mean	14.96	810	15.22	360
S.D.	1.64		0.60
Income
Mean	38291.76	807	38829.56	357
S.D.	53230.76		12922.85
Gender
Male	50.39	398	44.78	165
Female	49.61	412	55.22	195
Adolescent Employmentb
Yes	14.24	120	18.69	60
Regionb
Northeast	13.35	87	63.89	251
North Central	15.72	101	--
South	61.82	569	--
West	9.10	52	--
Other	--		36.11	106
Families Country of Origin
Jamaica	--		27.46	100
Spanish	--		17.97	23
Haiti	--		12.94	82
Trinidad-Tobago	--		12.82	45
Other	--		28.82	103
Family Contact
Mean	5.45	810	5.23	360
S.D.	2.05		0.82
Subjective Family Closeness
Mean	3.62	809	3.58	360
S.D.	0.73		0.29
Frequency of Receiving Transportation
% Very Often/Fairly Often	87.2	804	82.6	356
Mean	3.50		3.38
S.D.	0.93		0.38
Frequency of Receiving Financial Assistance
% Very Often/Fairly Often	85.7	801	85.3	350
Mean	3.44		3.46
S.D.	0.95		0.36
Frequency of Receiving Emotional Support
Mean	10.19	810	10.10	360
S.D.	2.12		0.76
Frequency of Providing Chores
% Very Often/Fairly Often	85.4	807	87.4	356
Mean	3.37		3.32
S.D.	0.94		0.34
Frequency of Providing Financial Assistanceb
% Very Often/Fairly Often	44.0	768	29.0	316
Mean	2.37		1.92
S.D.	1.16		0.45
Frequency of Providing Emotional Support
Mean	9.95	808	9.70	360
S.D.	2.16		0.79

^aPercents are weighted; frequencies are unweighted.

^bIndicates significant differences between African Americans and Black Caribbeans at p<.05.

^*p<.05

^**p< .01

^***p<.001.