Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of the 445 Parents of High School-Aged Children Who Completed the Survey.^a

Characteristic	Response	n	%
Age	Years, Mean (SD)	47.6	6.1
Sex	Male	125	28.1
	Female	319	71.7
	Missing	1	0.2
Race	American Indian or Alaska Native	5	1.1
	Asian or Asian American	10	2.3
	Black or African American	13	2.9
	Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0
	White	401	90.1
	Multiracial	2	0.5
	Other	13	2.9
	Missing	1	0.2
Ethnicity	Hispanic or Latino(a)	7	1.6
	Not Hispanic or Latino(a)	424	95.3
	Missing	14	3.1
Highest Education	Elementary school	0	0.0
	Some high school	2	0.5
	High school diploma or GED	30	6.7
	Associate’s degree	65	14.6
	Some college, no degree	59	13.3
	Bachelor’s degree	171	38.4
	Graduate or professional degree	118	26.5
	Missing	0	0.0
Live in the 7-county Minneapolis-St.Paul metropolitan area	Yes	288	64.7
	No (including outside MN)	155	34.8
	Missing	2	0.4

Abbreviations: n = frequency, % = percentage, SD = standard deviation.

^aCategorical variables presented as n (%); Continuous variables presented as mean (SD).