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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Dev. 2018 Oct 1;91(1):307–326. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13151

Table 2. Descriptive Statistics.

Mean (SD)
(1)
Full Sample
(2)
Mothers
(3)
Fathers
(4)
High-income Countries
(5)
Low- and middle-income
Countries
Demographics
 Parent age 40.2 (6.6) 38.8 (6.3) 41.8 (6.6) 41.1 (6.9) 39.5 (6.2)
 Married (%) 80.5 (37.8) 68.2 (44.4) 90.4 (27.9)
 Education (years) 12.8 (4.1) 12.7 (4.1) 12.9 (4.1) 13.2 (4.4) 12.5 (3.7)
 Employed (%) 78.6 (26.0) 79.3 (26.7) 78.1 (25.6)
 # of adults 2.6 (1.1) 2.1 (0.6) 2.9 (1.2)
 # of children 2.3 (1.2) 2.2 (0.9) 2.3 (1.3)
Economic hardship
 Perceived material deprivation (%) 28.3 (38.1) 30.5 (38.9) 25.6 (37.1) 26.9 (38.4) 29.4 (37.9)
 Income (2010 US $) 34,013.01 (30,493.00) 43,985.83 (27,107.71) 24,397.22 (30,059.84)
Parenting behavior
 Child-report physical aggression (1–5) 1.5 (0.7) 1.5 (0.7) 1.4 (0.7) 1.3 (0.6) 1.6 (0.8)
 Child-report psychological aggression (1–5) 1.7 (0.7) 1.7 (0.7) 1.6 (0.6) 1.6 (0.6) 1.7 (0.7)
 Parent-report physical aggression (1–5) 1.5 (0.5) 1.5 (0.6) 1.5 (0.5) 1.4 (0.4) 1.6 (0.6)
 Parent-report psychological aggression (1–5) 2.0 (0.6) 2.0 (0.6) 1.9 (0.5) 1.9 (0.5) 2.0 (0.6)
Parent psychosocial characteristics
 Parental serf-efficacy score (1–5) 3.8 (0.7) 3.8 (0.5) 3.7 (0.8) 3.9 (0.8) 3.6 (0.5)
 Social desirability score (1–13) 8.7 (2.4) 8.7 (2.3) 8.6 (2.5) 8.5 (2.5) 8.8 (2.3)
 Collectivism score (1–4) 2.8 (0.3) 2.8 (0.3) 2.7 (0.3) 2.8 (0.2) 2.7 (0.2)
Child characteristics
 Child age 10.1 (0.9) 10.3 (0.9) 9.9 (0.8)
 Child-report internalizing behavior (0–58) 12.8 (8.4) 12.9 (8.2) 12.8 (8.5)
 Child-report externalizing behavior (0–58) 9.2 (6.8) 9.0 (6.4) 9.4 (7.1)
 Parent-report internalizing behavior (0–58) 8.6 (6.8) 9.1 (6.4) 8.2 (6.0) 8.0 (6.4) 9.2 (6.1)
 Parent-report externalizing behavior (0–58) 9.4 (7.1) 10.3 (6.8) 9.7 (6.2) 9.1 (6.5) 10.7 (6.5)
N (Families) 2.870 2.870 2.870 1.260 1.610