Table 4.
Estimated Probabilities and Means (Standard Deviations) of the Family Social Environment Typologies of the Best Fitting Three Class Model, Minnesota, 2011–2012 (N=154)
| Total sample |
Class 1: Households with Two Parents |
Class 2: Smaller Households with One Parent |
Class 3: Larger Households with One Parent |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (N=154) | 68% (n=105) |
14% (n=21) |
18% (n=28) |
|
| Adult | ||||
| Number: One adult | 0.273 | 0.000 | 0.829 | 0.905 |
| Age: Younger adults only (18 ≤ Age < 45) | 0.558 | 0.494 | 0.472 | 0.893 |
| Gender: Male or female only | 0.344 | 0.045 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
| Marital Status: Married | 0.604 | 0.880 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Children | ||||
| Number: One child | 0.208 | 0.133 | 0.810 | 0.000 |
| Age: Younger children only (0 < Age < 10) | 0.305 | 0.295 | 0.476 | 0.199 |
| Age: Older children only (10 ≤ Age < 18) | 0.214 | 0.171 | 0.524 | 0.125 |
| Age: Child ages mixed (0 < Age < 18) | 0.481 | 0.533 | 0.000 | 0.677 |
| Gender: Boys or girls only | 0.552 | 0.503 | 1.000 | 0.370 |
| Family problem-solving skillsa | 1.888 (0.487) | 1.922 (0.489) | 1.610 (0.450) | 1.971 (0.406) |
a.
Continuous variable. The scale score ranges from 1–4 with 1 being higher family problem-solving skills. Score in Class 2 was significantly lower than the scores of Classes 1 and 3 (F=4.28, p=0.02)