Table 5.

Individual Parent and Child Characteristics by Family Social Environment Typology, Minnesota, 2011–2012 (N=154)

	Class 1: Households with Two Parents	Class 2: Smaller Households with One Parent	Class 3: Larger Households with One Parent	F statistics	p-value
	68% (n=105)	14% (n=21)	18% (n=28)
Parent age	41.68 (0.70)	43.71 (1.57)	34.64 (1.36)	12.72	<.0001
Child age	10.15 (0.14)	10.30 (0.31)	10.97 (0.26)	3.77	0.0253
Parent gender
Female	94.3%	90.5%	100%		0.3279a
Male	5.7%	9.5%	0%
Child gender
Boy	57.1%	52.4%	39.3%	2.84	0.2419
Girl	42.9%	47.6%	60.7%
Child race
Non-whiteb	22.9%	61.9%	60.7%	21.61	<.0001
White	77.1%	38.1%	39.3%
Parent race
Non-whiteb	13.3%	23.8%	46.4%	14.84	0.0006
White	86.7%	76.2%	53.6%
Parent education
≥ Collegec	68.0%	47.6%	33.3%	11.89	0.0026
< Collegec	32.0%	52.4%	66.7%
Parent employment
Unemployedd	30.5%	23.8%	50.0%	10.07	0.0392
Part-timee	33.3%	14.3%	17.9%
Full-timef	36.2%	61.9%	32.1%
Parent marital status
Married	88.6%	0%	0%	109.6	<.0001
Non-marriedg	11.4%	100%	100%
Number of adults	2.19	1.24	1.10	81.92	<.0001
Number of children	2.34	1.14	2.82	20.09	<.0001
Public Assistance
Yes	18.1%	57.1%	92.0%	51.86	<.0001
No	81.9%	42.9%	8.0%

^ap-value was obtained from a Fisher’s exact test.

^bNon-white included Hispanic or Latino/Latina, American Indian/Alaskan, Asian, black/African American, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander and others.

^cCollege education included associate’s degree, bachelor’s degree, master’s, professional or doctoral degree.

^dUnemployed included homemaker and/or not working status (unemployed, retired, student).

^ePart-time included work hours greater than 0 hours per week but less than 40 hours per week.

^fFulltime included work hour equal to 40 hours per week or more.

^gNon-married included (a) not married, living with significant other, (b) separated, (c) divorced, (d) widowed, and (e) single/never married.