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. 2020 Mar 10;11:372. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00372

TABLE 1.

Demographics by family type.

Family type
Heterosexual Same-sex
Variable M (SD) or % (n) M (SD) or % (n) t or χ2
Child variables
Child of color 58.76% (57) 73.61% (106) 5.18*
Child’s age 8.74 (1.32) 9.12 (1.78) −1.89+
 Preteen (8–12) 98.97% (96) 93.75% (135)
 Teenage (13–16) 1.03% (1) 6.25% (9)
Child gender (% male) 48.45% (47) 54.86% (79) 0.68
Parent/family variables
 Parent’s education 1.62
 High school diploma or GED 1.03% (1) 0.69% (1)
 Some college or associate’s degree 12.37% (12) 11.81% (17)
 College (bachelor’s) degree 28.87% (28) 29.17% (42)
 Master’s degree 44.33% (43) 38.19% (55)
 Professional (PhD/JD/MD) degree 13.40% (13) 18.75% (27)
 Family income (in thousands) $130.8 ($75.0) $169.1 ($114.5) −3.14**
School variables
 School climate 4.16 (0.5) 4.18 (0.46) –0.37
 Public school 75.26% (73) 72.22% (104) 0.14
Community variables
 Urbanicity (1 = large metro to 6 = non-core) 2.04 (1.17) 1.92 (1.12) 0.78
 Democratic voting percentage 60.4 (15.64) 64.78 (15.66) −2.13*

+p < 0.10, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01.

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