Table 3.
Demographics by Premarital Parenthood Status
| Descriptive Statistics | Difference Between Groups | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic Characteristics | Nonparent Newlyweds | Premarital Parents | Test statistic | Effect size |
| Caucasian | 17.9% | 2.6% | 16.24*** | −.21 |
| African American | 8.4% | 8.7% | 0.01 | .01 |
| Hispanic | 73.8% | 88.7% | 10.50** | .17 |
| Husband age | 27.9 (5.3) | 26.2 (5.2) | 2 94** | .33 |
| Wife age | 26.1 (4.6) | 24.7 (4.9) | 2.69** | .30 |
| Husband education | 2.76 (1.02) | 2.07 (0.92) | 6.24*** | .71 |
| Wife education | 3.01 (0.97) | 2.23 (0.97) | 7.14*** | .80 |
| Household income | $65,102 ($47,469) | $36,528 ($24,958) | 6.02*** | .75 |
| Husband work status | 85.6% | 80.0% | 1.82 | −.07 |
| Wife work status | 76.0% | 43.5% | 37.89*** | −.32 |
| Premarital relationship length (years) | 4.1 (2.8) | 5.6 (3.9) | −4.19*** | .44 |
| Premarital cohabitation (months) | 9.4 (19.9) | 38.2 (45.9) | −8 49*** | .81 |
| Marital childbearing | 58% | 51% | 1.52 | .07 |
Notes. Descriptive statistic is Mean (SD) for continuous variables and percentage for categorical variables. Test statistic is t for continuous variables and χ2 for categorical variables. Effect size is Cohen’s d for continuous variables and φ for categorical variables.
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.
***
p < .001.