Table 2:

Descriptive Statistics (Means/Proportions and Standard Deviations) at age 24/25 (NLSY79YA and NLSY79 2000–2014; N=3,092)

	Living in Mother’s Home (N=1,052)	Not Living in Mother’s Home (N=2,040)
Adult Child’s Health
CES-D	4.34 (3.80)	4.31 (3.73)
Drinking Behavior (Non-drinker)	0.38	0.35
Occasional Drinker	0.28	0.28
Moderate to Heavy Drinker	0.34	0.37
Smoking Behavior (Not a Current Smoker)	0.64	0.60*
Occasional Smoker	0.14	0.14
Daily Smoker	0.22	0.26*
Mother’s Health
CES-D	3.82 (4.47)	4.01 (4.61)
Drinking Behavior (Non-drinker)	0.69	0.61***
Occasional Drinker	0.17	0.18
Moderate to Heavy Drinker	0.14	0.20***
Smoking Behavior (Not a Current Smoker)	0.77	0.75
Occasional Smoker	0.05	0.05
Daily Smoker	0.18	0.20
Adult Child’s and Mother’s Other Sociodemographics
Child’s Birth Year	1985.96 (2.68)	1985.46*** (2.82)
Mother’s Age	50.99 (3.24)	49.37*** (3.36)
Woman	0.48	0.55***
White	0.47	0.59***
Black	0.37	0.30***
Hispanic	0.15	0.09***
Other	0.01	0.02
Child’s Educational Attainment by Age 24 (Less than High School/High School Only)	0.37	0.34
Some College or Associate	0.48	0.47
College Graduate	0.15	0.18*
Child’s Employment Status (Unemployed)	0.11	0.08*
Part-time Employed	0.19	0 14***
Full-time Employed	0.71	0.78***
Child Currently Enrolled in School	0.23	0.21
Mother’s Educational Attainment (Less than High School/High School Only)	0.59	0.58
Some College or Associate	0.28	0.27
College Graduate	0.13	0.16
Mother’s Employment Status (Unemployed)	0.23	0.23
Part-time Employed	0.16	0.15
Full-time employed	0.61	0.62
Child Is a Parent	0.29	0.43***
Child (Single)	0.92	0.49***
Cohabiting	0.04	0.28***
Married	0.04	0.23***
Mother (Single)	0.39	0.36
Cohabiting	0.04	0.07**
Married	0.57	0.57

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.