Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics of Adult Children and Parents, and Test of Differences between Fathers and Mothers
| Adult Children (N = 601) |
Fathers (n = 302) |
Mothers (n = 511) |
Difference test | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | tc | |
| Age | 50.71 (4.97) | 77.84 (6.67) | 76.73 (6.76) | 2.28* |
| Educationa | 2.20 (1.12) | 2.53 (1.18) | 2.34 (0.93) | 0.98 |
| Proportions | Proportions | Proportions | χd | |
| Female | 52.41% | - | - | - |
| Whiteb | 64.06% | - | - | - |
| Married | 70.72% | 69.54% | 37.96% | 75.68*** |
Notes. M = mean; SD = standard deviation.
a
Education level for adult children, 0 = less than high school to 4 = post graduate; education level for parents, 1 = less than high school to 5 = post graduate.
b
Adult children were not asked to provide racial information of their parents.
c
Independent sample t-test of difference.
d
Chi-square test of difference.
*
p < .05.
***
p < .001.