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. 2021 Oct 6;12:730447. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.730447

Table 1.

Sample Demographics and Descriptive Data by Families and Parent Gender.

Combined (n=247) Fathers (n=110) Mothers (n=137)
Demographics M(SD)/% n M(SD)/% n M(SD)/% n
Parents’ Education
Less than high school 11.7% 29 21.8% 24 3.6% 5
High school diploma 19.4% 48 18.2% 20 20.4% 28
Some college 30.8% 76 29.1% 32 32.1% 44
2–4year college 12.1% 30 11.8% 13 12.4% 17
4year college or above 25.9% 64 19.1% 21 31.4% 43
Parents’ Ethnicity
White 7.3% 18 9.1% 10 5.8% 8
Black 13.8% 34 12.7% 14 14.6% 20
Hispanic 70.4% 174 66.4% 73 73.4% 101
Others 8.5% 21 11.8% 13 5.8% 8
Parent age (in years) 31.2(6.3) 245 32.7(6.7) 109 30.4 (5.8) 137
Families (n=142) Fathers (n=110) Mothers (n=137)
Study Variables M(SD) Range M(SD) Range M(SD) Range
Parent Mental Health 5.2(3.7) 0–19 6.5(3.6) 0–18
Parent Engagement 39.1(6.0) 10–50 18.4(3.8) 5–25 20.5(2.9) 8–25
Child Socioemotional Problems 2.5(1.0) 0–4.8 2.4(1.2) 0–4.8 2.5(1.3) 0–5
Child Prosocial Behaviors 4.0(0.8) 0–5 4.0(0.9) 0–5 4.1(0.8) 2–5
Economic Stressors 1.0(0.7) 0–2 0.9(0.8) 0–2 1.0(0.8) 0–2
Social Stressors 0.6(0.6) 0–2 0.6(0.6) 0–2 0.6(0.6) 0–2
Parent Positivity 22.4(3.9) 10–30 22.7(4.0) 10–30 22.2(4.9) 9–30
Coparenting Support 34.2(7.5) 2–42 35.6(7.2) 9–42 34.1(8.4) 2–42

Due to missing data on some variables, not all responses to individual items sum to 247 participants or 142 families (Larose et al., 2021).