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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 2.
Published in final edited form as: Socius. 2020 Jun 1;6:10.1177/2378023120916616. doi: 10.1177/2378023120916616

Table A1.

Descriptive Statistics of Demographic and Social Characteristics for Child Households, by Race and Ethnicity.

All Years 2004 2016
White Black Hispanic White Black Hispanic White Black Hispanic
Marital status
 Married .72 .33 .60 .76 .30 .57 .69 .29 .57
 Cohabiting .08 .11 .16 .06 .09 .17 .10 .14 .18
 Divorced/widowed .12 .22 .12 .11 .26 .14 .12 .21 .12
 Never married .03 .29 .09 .04 .30 .07 .04 .32 .09
 Single father .04 .04 .03 .03 .05 .04 .04 .04 .04
Education
 No high school .06 .11 .39 .07 .17 .42 .06 .15 .42
 High school .31 .37 .34 .31 .38 .36 .25 .32 .27
 Some college .26 .32 .16 .27 .27 .13 .27 .30 .15
 Bachelor’s .23 .12 .07 .21 .12 .06 .27 .14 .12
 Graduate degree .14 .08 .03 .14 .08 .03 .15 .09 .04
Age (y) 41.5 (10.4) 40.4 (12.5) 39.1 (10.3) 40.1 (9.5) 40.3 (11.9) 37.8 (9.3) 42.1 (11.2) 41.2 (13.4) 41.1 (10.5)
Household size 4.0 (1.2) 3.7 (1.4) 4.4 (1.1) 3.9 (1.1) 3.7 (1.3) 4.3 (1.4) 3.9 (1.2) 3.7 (1.2) 4.3 (1.3)
Number of children 1.9 (1.0) 1.9 (1.1) 2.0 (1.0) 1.8 (.9) 1.9 (1.1) 2.1 (1.0) 1.9 (.9) 1.9 (.9) 2.0 (1.0)
Oldest child <6 y .28 .24 .26 .27 .21 .28 .30 .22 .22
Adult >64 y in household .04 .07 .06 .03 .05 .06 .06 .11 .08
Sample sizes 6,334 1,293 1,263 1,156 190 199 1,252 299 288

Note: Estimates are weighted. Standard deviations are in parentheses.