Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the sample and distribution of study variables, National Survey of American Life (NSAL)
| Variables | Percent | N | Mean | S.D. | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Has fictive kin | 87.43 | 5260 | ||||
| No. of Fictive Kin | 5901 | 7.54 | 12.03 | 0 | 100 | |
| 0 | 12.56 | 635 | ||||
| 1 | 6.79 | 441 | ||||
| 2 | 11.19 | 722 | ||||
| 3 | 10.77 | 617 | ||||
| 4 | 8.70 | 531 | ||||
| 5 | 12.14 | 718 | ||||
| 6 | 5.73 | 348 | ||||
| 7 | 1.83 | 128 | ||||
| 8 | 3.09 | 142 | ||||
| 9 | 0.29 | 28 | ||||
| 10 | 11.71 | 672 | ||||
| 11–15 | 5.98 | 287 | ||||
| 16–20 | 4.18 | 276 | ||||
| 21–100 | 5.02 | 356 | ||||
| Receipt of support from fictive kin | ||||||
| Never | 11.07 | 612 | ||||
| Not too often | 27.35 | 1482 | ||||
| Fairly often | 37.34 | 1716 | ||||
| Very often | 24.24 | 1116 | ||||
| Female | 54.13 | 3796 | ||||
| Age | 6082 | 43.57 | 16.61 | 18 | 94 | |
| Family income | 6082 | 42417.66 | 39411.54 | 0 | 650000 | |
| Education | 6082 | 12.89 | 2.65 | 0 | 17 | |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married | 27.52 | 1391 | ||||
| Remarried | 12.73 | 511 | ||||
| Cohabiting | 7.81 | 435 | ||||
| Separated | 5.08 | 451 | ||||
| Divorced | 12.31 | 849 | ||||
| Widowed | 7.74 | 534 | ||||
| Never married | 26.81 | 1885 | ||||
| Region | ||||||
| Northeast | 20.56 | 1653 | ||||
| Midwest | 12.91 | 690 | ||||
| South | 54.48 | 3395 | ||||
| West | 12.06 | 344 | ||||
| Immigration status* | ||||||
| Born in the U.S. | 35.76 | 440 | ||||
| Immigrated 0–5 years ago | 7.89 | 119 | ||||
| Immigrated 6–10 years ago | 8.25 | 164 | ||||
| Immigrated 11–20 years ago | 19.91 | 364 | ||||
| Immigrated >20 years ago | 28.19 | 512 | ||||
| Country of origin* | ||||||
| Jamaica | 9.69 | 510 | ||||
| Spanish-speaking country | 5.92 | 180 | ||||
| Haiti | 3.78 | 298 | ||||
| Trinidad-Tobago | 3.91 | 170 | ||||
| Other | 8.29 | 440 | ||||
| Is a parent | 74.89 | 4874 | ||||
| Church member contact | 6075 | 4.15 | 1.89 | 1 | 7 | |
| Family contact | 6029 | 6.05 | 1.22 | 1 | 7 | |
| Family closeness | 6026 | 3.63 | 0.64 | 1 | 4 | |
| Friendship contact | 5954 | 5.79 | 1.5 | 1 | 7 | |
| Friendship closeness | 5949 | 3.32 | 0.74 | 1 | 4 |
Notes: Percents and sample size are presented for categorical variables and means and standard deviations are presented for continuous variables. Percentages are weighted and frequencies are unweighted. N=number of observations. S.D.=standard deviation. Min.=minimum. Max=maximum.
*=
Information available for Black Caribbean sample only.