Table 1.
Sample characteristics before and after the Great Recession
| Variables | Baseline (2008) | Follow-up (2013) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | (SD) | M | (SD) | |
| Sociodemographic characteristics | ||||
| Age | 29.58 | (3.97) | 34.58 | (3.97) |
| Female, % | 62 | 62 | ||
| Student, % | 12 | 8 | ||
| Racial/ethnic minority, % | 37 | 37 | ||
| Married/remarried, % | 35 | 54 | ||
| Having at least one child, % | 45 | 64 | ||
| Working for pay, % | 91 | 68 | ||
| Coresiding with any parent, % | 24 | 14 | ||
| Negative relationship quality with parentsa | 2.00 | (0.74) | 2.01 | (0.75) |
| Parent characteristics | ||||
| Female, % | 52 | 52 | ||
| Coresiding with offspring, % | 27 | 13 | ||
| Negative relationship quality with offspringa | 2.22 | (1.03) | 2.15 | (0.99) |
| Financial difficulties | ||||
| Any financial problem, % | 16 | 72 | ||
| Total financial problemsb | – | 1.99 | (1.86) | |
| Change in financial problems | ||||
| Never | – | 25 | ||
| Onset | – | 58 | ||
| Stopped | – | 3 | ||
| Continued | – | 14 | ||
| Change in income, % | ||||
| Higher | – | 51 | ||
| Same | – | 16 | ||
| Lower | – | 33 | ||
| Depressive symptomsc | 1.56 | (0.67) | 1.70 | (0.84) |
Established adult N = 170
Parent–child tie N = 316
aMean scores of 2 items (rated 1 = not at all to 5 = a great deal)
bSum of 6 financial problems (1 = yes and 0 = no)
cMean scores of 5 items (rated from 1 = not at all to 5 = extremely)