Research Article
Marital Status Disruptions and Internalizing Disorders of Children
Table 1
Distribution of family characteristics by marital status at baseline.
| | Total | Married | Not Married | p-value | % | % | % |
| Maternal age (mean; se) | 25.1 (0.1) | 29.5 (0.2) | 23.7 (0.1) | | Maternal race | | | | <.0001 | White, Non-Hispanic | 30.2 | 55.1 | 22.0 | | Black, Non-Hispanic | 53.5 | 26.4 | 62.4 | | Hispanic/Other | 16.3 | 18.6 | 15.6 | | Maternal education | | | | <.0001 | Less than high school | 36.8 | 15.1 | 43.9 | | High school | 26.4 | 16.5 | 29.6 | | At least some college | 36.9 | 68.4 | 26.6 | | Paternal age (mean; se) | 27.7 (0.2) | 31.9 (0.3) | 26.0 (0.2) | | Paternal race | | | | <.0001 | White, Non-Hispanic | 19.8 | 48.6 | 10.4 | | Black, Non-Hispanic | 54.2 | 27.0 | 63.1 | | Hispanic/ Other | 26.0 | 24.4 | 26.5 | | Paternal education | | | | <.0001 | Less than high school | 31.5 | 13.8 | 37.5 | | High school | 36.4 | 23.2 | 40.9 | | At least some college | 32.1 | 63.1 | 21.7 | | Child gender | | | | 0.7735 | Male | 51.9 | 52.5 | 51.8 | | Female | 48.1 | 47.5 | 48.2 | | General health (Child) | | | | 0.0003 | Excellent | 57.8 | 65.0 | 55.5 | | Very good | 28.0 | 25.5 | 28.8 | | Good | 11.6 | 8.1 | 12.8 | | Fair/poor | 2.5 | 1.5 | 2.9 | |
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Note. SE= standard error; y.o=years old.
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