Table 1 Sample Demographic Characteristics (N = 968)
Sibling (N < = 349) | Comparison (N < = 619) ¥ | Cohen's d | Cramer's V | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||||
Age | 18.2 | 5.8 | 19.1 | 7.6 | − 0.14 | 0.06 | ||
Body mass index | 24.2 | 5.4 | 23.6 | 6.0 | 0.10 | 0.20 | ||
Variable | # | % | # | % | ||||
Gender** | 0.02 | 0.85 | ||||||
Male | 168 | 48% | 292 | 47% | ||||
Female | 177 | 51% | 324 | 52% | ||||
Other | 1 | 0% | 1 | 0% | ||||
Missing | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Living alone* | Yes | 2 | 1% | 4 | 1% | 0.01 | 0.91 | |
Marital status (if age ≥ 18) | 0.35 | < 0.0005 | ||||||
Never married (or no response) | 135 | 93% | 136 | 62% | ||||
Married | 7 | 5% | 50 | 23% | ||||
Cohabitation | 1 | 1% | 26 | 12% | ||||
Separated | 1 | 1% | 4 | 2% | ||||
Divorced | 1 | 1% | 3 | 1% | ||||
Widowed | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | ||||
Ethnicity* | Hispanic or Latino | 28 | 8% | 121 | 20% | 0.15 | < 0.0005 | |
Race (check all that apply)** | ||||||||
White | 314 | 90% | 456 | 74% | 0.19 | < 0.0005 | ||
Black or African American | 21 | 6% | 123 | 20% | 0.19 | < 0.0005 | ||
Other | 6 | 2% | 72 | 12% | 0.18 | < 0.0005 | ||
Missing | 10 | 4 | ||||||
United States Region | 0.15 | 0.01 | ||||||
East North Central | 37 | 11% | 93 | 15% | ||||
East South Central | 36 | 10% | 46 | 7% | ||||
Middle Atlantic | 26 | 7% | 77 | 12% | ||||
Mountain | 25 | 7% | 38 | 6% | ||||
New England | 12 | 3% | 23 | 4% | ||||
Pacific | 65 | 19% | 78 | 13% | ||||
South Atlantic | 86 | 25% | 127 | 21% | ||||
West North Central | 16 | 5% | 29 | 5% | ||||
West South Central | 29 | 8% | 71 | 11% | ||||
Non-Contiguous | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | ||||
missing | 17 | 5% | 37 | 6% | ||||
Difficulty paying bills (if age > 18)** | 0.34 | < 0.0005 | ||||||
Not at all difficult | 103 | 77% | 94 | 45% | ||||
Slightly difficult | 17 | 13% | 40 | 19% | ||||
Moderately difficult | 8 | 6% | 48 | 23% | ||||
Very difficult | 2 | 2% | 20 | 9% | ||||
Extremely difficult | 3 | 2% | 9 | 4% | ||||
Not applicable / missing | 216 | 408 | ||||||
Employment status (if age > 18)** | 0.25 | < 0.0005 | ||||||
Employed | 57 | 42% | 130 | 61% | ||||
Unemployed | 76 | 56% | 71 | 33% | ||||
Retired | 0 | 0% | 8 | 4% | ||||
Disabled due to medical condition | 2 | 1% | 3 | 1% | ||||
Missing | 214 | 407 | ||||||
Education (if age > 18)** | 0.37 | < 0.0005 | ||||||
Less than 12th grade | 4 | 3% | 6 | 3% | ||||
High school diploma | 19 | 13% | 60 | 27% | ||||
Some college | 58 | 40% | 50 | 23% | ||||
Technical (Vocational) degree | 36 | 25% | 17 | 8% | ||||
4-year University degree | 24 | 17% | 62 | 28% | ||||
Masters degree | 2 | 1% | 20 | 9% | ||||
Doctoral or professional degree | 1 | 1% | 5 | 2% | ||||
Missing | 205 | 399 | ||||||
Had help completing survey* | Yes | 90 | 26% | 119 | 19% | 0.08 | 0.02 | |
Participant or a household member had COVID-19** | 0.26 | < 0.0005 | ||||||
Definitely or probably Yes | 4 | 1% | 113 | 19% | ||||
No | 339 | 99% | 495 | 81% | ||||
Missing | 6 | 11 | ||||||