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. 2010 Sep 29;39(2):173–185. doi: 10.1007/s10802-010-9460-8

Table 1.

Youth and caregiver demographic information

n Percentage
Youth gender
 Male 436 45.1
 Female 531 54.9
Youth ethnicity
 Asian American 497 51.4
 Multiethnic 386 39.9
 White 43 4.4
 Pacific Islander 28 2.9
 Latino/Hispanic 4 0.4
 Missing 9 0.9
Caregiver type
 Mother 746 77.1
 Father 148 15.3
 Grandmother 4 0.4
 Grandfather 1 0.1
 Other caretaker 10 1.0
 Missing 58 6.0
Caregiver marital status
 Married 740 76.5
 Divorced/separated 114 11.8
 Single 72 7.4
 Widowed 16 1.7
 Other 2 0.2
 Missing 23 2.4
Caregiver highest level of education
 No/some high school 74 5.6
 High school diploma 162 16.8
 1 to 4 years of college 554 57.3
 Graduate school 126 13.0
 Missing 71 7.3
Family income
 $0–$29,000 166 17.1
 $30,000–$59,000 233 24.1
 $60,000–$89,000 221 22.9
 $90,000 or more 290 30.0
 Missing 57 5.9

The majority of mothers and fathers were biological parents (90.1%); however, some parents were adoptive (1.5%), step (0.6%) and foster (0.2%) parents. Multiethnic included a wide range of mixed ethnicities, including Asian (86.8%), Black (6.7%), Hispanic (27.2%), Native American (12.7%), Pacific Islander (54.7%), and White (76.9%)