Table 1 shows descriptive statistics for demographic and family variables, as well as the results of χ2 and t-tests of significant race differences. The difference in child age was nonsignificant. Per capita income and parent education were significantly higher for the European American sample. African American youth were more likely to live in single-parent-headed households and to have a primary caregiver who was a non-maternal female relative such as an aunt or grandmother. Table 2 shows indicators for each latent parenting variable.
