Table 1 presents descriptive statistics for the analytic sample and percentages of parenting styles by race. At Wave 1, approximately half (53.6%) of the analytic sample was female. The analytic sample was composed of non-Hispanic Caucasians (70.7%) and non-Hispanic African Americans (29.3%). A majority of respondents (67%) lived in a two-parent household. Approximately 25% of the primary caregivers had a college degree or more postsecondary education. Table 2 presents the response categories of the HED outcome variable and the corresponding percentages by race.
