Table A2.
Means of Covariates by Maternal Incarceration and Propensity Score Strata
| Variable | Stratum 1 | Stratum 2 | Stratum 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| p = [.00, .05) | p = [.05, .10) | p = [.10, .30) | ||||
|  | ||||||
| E(X) | d = 1 | E(X) | d = 0 | E(X) | d = 1 | E(X) | d = 0 | E(X) | d = 1 | E(X) | d = 0 | |
| Mother race | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 0.174 | 0.242 | 0.283 | 0.280 | 0.212 | 0.193 | 
| Non-Hispanic Black | 0.435 | 0.354 | 0.556 | 0.558 | 0.576 | 0.558 | 
| Hispanic | 0.391 | 0.404 | 0.161 | 0.162 | 0.212 | 0.249 | 
| Mother foreign-born | 0.348 | 0.433 | 0.020 | 0.037 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 
| Mother lived with both biological parents at age 15 | 0.652 | 0.683 | 0.333 | 0.366 | 0.238 | 0.245 | 
| Mother less than high school | 0.174 | 0.175 | 0.192 | 0.159 | 0.702 | 0.667 | 
| Mother employment | 0.696 | 0.786 | 0.646 | 0.630 | 0.219 | 0.257 | 
| Mother co-resident with child’s father | 0.913 | 0.852 | 0.566 | 0.547 | 0.238 | 0.328 | 
| Mother depression | 0.130 | 0.055 | 0.091 | 0.129 | 0.305 | 0.273 | 
| Father previously incarcerated | 0.043 | 0.043 | 0.303 | 0.273 | 0.728 | 0.675 | 
| N | 26 | 788 | 99 | 1,140 | 151 | 807 | 
Notes. E(X) | d = 0 indicates means for not incarcerated mothers. E(X) | d = 1 indicates means for incarcerated mothers. Mothers in stratum 1 have the lowest propensity for incarceration, and mothers in stratum 3 have the highest propensity for incarceration.