Table 2.
Summary of Intergenerational Outcomes: Children of the Original Participants of Perry and
| Male Children |
Female Children |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control Mean |
Mean Difference (MD) |
MD p-value |
Control Mean |
Mean Difference (MD) |
MD p-value |
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| Panel a. Perry | ||||||
| High School Graduate (Age 18 or older) | 0.67 | −0.01 | 0.582 | 0.74 | 0.13 | 0.026 |
| College Graduate (Age 23 or older) | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.063 | 0.31 | −0.09 | 0.846 |
| Employed (Age 23 or older) | 0.48 | 0.19 | 0.040 | 0.41 | 0.09 | 0.218 |
| Never Arrested (Age 18 or older) | 0.37 | 0.14 | 0.089 | 0.78 | 0.06 | 0.210 |
| In Good Health (Age 18 or older) | 0.82 | 0.12 | 0.006 | 0.85 | 0.10 | 0.030 |
| Not a Parent (Ages 14 to 22) | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0.83 | 0.12 | 0.234 |
| Never Divorced (Age 23 or older) | 0.93 | 0.07 | 0.028 | 0.86 | 0.11 | 0.016 |
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| Panel b. | ||||||
| High School Graduate (Age 18 or older) | 0.66 | −0.06 | 0.718 | 0.28 | 0.18 | 0.067 |
| College Graduate (Age 23 or older) | 0.55 | −0.08 | 0.683 | 0.18 | 0.25 | 0.068 |
| Not Idle (Age 15 or older)† | 0.91 | 0.06 | 0.083 | 0.98 | 0.00 | 0.572 |
| In Good Health (Age 18 or older) | 0.83 | 0.18 | 0.000 | 0.88 | 0.10 | 0.133 |
| Not a Parent (Ages 14 to 22) | 0.63 | 0.17 | 0.069 | 0.94 | −0.01 | 0.584 |
Note: Panel a. presents the control-group mean and treatment-control mean difference (MD) for the intergenerational outcome in the label for the Perry Preschool Project (Perry). Intergenerational outcomes are for the average child. We construct them by averaging within original program participants across up to their five eldest children. For each mean difference, we present the permutation p-value associated with the null hypothesis that the mean difference less than or equal to 0. We bold p-values when they are less than 0.10. Panel b. is analogous in format to Panel a. for the Carolina Abecedarian Project ().
Idle: enrolled in school or working.