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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 May 3.
Published in final edited form as: Annu Rev Econom. 2023 May 3;15:349–388. doi: 10.1146/annurev-economics-021423-031905

Table 6.

Available Adult Skill Measures and Outcomes for Omnibus and Original Home-Visiting Programs

Omnibus Programs
 Pioneering Home-Visiting Programs
Perry ABC Jamaica Preparing for Life
Panel a. Achievement Measures
Child age at measurement 7 to 9 and 10 to 14 7 to 9, 12, 15, 21 7 to 9, 11 to 12, 17 to 18, and 22 9
Measures available California Achievement Test (reading and math sections) Woodcock Johnson Test (reading and math sections) Wide Range Achievement Test (reading and math sections) Reading and math achievement inventories
Panel b. Adult Skill Measures
Child age at measurement 54 21 and 45 17, 22, and 31 Not available
Measures available Cognition: Raven and Stroop Tests combined items. Non-cognitive: inventories of positive personality, including conscientiousness Cognition: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (21) and Raven and Stroop Tests combined items (45). Non-cognitive: inventories of positive personality, including conscientiousness (45) Cognitive: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale IQ Test. Non-cognitive: Conscientiousness inventory
Panel c. Adult Outcomes Observed
Child age at measurement 21 to 40 21 to 40 22 and 31 Not available
Measures available Education (40): years of education. Employment (40): employed in any job at age 22; employed in high-skill job at age 31. Violence (21–40): reverse-coded variables indicating engagement in fights and other violent behaviors. Alcohol/Marijuana (21–40): reverse-coded variables describing frequency and intensity of alcohol/marijuana use Education (30): years of education. Employment (30): employed in any job at age 22; employed in high-skill job at age 31. Violence (21–30): reverse-coded variables indicating engagement in fights and other violent behaviors. Alcohol/Marijuana (21–30): reverse-coded variables describing frequency and intensity of alcohol/marijuana use Education (31): years of education. Employment: employed in any job at age 22; employed in high-skill job at age 31. Violence (31): reverse-coded variables indicating engagement in fights and other violent behaviors. Alcohol/Marijuana (31): reverse-coded variables describing frequency and intensity of alcohol/marijuana use

Sources: Cited in Table 4.