TABLE 1—

Characteristics of Respondents and Nonrespondents to a Survey on Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Abortion: New Jersey Welfare Clients, July 1995–January 1996

	Respondents	Nonrespondents
Experimental status, %	(n = 1223)	(n = 1782)
Experimental group	53.0	55.0
Control group	47.0	45.0
Length of welfare receipt, %	(n = 1223)	(n = 1782)
Long-term	53.2	55.2
Short-term	47.7	44.8
County of residence, %	(n = 1223)	(n = 1782)
Atlantic	5.2	6.1
Camden	14.4	13.0
Cumberland	6.2	4.8
Essex	22.7	25.7
Hudson	13.1	16.4
Mercer	6.0	6.1
Passaic	8.6	7.8
Union	7.4	7.2
All others	16.4	12.9
Education, %	(n = 1229)	(n = 1740)
<High school	35.5	41.8
All others	64.5	58.2
Marital status, %	(n = 1232)	(n = 1752)
Never married	59.2	64.1
All others	40.8	35.9
Race, %	(n = 1232)	(n = 1752)
White	22.8	18.0
Black	53.5	48.8
Hispanic	23.7	32.2
Other	0.0	1.0
Age, mean, y	(n = 1232)	(n = 1782)
	32.2	31.4
Employed, %	(n = 1233)	(n = 1782)
	29.7	28.9
No. of AFDC-eligible children, mean	(n = 1233)	(n = 1782)
	1.8	1.8
No. of abortions reported, %	(n = 1233)	(n = 1782)
0	81.7	80.7
1	12.5	10.7
2	3.9	5.3
3	1.4	2.0
4	0.4	0.8
5	0.1	0.5

Note. AFDC = Aid to Families With Dependent Children.