Table 1.

Characteristics of adolescents aging out of foster care

	Overall sample		Left foster care during 3-year follow-up		Lost insurance coverage after leaving foster care
	N	%	N	%	N	%
TOTALS	404	100	206	51.0	138	67.0
Gender
Male	178	44.1	81	39.3	58	42.0
Female	226	55.9	125	60.8	80	58.0
Race/ethnicity
African-American	206	51.0	88	42.7	59	42.8
White	178	44.1	111	53.9	74	53.6
Hispanic	1	0.25	0		0	0
Other	19	4.65	7	3.4	5	3.6
Maltreatment history
Physical abuse	186	46.0	97	47.1	62	44.9
Sexual abuse	141	34.9	82	39.8	51	37.0
Neglect	186	46.0	87	42.2	54	39.1
Placement
In family foster care	116	28.7	53	25.7	33	23.9
Placed with relatives	74	18.3	39	18.9	27	19.6
Lives in group home	168	41.6	80	38.8	52	37.7
Lives alone	13	3.2	7	3.4	5	3.6
Lives in own home	33	8.2	27	13.1	21	15.2
Mental health need
Any mental health diagnosis	181	44.8	103	50.0	69	50.0
Occupational status
Currently working	115	28.5	112	54.4	66	47.8
Education status
Currently attending college	52	12.9	23	11.2	12	8.7