Table 2.

Baseline Characteristics: Comparing Ever- and Never-Incarcerated Parents

	Fathers		Mothers
	Ever-Incarc.	Never-Inc.	Ever-Incarc.	Never- Inc.
Race/Ethnicity
% White	12%	31%	27%	29%
% Black	54%	30%	52%	35%
% Hispanic	30%	32%	19%	30%
% Other	4%	7%	2%	6%
Age at Child’s Birth	27 Years [SD=7.4]	31 Years [SD=7.5]	26 Years [SD=6.6]	27 Years [SD=6.3]
Relationship Status
% Married	18%	64%	24%	54%
% Cohabiting	37%	18%	34%	23%
% Nonresident	45%	17%	42%	14%
Education
% with <HS	42%	26%	43%	28%
% with HS Diploma	34%	24%	35%	32%
% with some college	17%	24%	13%	19%
% with college +	7%	26%	8%	21%
Labor Market and other Personal Characteristics
% Employed at Baseline	71%	89%	25%	37%
Baseline wages (excluding zeros for mothers)	$11.39 [SD=13.66]	$17.58 [SD=16.79]	$7.62 [SD=2.9]	$8.49 [SD=5.9]
Baseline earnings (excluding zeros for mothers)	$26,716 [SD=76,024]	$41,518 [SD=68,881]	$10,223 [SD=12,406]	$20,274 [SD=17,228]
Impulsivity score (0=low, 6=high)	1.9 [SD=2.0]	1.2 [SD=1.6]	2.2 [SD=2.1]	1.3 [SD=1.6]
Partner ever incarcerated?	9%	3%	52%	25%
Mother’s History of MH Problems			44%	27%

Observations weighted to be representative of study cities.

^*Baseline wage and earnings comparisons exclude those mothers with zero wages and earnings. This strategy is likely to provide a conservative estimate of the differences between the groups, as maternal employment is lower among mothers with a history of incarceration.

All differences are statistically significant at P<.05 except mothers’ baseline age and wages.