Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for Couples Who Had a Nonmarital Birth

Baseline Characteristics	All Unmarried Couples	Father Resident at Wave 4	Father Nonresident at Wave 4
Father’s Race/Ethnicity
Hispanic	40	45	35
Non-Hispanic white	13	17	13
Non-Hispanic black	43	36	48
Non-Hispanic other	5	2	3
Father’s Age (in years)	26.9	27.3	26.2
Father’s Education
Less than high school	41	43	41
High school or GED	38	34	40
Some college	16	18	16
College or more	4	5	2
Intact Family at Age 16	36	41	31
Mother’s Age (in years)	23.4	24.1	22.9
Mother’s Education
Less than high school	44	38	45
High school or GED	38	42	36
Some college	16	19	16
College or more	2	1	1
Mother’s Health	3.8	3.7	3.8
Child Is Male	54	54	53
Prior Shared Children	28	38	25
Prior Nonshared Children, Mother	34	33	35
Prior Nonshared Children, Father	37	28	40
Financial Contributions in Pregnancy	80	96	74
Father Is Employed	79	84	77
Father’s Earnings ($)	17,342	18,621	16,692
Father Used Drugs	7	5	8
Relationship Status
Cohabiting	51	76	38
Romantic nonresident	31	19	36
No relationship	18	5	26
N	3,050	1,031	2,019

Notes: Weighted by national sampling weights. The sample is restricted to couples in which the mother was in the study at the five-year follow-up. All values are percentages unless otherwise indicated.