Table 1.

Baseline Demographic Characteristics

	Total N = 2,080	Ever Separated n = 334	Not Separated n = 1,746
Mother teen at child’s birth	39%	41%	38%
Mother’s primary language is English	79%	88% ***	78%
Mother has high school diploma or GED	54%	53%	54%
Mother race/ethnicity:
White, non-Hispanic	39%	41%	39%
Black, non-Hispanic	33%	41% **	32%
Hispanic	23%	13% ***	25%
Other	4%	5%	4%
Mother’s living arrangements:
Lives with partner	26%	21% *	28%
Lives with other adults	40%	43% ***	39%
Lives with no other adults	34%	37% ***	34%
Child is first-born	62%	65% ***	61%
Family above the poverty line	11%	12% *	11%
Child is male	51%	52%	51%
Family assigned to program group	54%	53%	54%
Rapid subsequent birth	15%	19% *	14%
Change in marital status	8%	11% +	7%
Change in cohabitation status	15%	15%	15%
Multiple child care arrangements by 15mo.	42%	43%	42%
Child has sleep routines	97%	97%	95%

Note: two-tailed tests of group differences.

⁺p < .10

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

^***p < .001