Table 3.

Prevalent Wave 2 household types and work/school activities among current teen mothers, by race/ethnicity

Race/Ethnicity	Weighted Cross Tabulations							Most prevalent teenage mother household types (≥10%)
		Single alone	Single w/ others	Bio parents alone	Bio parents w/ others	Bio mom, NB partner	Total
Children of All Teenage Mothers	NW NS	5.02	11.00	15.50	6.15	3.48	41.15	1. Bio parents alone, mom not working, not in school
	NW SCH	2.53	6.81	4.04	2.60	0.97	16.94	2. Bio parents alone, mom working, not in school
	WRK NS	6.49	7.50	11.29	3.76	1.21	30.25	3. Single mom w/ other adults, not working, not in school
	WRK SCH	1.83	4.96	2.42	1.55	0.90	11.66
	Total	15.87	30.28	33.26	14.05	6.55	100.00
		Single alone	Single w/ others	Bio parents alone	Bio parents w/ others	Bio mom, NB partner	Total
White Children of Teenage Mothers	NW NS	2.58	6.40	17.35	5.96	5.31	37.59	1. Bio parents alone, mom not working, not in school
	NW SCH	1.31	4.30	5.20	2.07	1.32	14.20	2. Bio parents alone, mom working, not in school
	WRK NS	6.00	6.77	16.32	3.11	2.51	34.71
	WRK SCH	1.84	4.45	3.34	1.91	1.96	13.50
	Total	11.72	21.92	42.21	13.05	11.10	100.00
		Single alone	Single w/ others	Bio parents alone	Bio parents w/ others	Bio mom, NB partner	Total
Black Children of Teenage Mothers	NW NS	11.08	17.71	4.97	0.71	1.29	35.76	1. Single mom w/ other adults, not working, not in school
	NW SCH	5.17	12.07	1.61	0.59	1.34	20.78	2. Single mom w/ other adults, in school, not working
	WRK NS	11.62	12.03	5.74	1.94	0.68	32.01	3. Single mom w/ other adults, working, not in school
	WRK SCH	3.50	5.90	1.45	0.05	0.55	11.44	4. Single mom alone, working, not in school
	Total	31.37	47.71	13.77	3.29	3.86	100.00
		Single alone	Single w/ others	Bio parents alone	Bio parents w/ others	Bio mom, NB partner	Total
Hispanic Children of Teenage Mothers	NW NS	3.03	12.31	21.80	9.45	3.26	49.86	1. Bio parents alone, not working, not in school
	NW SCH	1.59	4.81	3.84	4.65	0.32	15.21	2. Single mom w/ other adults, not working, not in school
	WRK NS	4.02	5.20	9.31	6.05	0.00	24.58
	WRK SCH	0.77	5.09	2.09	2.41	0.00	10.36
	Total	9.42	27.40	37.03	22.57	3.57	100.00

Source: Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort (2006). N=900 (250 White, 250 Black, 250 Hispanic).

Legend:

NW NS - Mother does not work for pay, not in school

NW SCH - Mother does not work for pay, enrolled in school

WRK NS - Mother works for pay, not in school

WRK SCH - Mother works for pay, enrolled in school

Alone - No partner or other adults in household

W/ others - Grandparents or other adults also living in household

NB partner - Non-biological partner of mother living in household