Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics
| All Mothers | Resident Mothers | Nonresident Mothers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) | % M | M (SD) | % M | M (SD) | %M | |
| Dependent Variables | ||||||
| Same-Father Births | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.32 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.00 |
| New-Father Births | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.00 |
| No Birth | 0.64 | 0.00 | 0.63 | 0.00 | 0.65 | 0.00 |
| Independent Variables | ||||||
| Engagement | 3.59 (2.40) | 0.30 | 4.86 (1.61) | 0.09 | 1.72 (2.14) | 0.37 |
| Indirect Care | 1.96 (1.09) | 0.60 | 2.42 (0.71) | 0.58 | 1.25 (1.17) | 0.37 |
| Accessibility | - | - | - | - | 10.70(11.49) | 0.13 |
| Financial Support | - | - | - | - | 0.45 | 0.37 |
| Control and Mediating Variables | ||||||
| Mother | ||||||
| Relationship Satisfaction | 2.08 (0.54) | 1.08 | 2.35 (0.31) | 0.09 | 1.67 (0.56) | 2.25 |
| Age | 24.08 (5.59) | 0.00 | 24.19 (5.45) |
0.00 | 23.92 (5.79) | 0.00 |
| Race | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| White | 0.14 | 0.17 | 0.10 | |||
| Black | 0.54 | 0.50 | 0.66 | |||
| Hispanic | 0.29 | 0.34 | 0.21 | |||
| Other | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | |||
| Education | 0.20 | 0.25 | 0.23 | |||
| Less than High School | 0.36 | 0.35 | 0.38 | |||
| High School | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.35 | |||
| Some College | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.27 | |||
| Previous Multipartnered Childbearing |
0.40 | 0.79 | 0.39 | 1.00 | 0.41 | 0.49 |
| Grandmother in HH | 0.22 | 0.35 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 0.33 | 0.86 |
| Total People in HH | 4.48 (1.63) | 0.30 | 4.62 (1.60) | 0.17 | 4.26 (1.64) | 0.74 |
| Total Children < 18 in HH | 3.49 (1.62) | 0.00 | 3.61 (1.59) | 0.00 | 3.28 (1.64) | 0.00 |
| Income to Poverty Ratio | 1.39 (1.34) | 0.00 | 1.54 (1.39) | 0.00 | 1.17 (1.24) | 0.00 |
| Residential Mobility | 0.64 (0.84) | 0.05 | 0.60 (0.78) | 0.00 | 0.69 (0.91) | 0.13 |
| Father | ||||||
| Age | 26.69 (6.91) | 1.14 | 26.86 (6.84) |
0.50 | 26.42 (7.01) | 2.08 |
| Education | 1.98 | 0.50 | 4.17 | |||
| Less than High School | 0.35 | 0.36 | 0.33 | |||
| High School | 0.41 | 0.39 | 0.45 | |||
| Some College | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.22 | |||
| Previous Multipartnered Childbearing |
0.40 | 3.80 | 0.35 | 1.99 | 0.48 | 6.49 |
| N | 2028 | 1211 | 817 | |||
Note. For descriptive purposes, the resident and nonresident samples are drawn from Wave 2. Standard deviations are only reported for continuous variables. %M stands for percent missing. Accessibility was measured for Nonresident fathers only. HH stands for Household.