Table 1.
Baseline Distribution of Mothers across Categories of the Dependent Variable and Covariates: Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Studya
| Variable | Percent |
|---|---|
| Outcome | |
| Complete safety net | 81.8% |
| $200 loan | 87.8 |
| Child care | 90.2 |
| Housing | 90.7 |
| Time-fixed Covariates | |
| Mother’s age at baseline: | |
| Less than 20 years | 24.6 |
| 20 – 29 years | 59.7 |
| 30 years or older | 15.7 |
| Race and nativity status: | |
| Black immigrant | 0.9 |
| Black native-born | 53.5 |
| Hispanic immigrant | 14.9 |
| Hispanic native-born | 17.8 |
| White immigrant | 0.6 |
| White native-born | 12.3 |
| Grandmother has HS diploma | 57.3 |
| Focal child characteristics | |
| First-born | 39.8 |
| Low-birth weight | 10.6 |
| Female | 46.5 |
| Time-varying Covariates | |
| Mother’s educational attainment: | |
| Less than HS/GED | 43.2 |
| HS/GED only | 32.8 |
| More than HS/GED | 24.0 |
| Economic characteristics: | |
| Employed within the past year | 79.1 |
| Receives public assistance | 40.9 |
| Lives at or below poverty level | 40.3 |
| Household characteristics: | |
| Living with a partner | 40.3 |
| Living with a parent | 32.9 |
| Number of biological children in household | |
| 1 | 39.8 |
| 2 | 31.0 |
| 3 or more | 29.1 |
| Mother’s health is fair or poor | 7.9 |
| Mother attends religious services weekly or more | 16.9 |
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Unweighted N = 3,065. Percentages weighted to represent 1999 birth cohort in U.S. cities with population of 200,000 or more