Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics for Selected Analysis Variables
| TREATMENT: CA MOTHERS OF YOUNGEST CHILDREN AGED <1 |
COMPARISON GROUP 1: CA MOTHERS OF YOUNGEST CHILDREN AGED 5–17 |
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| Pre | Post | Pre | Post | |||||
| Mean | SE | Mean | SE | Mean | SE | Mean | SE | |
| Worked Any Usual Hours Last Year | 0.596 | 0.015 | 0.583 | 0.013 | 0.750 | 0.005 | 0.724 | 0.004 |
| TOT Sample - Women Who Worked Any Usual Hours Last Year Only: | ||||||||
| Labor Force Status Last Week | ||||||||
| On Maternity Leave | 0.054 | 0.009 | 0.118 | 0. 012 | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| On Family Leave | 0.082 | 0.011 | 0.150 | 0.013 | 0.015 | 0.002 | 0.017 | 0.002 |
| On “Other” Leave | 0.053 | 0.009 | 0.043 | 0.007 | 0.032 | 0.002 | 0.031 | 0.002 |
| On Any Leave | 0.107 | 0.012 | 0.161 | 0.013 | 0.034 | 0.002 | 0.032 | 0.002 |
| With Job and At Work | 0.598 | 0.019 | 0.584 | 0.018 | 0.865 | 0.004 | 0.883 | 0.004 |
| Not Employed | 0.304 | 0.018 | 0.258 | 0.016 | 0.111 | 0.004 | 0.093 | 0.003 |
| Age of Youngest Child (0 means <1) | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 10.544 | 0.047 | 10.918 | 0.044 |
| Mother's Age: <20 | 0.033 | 0.007 | 0.025 | 0.006 | 0.001 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Mother's Age: 20–29 | 0.443 | 0.020 | 0.419 | 0.018 | 0.062 | 0.003 | 0.054 | 0.003 |
| Mother's Age: 30–39 | 0.446 | 0.020 | 0.506 | 0.018 | 0.364 | 0.006 | 0.310 | 0.005 |
| Mother's Age: 40–49 | 0.077 | 0.011 | 0.049 | 0.008 | 0.478 | 0.006 | 0.493 | 0.006 |
| Mother's Age: 50–59 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.092 | 0.004 | 0.138 | 0.004 |
| Mother is Non-Hispanic White | 0.446 | 0.020 | 0.420 | 0.018 | 0.456 | 0.006 | 0.402 | 0.006 |
| Mother is Black | 0.058 | 0.009 | 0.063 | 0.009 | 0.075 | 0.003 | 0.075 | 0.003 |
| Mother is Hispanic | 0.342 | 0.019 | 0.371 | 0.017 | 0.326 | 0.006 | 0.378 | 0.006 |
| Mother is Other Race | 0.168 | 0.015 | 0.175 | 0.014 | 0.156 | 0.005 | 0.170 | 0.004 |
| Mother is Married | 0.803 | 0.016 | 0.807 | 0.014 | 0.714 | 0.006 | 0.716 | 0.005 |
| Mother is Separated | 0.027 | 0.006 | 0.021 | 0.005 | 0.051 | 0.003 | 0.054 | 0.003 |
| Mother is Divorced | 0.022 | 0.006 | 0.017 | 0.005 | 0.136 | 0.004 | 0.122 | 0.004 |
| Mother is Widowed | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.018 | 0.002 | 0.015 | 0.001 |
| Mother Born in US | 0.683 | 0.018 | 0.690 | 0.017 | 0.625 | 0.006 | 0.579 | 0.006 |
| Mother's Ed: <HS | 0.141 | 0.014 | 0.129 | 0.012 | 0.173 | 0.005 | 0.175 | 0.004 |
| Mother's Ed: HS Degree | 0.243 | 0.017 | 0.165 | 0.013 | 0.243 | 0.005 | 0.214 | 0.005 |
| Mother's Ed: Some College | 0.308 | 0.018 | 0.302 | 0.017 | 0.328 | 0.006 | 0.304 | 0.005 |
| Mother's Ed: College+ | 0.308 | 0.018 | 0.404 | 0.018 | 0.255 | 0.006 | 0.307 | 0.005 |
| Sample Size | 649 | 769 | 6,092 | 7,437 | ||||
Note: Data are for 15–64 year old civilians from the 1999–2010 March Current Population Surveys. All statistics are weighted by the March CPS Supplement person weights. The “Pre” period refers to 1999–2004; “Post” refers to 2005–2010. “Maternity Leave” indicates mothers who were employed and absent from the job due to maternity leave last week. “Family leave” includes these mothers plus those absent from the job last week due to vacation/personal days, child care problems, other family/personal obligations, maternity/paternity leave, or other reasons. “Other leave” includes all reasons for job absences as “family leave” except for maternity leave. “Any leave” includes mothers employed but absent from the job last week for any reason. TOT sample sizes are reported.