Table 2.

Sample Characteristics for FFCWS (n = 2,524) and CPS (n = 1,430)

	FFCWS Year 5		CPS May 2004
	M	SD	M	SD	Difference
Works nonstandard schedule	0.54		0.27		0.28***
Mother’s age	30.42	5.98	33.13	6.40	−2.71***
Mother is White (ref.)	0.21		0.61		−0.4***
Mother is Black	0.50		0.13		0.38***
Mother is Hispanic	0.25		0.19		0.06***
Mother is “other” race	0.03		0.07		−0.04***
Mother has less than high school education	0.19		0.10		0.09***
Mother has high school diploma/GED (ref.)	0.27		0.24		0.03
Mother has some college/technical school	0.38		0.31		0.07***
Mother has college degree or more	0.16		0.35		−0.19***
Mother is married	0.35		0.75		−0.4***
Number of children < 18 in household	2.38	1.27	2.15	0.95	0.23***
Household under poverty line	0.28		0.13		0.15***
Hours worked per week	37.11	11.10	33.90	11.85	3.22***

Note. All results are unweighted.

ref. = reference group in models

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.