Table 1.

Characteristics of mothers and children

Mother’s characteristics at follow-up (n=396)	% or Mean (SD)
Age, Mean (SD)	38.4 (6.7)
Ethnicity %
White	52.0
Hispanic	25.0
Black	16.4
Asian/others	6.6
Education (>=High school) %	65.4
Marital status %
Married	29.9
Never married	31.9
Divorced, widowed, separated	38.2
Employed %	36.6
Receiving public assistance %	58.1
Number of all children, Mean (SD)	3.8 (2.1)
Number of children under 18, Mean (SD)	2.8 (1.7)
Having children living with others by court order, %	16.2
Children’s characteristics (n=396)
Child gender %
Male	52.8
Female	47.2
Child age, Mean (SD)	10.3 (3.2)