Table 2.
Descriptive statistics for time-varying covariates in analyses of neighborhood effects on adolescent parenthood, Panel Study of Income Dynamicsa
Variable | Blacks (N=2669)
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Nonblacks (N=3573)
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Age 4 | Age 12 | Age 4 | Age 12 | |
FU head’s marital status, % | ||||
Unmarried | 41.06 | 48.71 | 9.57 | 14.50 |
Married | 58.94 | 51.29 | 90.43 | 85.50 |
FU head’s employment status % | ||||
Unemployed | 33.01 | 33.08 | 8.40 | 9.71 |
Employed | 66.99 | 66.92 | 91.60 | 90.29 |
Public assistance receipt, % | ||||
Did not receive AFDC | 76.47 | 78.16 | 95.27 | 95.83 |
Received AFDC | 23.53 | 21.84 | 4.73 | 4.17 |
Homeownership, % | ||||
Did not own home | 67.33 | 55.11 | 32.69 | 21.75 |
Owned home | 32.67 | 44.89 | 67.31 | 78.25 |
FU income in $1000s, mean | 15.70 | 17.13 | 30.13 | 37.10 |
FU head’s work hours, mean | 27.58 | 27.30 | 41.46 | 40.26 |
FU size, mean | 5.32 | 5.10 | 4.63 | 4.69 |
Cum. residential moves, mean | 0.28 | 1.67 | 0.24 | 1.32 |
Statistics reported for subjects who were not lost to follow-up before age 12.