Appendix Table 7.

Results using an alternate specification for year-adjustments.

	Univariate	Multivariate			Fixed effects only
Foster care maintenance rates for 2 year-olds
Unemployment	−8.99	−6.65		−7.37
% Minority children	−7.55	−7.07		−1.22
Poverty rate	−4.67*	−1.78		−2.52
Urbanicity	−3.5	1.58		3.81
Partial Republican Control of State Government	−13.27		−35.87*	−36.79*
Republican Controlled State Government	−8.1		−39.92*	−42.81**
Constant		−285,606.58	−889,819.60	−653,128.36	337.05***	−714,548.88
State fixed effects	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Year and year * year	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Observations	472–492	492	472	472	492	492
Adjusted R-squared	0.711–0.729	0.72	0.734	0.739	0.705	0.708
Foster care maintenance rates for 9 year-olds
Unemployment	−8.41	−6.25		−6.85
% Minority children	−6.88	−6.42		−0.24
Poverty rate	−4.33*	−1.66		−2.39
Urbanicity	−3.22	1.43		3.86
Partial Republican Control of State Government	−12.08		−34.14	−35.62*
Republican Controlled State Government	−8.68		−38.96	−42.58*
Constant		−118,823.53	−673,204.83	−495,442.56	368.05***	−512,298.98
State fixed effects	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Year and year * year	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Observations	472–492	492	472	472	492	492
Adjusted R-squared	0.663–0.694	0.675	0.7	0.704	0.662	0.663
Foster care maintenance rates for 16 year-olds
Unemployment	−6.84	−4.34		−5.56
% Minority children	−6.07	−5.67		0.77
Poverty rate	−4.50*	−2.48		−3.23
Urbanicity	−2.1	2.16		4.92
Partial Republican Control of State Government	−12.22		−34.08	−36.27*
Republican Controlled State Government	−8.36		−38.59	−43.20*
Constant		−362,432.65	−811,500.79	−682,632.12	383.71***	−719,075.55
State fixed effects	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Year and year * year	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Observations	472–492	492	472	472	492	492
Adjusted R-squared	0.662–0.692	0.671	0.7	0.703	0.662	0.663

^*p < 0.1,

^**p < 0.05, and

^***p < 0.01.