Appendix Table 1.

Relationship of nominal state foster care maintenance rates to socioeconomic, demographic and political factors from 1991 to 2008.

	Univariate	Multivariate			Fixed effect only
Foster care maintenance rates for 2 year-olds
Unemployment	−15.96**	−14.77**		−12.64
% Minority children	−5.62	−4.94		1.45
Poverty rate	−3.22	−0.02		−0.70
Urbanicity	−4.49	−0.51		1.22
Partial Republican Control of State Government	−15.42		−29.49*	−30.96*
Republican Controlled State Government	1.18		−24.95	−29.06
State fixed effects	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Year fixed effects	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Constant		670.37*	397.88***	331.36	268.50***	372.66***
Observations	492	492	472	472	492	492
Adjusted R-squared	0.761–0.804	0.776	0.792	0.798	0.467	0.762
Foster care maintenance rates for 9 year-olds
Unemployment	−15.83**	−14.83**		−12.80*
% Minority children	−5.30	−4.75		1.68
Poverty rate	−3.03	0.08		−0.60
Urbanicity	−3.55	0.30		2.09
Partial Republican Control of State Government	−14.49		−28.97	−30.76*
Republican Controlled State Government	−0.01		−25.68	−30.30
State fixed effects	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Year fixed effects	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Constant		640.11*	424.35***	297.17	292.10***	398.72***
Observations	492	492	472	472	492	492
Adjusted R-squared	0.741–0.764	0.756	0.778	0.784	0.398	0.742
Foster care maintenance rates for 16 year-olds
Unemployment	−14.17**	−13.01**		−11.46*
% Minority children	−4.18	−3.78		3.07
Poverty rate	−3.31	−0.81		−1.50
Urbanicity	−1.56	1.81		3.87
Partial Republican Control of State Government	−14.50		−28.85	−31.87*
Republican Controlled State Government	0.11		−25.46	−31.76
State fixed effects	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Year fixed effects	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Constant		533.82	440.57***	161.57	304.00***	414.83***
Observations	492	492	472	472	492	492
Adjusted R-squared	0.740–0.779	0.756	0.782	0.789	0.396	0.747

^*p < 0.1,

^**p < 0.05, and

^***p < 0.01.