Appendix Table 6.

Alternate political specification.

	Univariate	Multivariate			Fixed effects only
Foster care maintenance rates for 2 year-olds
Unemployment	−19.76**	−17.30**		−14.18
% Minority children	−7.80	−7.11		−2.03
Poverty rate	−5.59*	−1.76		−2.49
Urbanicity	−3.58	2.28		4.62
Republican Share of State Legislature	−0.07		0.42	0.44
Republican Governor	−23.16*		27.09	19.62
Republican Governor*Republican Share of State Legislature	−0.45*		−1.01	−0.83
Constant		599.13*	324.62***	238.39	337.05***	335.10***
Observations	472–492	492	472	472	492	492
Adjusted R-squared	0.705–0.728	0.726	0.727	0.735	0.705	0.705
Foster care maintenance rates for 9 year-olds
Unemployment	−19.72**	−17.49**		−14.54*
% Minority children	−7.19	−6.51		−0.98
Poverty rate	−5.29*	−1.57		−2.19
Urbanicity	−3.32	2.17		4.84
Republican Share of State Legislature	0.04		0.44	0.54
Republican Governor	−23.46*		19.40	10.66
Republican Governor*Republican Share of State Legislature	−0.43		−0.84	−0.64
Constant		606.43*	353.51***	204.91	368.05***	363.13***
Observations	472–492	492	472	472	492	492
Adjusted R-squared	0.660–0.694	0.683	0.693	0.701	0.662	0.660
Foster care maintenance rates for 16 year-olds
Unemployment	−17.84**	−15.29*		−13.72*
% Minority children	−6.34	−5.68		0.22
Poverty rate	−5.68**	−2.51		−2.81
Urbanicity	−2.18	2.89		6.31
Republican Share of State Legislature	0.54		0.86	1.05
Republican Governor	−20.69		15.04	5.91
Republican Governor*Republican Share of State Legislature	−0.34		−0.67	−0.49
Constant		537.04	341.13***	60.44	383.71***	365.07***
Observations	472–492	492	472	472	492	492
Adjusted R-squared	0.682–0.691	0.677	0.691	0.699	0.662	0.660

^*p < 0.1,

^**p < 0.05, and

^***p < 0.01.