Table 8.

Means, proportions, and sibling correlations by change in mother’s marital status

	Change in marital status of mother by age 17 of oldest child
	No changes		At least one change
Outcomes	N = 20,082		N = 9,590
Continuous outcomes (mean)
Language arts index†	0.095	(0.081–0.110)	-0.183	(-.202–-0.164)
Health status (ADG morbidity score)†	8.833	(8.748–8.918)	9.656	(9.529–9.783)
Hospital and physician costs†	$1,002	($953–$1,050)	$1,396	($1,255–$1,537)
Binary outcomes (proportion)
Not in grade 12 at appropriate age†	0.262	(0.256–0.269)	0.391	(0.381–0.400)
Teenage pregnancy†	0.101	(0.095–0.107)	0.199	(0.188–0.210)
Received income assistance (age 18–19)†	0.035	(0.032–0.038)	0.088	(0.083–0.094)
Sibling correlations
Continuous outcomes
Language arts index†	0.561	(0.547–0.575)	0.514	(0.494–0.534)
Health status (ADG morbidity score)	0.476	(0.461–0.492)	0.490	(0.469–0.511)
Hospital and physician costs	0.287	(0.269–0.306)	0.280	(0.255–0.306)
Binary outcomes
Not in grade 12 at appropriate age†	0.679	(0.658–0.700)	0.563	(0.529–0.597)
Teenage pregnancy*	0.555	(0.500–0.609)	0.451	(0.386–0.516)
Received income assistance (age 18–19)	0.655	(0.606–0.704)	0.603	(0.552–0.654)

For Correlations: Statistically significant differences: ^†p < 0.01, *p < 0.05.