Table 2.

Mean values for key variables by fostering categories

Measured at baseline before fostering occurred
	Fostering Category
Variable	Non-Fosterers	Surprised	Anticipated	Uncertain
Household Wealth	−0.31	0.13	−0.12	0.20
Household size	4.98	5.57	4.88	5.01
Years of Education	7.01	7.73	7.24	7.55
% Married	35.72	24.71	50.00	38.14
Monthly Income (thousands of Kwacha)	1.95	1.74	2.58	2.32
N=1750 individuals for whom information was available at Wave 1
Pooled time-series data
Household Wealth	−0.17	0.31	0.23	0.25
Household Size	4.95	4.78	4.52	4.29
Years of Education	7.19	8.23	7.55	7.79
% Married	42.90	31.33	58.02	50.95
Monthly Income (thousands of Kwacha)	2.21	1.78	4.16	2.55
N=10,987 person-waves representing 1754 individuals