Table 2.

Wave 1 sample demographics, by study

	WES	IFS	MTAS	FF	3-City
Race/ethnicity:
Non-Hispanic black	54%	78%	73%	60%	48%
Non-Hispanic white	42%	8%	13%	14%	4%
Hispanic	0%	12%	11%	23%	47%
Other race/ethnicity	3%	2%	3%	3%	1%
Male respondent	0%	4%	3%	0%	0%
Respondent mean age	29.8	31.7	28.6	23.8	31.2
Mean age of youngest child	4.9	5.3	4.3	<1	NA
Mean age at first child’s birth	19.5	19.9	20.4	19.6	NA
High school or GED	70%	59%	44%	55%	25%
Married	10%	11%	4%	7%	21%
Average number of children <
18 years of age	2.3	2.5	2.2	2.3	3.5

NA=Not available.