Table 3.
Descriptive trends in employment, wages, and income-to-needs, by study
| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | |
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| Employed 35+ hours per week | |||||||
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| WES | 30% | 41% | 45% | 44% | 43% | ||
| IFS | 28% | 31% | 29% | 29% | |||
| MTAS | 5% | 38% | 32% | ||||
| FF1 | 16% | 32% | 38% | ||||
| 3-City | 5% | 25% | |||||
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| Hourly wage (indexed to 2003) | |||||||
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| WES | $7.51 | $7.93 | $8.16 | $8.69 | $9.04 | ||
| IFS | $8.17 | $8.91 | $10.03 | $9.35 | |||
| MTAS | $7.75 | $9.00 | $9.12 | ||||
| FF | $7.95 | $9.80 | $10.06 | ||||
| 3-City | $8.31 | $9.10 | |||||
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| Income-to-needs ratio | |||||||
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| WES | 0.99 | 1.11 | 1.11 | 1.21 | 1.35 | ||
| IFS | 0.57 | 0.79 | 1.06 | 1.09 | |||
| MTAS | NA | 0.64 | 0.72 | ||||
| FF | NA | 0.87 | 1.00 | ||||
| 3-City | 0.74 | 0.81 | |||||
NA = Not available.
1
The percentage of FF mothers with full-time employment presented in Table 3 captures employment within three months of giving birth; however, 38% of mothers worked full-time for some duration during the year prior to their child’s birth.