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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 24.
Published in final edited form as: AJS. 2014 Jan;119(4):955–1001. doi: 10.1086/675409

Table 7.

Descriptive Statistics of Family and Socioeconomic Statuses of the Displaced

Overall
Displacement Propensity
Displacement Context
Displacement Timing
Child
age 0–
17
p = [0–
.1)
p = [.1–
.15)
p = [.15–
.175)
p =
[.175–
.2)
p = [.2–
1)
Recession Non-
Recession
High
Unemploy.
W/out
High
Unemploy.
Child
age 0–5
Child
age 6–
11
Child
age 12–
17
A. Family Status
Married
    Post-displacement (0–2 years) 0.129 0.228 0.153 0.066 0.047 0.032 0.083 0.146 0.177 0.113 0.237 0.077 0.070
    Post-displacement (2–4 years) 0.166 0.221 0.191 0.132 0.141 0.064 0.124 0.171 0.221 0.147 0.251 0.146 0.083
    Proportion throughout childhood 0.184 0.298 0.205 0.108 0.091 0.072 0.184 0.181 0.213 0.174 0.217 0.168 0.168
Partnered
    Pre-displacement (0–2 years) 0.169 0.304 0.186 0.118 0.082 0.021 0.124 0.181 0.114 0.188 0.161 0.173 0.173
    Post-displacement (0–2 years) 0.182 0.316 0.181 0.105 0.129 0.064 0.161 0.175 0.152 0.192 0.137 0.211 0.192
    Post-displacement (2–4 years) 0.134 0.202 0.135 0.079 0.106 0.086 0.150 0.132 0.095 0.147 0.109 0.138 0.160
    Proportion throughout childhood 0.103 0.161 0.104 0.086 0.072 0.036 0.088 0.105 0.091 0.107 0.092 0.114 0.099
Number of relationship transitions 2.109 2.634 2.242 1.848 1.671 1.441 2.128 2.057 1.757 2.085 2.104 2.192 1.994
B. Socioeconomic Status
Unemployment
    Post-displacement (0–2 years) 0.844 0.854 0.837 0.868 0.819 0.848 0.880 0.832 0.880 0.832 0.813 0.842 0.890
    Post-displacement (2–4 years) 0.495 0.355 0.598 0.547 0.374 0.565 0.479 0.497 0.456 0.508 0.525 0.494 0.454
    Proportion throughout childhood 0.408 0.338 0.407 0.451 0.425 0.484 0.395 0.419 0.397 0.411 0.342 0.444 0.432
Welfare
    Pre-displacement (0–2 years) 0.506 0.331 0.493 0.676 0.712 0.516 0.432 0.546 0.538 0.494 0.500 0.537 0.460
    Post-displacement (0–2 years) 0.555 0.446 0.546 0.640 0.658 0.604 0.495 0.582 0.590 0.543 0.512 0.607 0.527
    Post-displacement (2–4 years) 0.482 0.374 0.483 0.575 0.500 0.571 0.449 0.503 0.490 0.479 0.458 0.524 0.443
    Proportion throughout childhood 0.368 0.272 0.347 0.442 0.442 0.465 0.337 0.387 0.364 0.369 0.292 0.404 0.404
Wages
    Pre-displacement (0–2 years) 6.302 8.841 6.182 4.961 4.839 5.028 8.053 5.591 6.051 6.389 5.058 5.409 9.472
    Post-displacement (0–2 years) 2.095 1.840 2.420 1.724 2.197 1.990 1.889 2.184 1.610 2.260 2.313 2.033 1.907
    Post-displacement (2–4 years) 5.779 7.118 4.916 5.507 6.470 5.089 6.390 5.737 6.775 5.434 5.384 5.542 6.746

Notes: Sample restricted to children whose mothers were not continuously married and living with their spouse, for whom we have data on job separation, and for children who were at least 19 years old in 2010 (n=5,697).