Table 1.

Individual and household characteristics, across mover categories

	All	Never moved	Moved once	Moved twice	Moved 3+	Adj. Wald Test
Population		27.2%	28.7%	18.2%	26.0%
Male	50.8%	49.2%	50.2%	53.4%	51.4%
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	53.5%	63.2%	56.2%	48.7%	43.8%	***
Non-Hispanic black	13.8%	8.5%	12.3%	17.5%	18.2%	***
Hispanic	25.6%	22.2%	23.3%	26.6%	31.0%	**
A/PI	2.7%	3.0%	3.3%	3.0%	1.6%	***
AI/AN	0.5%	0.3%	0.4%	0.4%	0.8%	***
Multiracial	4.0%	2.8%	4.5%	3.8%	4.7%
Age in months (W1)	10.5	10.2	10.4	10.5	10.7	***
Age in months (W2)	24.4	24.3	24.3	24.4	24.6	***
Age in months (W3	52.3	51.7	52.0	52.8	53.0	***
Age in months (WK)	68.1	68.0	68.0	67.9	68.7	**
Mom's education in years (W1)	13.3	13.9	13.6	13.1	12.5	***
Mom's education in years (W2)	13.3	13.9	13.6	13.1	12.5	***
Mom's education in years (W3)	13.5	14.0	13.7	13.3	12.7	***
Mom's education in years (WK)	13.5	14.0	13.8	13.4	12.8	***
W1 to WK mom education change	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3
Income-to-needs (W1)	2.9	3.6	3.4	2.5	1.9	***
Income-to-needs (W2)	3.0	3.8	3.4	2.6	2.0	***
Income-to-needs (W3)	2.9	3.6	3.3	2.5	2.0	***
Income-to-needs (WK)	3.3	4.0	3.7	3.0	2.2	***
W1 to WK income-to-needs change	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.3
Mom is married (W1)	68.5%	85.1%	73.7%	61.5%	50.2%	***
Mom is married (W2)	69.5%	85.1%	73.6%	63.5%	52.7%	***
Mom is married (W3)	70.2%	85.5%	75.2%	65.5%	51.9%	***
Mom is married (WK)	70.1%	85.3%	74.2%	65.7%	52.5%	***
W1 to WK marital status change	1.7	0.4	0.7	4.3	2.2
Mom age at birth	27.5	30.9	28.3	26.1	24.1	***
Mom age at first birth	24.0	26.3	24.9	23.1	21.4	***

Source: ECLS-B (2001–2007).

Notes: Adjusted for complex sampling design. N ≈ 6100.

⁺p < .10

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

^***p < .001