Table 2.

Descriptive Statistics

Variable	N	Mean	SD	Min	Max
Outcome Variables
Paternity Establishment (N= 2863)	2,863	.834	.372	0	1
Child Support Order (N=2630)	2,630	.320	.467	0	1
Child Support Receipt (N= 2491)	2,491	.170	.367	0	1
In-kind Child Support (N= 2135)	2,135	.690	.463	0	1
Independent Variables
Immigration related Variables
Mixed Status Families	2,257	0.141	0.348	0	1
Noncitizen Mothers	2,814	0.071	0.258	0	1
Mixed-Status Families on TANF	2,148	0.033	0.178	0	1
Noncitizen Mothers on TANF	2,643	0.012	0.109	0	1
Mixed-Status Families on SNAP	2,147	0.061	0.239	0	1
Noncitizen Mothers on SNAP	2,643	0.027	0.162	0	1
Mother’s Knowledge of and Need for CS
Mother has good knowledge of the CS system	2,861	0.500	0.500	0	1
Mother thinks financial support from father important	2,884	0.828	0.377	0	1
Mother received TANF last year	2,719	0.429	0.495	0	1
# of economic hardships mother experienced	2,708	1.328	1.714	0	12
Mother had income from earnings last year	2,879	0.681	0.466	0	1
Mother has children with other men	2,567	0.413	0.492	0	1
Mother is older than 30 years old	2,893	0.152	0.359	0	1
Mother has more than high school education	2,893	0.541	0.498	0	1
Mother is Hispanic	2,870	0.262	0.440	0	1
Mother is Black	2,870	0.570	0.495	0	1
Mother is of other race (White is the omitted category)	2,870	0.025	0.156	0	1
Father’s Ability/Willingness to Provide CS
Father ever in jail	2,860	0.051	0.219	0	1
Father worked when child was 1 year old	2,556	0.690	0.463	0	1
Father has children with other women	2,619	0.443	0.497	0	1
Father and mother in steady relationship	2,893	0.686	0.464	0	1
State-level Policy Environment
CS enforcement index	2,893	107.971	35.822	64	189
State generosity toward noncitizens	2,893	0.642	0.480	0	1
ANES anti-immigrant sentiment	2,893	0.624	0.067	0.542	0.755

Source: Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Survey, the Baseline, Age 1 and Age 3 Data.