Table 4.

Probit Regressions using FFCWS Data: Full Model, Marginal Effects

	Paternity	Child Support Order	Child Support Receipt	In-kind Support
Immigration-related Variables
Mixed-status families	−0.033	−0.199^***	−0.133^***	−0.186^*
	(0.035)	(0.041)	(0.032)	(0.075)
TANF	−0.003	0.101^**	0.028	0.034
TANF	(0.018)	(0.033)	(0.028)	(0.028)
Mixed-status families on TANF	−0.033	0.361^*	0.314	−0.091
Mixed-status families on TANF	(0.065)	(0.156)	(0.172)	(0.135)
SNAP	−0.006	0.031	0.024	−0.048
SNAP	(0.019)	(0.032)	(0.027)	(0.029)
Mixed-status families on SNAP	0.016	−0.096	−0.030	0.094^*
Mixed-status families on SNAP	(0.040)	(0.110)	(0.096)	(0.046)
Mother’s Knowledge of and Need for CS
Mother has good knowledge of the child support system	0.038^**	−0.009	0.003	−0.040
Mother has good knowledge of the child support system	(0.013)	(0.024)	(0.020)	(0.022)
Mother thinks financial support from father important	0.013	0.018	0.031	0.008
Mother thinks financial support from father important	(0.018)	(0.032)	(0.026)	(0.029)
Number of economic hardships mother Experienced	−0.005	−0.007	−0.004	0.001
Number of economic hardships mother Experienced	(0.004)	(0.007)	(0.006)	(0.006)
Mother had income from earnings last year	−0.024	−0.029	−0.029	0.057^*
Mother had income from earnings last year	(0.014)	(0.028)	(0.024)	(0.027)
Mother has children with other men	−0.013	−0.023	−0.022	−0.008
Mother has children with other men	(0.014)	(0.026)	(0.022)	(0.024)
Mother is older than 30 years old	0.017	−0.015	0.005	0.026
Mother is older than 30 years old	(0.017)	(0.035)	(0.031)	(0.030)
Mother has more than high school education	0.037^*	0.027	0.019	−0.005
Mother has more than high school education	(0.015)	(0.026)	(0.022)	(0.023)
Mother is Hispanic	0.004	0.014	−0.045	0.026
Mother is Hispanic	(0.024)	(0.043)	(0.032)	(0.036)
Mother is Black	−0.020	0.026	−0.028	0.060
Mother is Black	(0.021)	(0.036)	(0.029)	(0.035)
Mother is of other race	−0.026	0.065	0.040	0.137^***
Mother is of other race	(0.054)	(0.092)	(0.078)	(0.019)
Father’s Ability/Willingness to Provide CS
Father ever in jail	−0.075	0.053	−0.065	−0.236^***
Father ever in jail	(0.045)	(0.061)	(0.042)	(0.071)
Father worked when child was 1yrs old	0.047^**	−0.003	0.087^***	0.138^***
Father worked when child was 1yrs old	(0.017)	(0.027)	(0.020)	(0.027)
Father has children with other women	−0.037^*	0.022	0.012	−0.059^*
Father has children with other women	(0.015)	(0.025)	(0.021)	(0.023)
Father and mother in steady relationship	0.031	−0.164^***	−0.114^***	0.138^***
Father and mother in steady relationship	(0.018)	(0.032)	(0.029)	(0.030)
State-level Policy Environment
Child support enforcement index	0.000	0.002^***	0.001^***	−0.000
Child support enforcement index	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)
State generosity toward noncitizens	0.004	−0.018	−0.004	0.059^*
State generosity toward noncitizens	(0.015)	(0.027)	(0.023)	(0.026)
ANES anti-immigrant sentiment	0.030	0.158	0.006	0.016
ANES anti-immigrant sentiment	(0.115)	(0.208)	(0.180)	(0.189)
N	1,724	1,528	1,454	1,120
Chi-squared	65.656	155.391	92.947	128.182
P	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

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

Marginal effects represent the discrete change from the base level holding all other variables at the means.

The Delta-method standard error for the marginal effects is shown in parentheses.

p<0.05,

^**

p<0.01,

^***

p<0.001