U(Unmatched) | Mean | % Bias Reduction | t-test | ||||
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M (Matched) | Treated | Control | %bias | |bias| | t | p>|t| | |
TANF | U | 0.20588 | 0.39558 | −42.2 | −5.68 | 0 | |
M | 0.21304 | 0.24783 | −7.7 | 81.7 | −0.88 | 0.377 | |
SNAP | U | 0.42017 | 0.59371 | −35.2 | −5.06 | 0 | |
M | 0.43478 | 0.44348 | −1.8 | 95 | −0.19 | 0.851 | |
Mother’s city of residence | U | 8.0336 | 8.6165 | −11.8 | −1.65 | 0.098 | |
M | 8.113 | 8.5087 | −8 | 32.1 | −0.88 | 0.382 | |
Mother has good knowledge of the CS system |
U | 0.33613 | 0.53681 | −41.3 | −5.8 | 0 | |
M | 0.34348 | 0.41304 | −14.3 | 65.3 | −1.54 | 0.125 | |
Mother thinks financial support from father important |
U | 0.7395 | 0.84337 | −25.7 | −3.97 | 0 | |
M | 0.75652 | 0.78261 | −6.5 | 74.9 | −0.66 | 0.508 | |
# of economic hardships mother experienced |
U | 0.98319 | 1.3072 | −19.6 | −2.76 | 0.006 | |
M | 0.9913 | 1.1348 | −8.7 | 55.7 | −0.98 | 0.329 | |
Mother had income from earning last year |
U | 0.55882 | 0.73159 | −36.7 | −5.49 | 0 | |
M | 0.57391 | 0.61304 | −8.3 | 77.4 | −0.85 | 0.394 | |
Mother has children with other men |
U | 0.34454 | 0.40629 | −12.8 | −1.81 | 0.071 | |
M | 0.33913 | 0.34783 | −1.8 | 85.9 | −0.2 | 0.845 | |
Mother is older than 30 years old | U | 0.21849 | 0.13855 | 21 | 3.22 | 0.001 | |
M | 0.20435 | 0.2087 | −1.1 | 94.6 | −0.11 | 0.909 | |
Mother has more than high school education |
U | 0.37815 | 0.58969 | −43.3 | −6.17 | 0 | |
M | 0.3913 | 0.43913 | −9.8 | 77.4 | −1.04 | 0.299 | |
Mother is Hispanic | U | 0.76471 | 0.21687 | 130.8 | 18.96 | 0 | |
M | 0.75652 | 0.75652 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 1 | |
Mother is Black | U | 0.14706 | 0.58568 | −102.1 | −13.2 | 0 | |
M | 0.15217 | 0.15652 | −1 | 99 | −0.13 | 0.898 | |
Mother is of other race | U | 0.04622 | 0.02075 | 14.2 | 2.37 | 0.018 | |
M | 0.04783 | 0.03913 | 4.8 | 65.9 | 0.46 | 0.648 | |
Father ever in jail | U | 0.01261 | 0.03882 | −16.6 | −2.04 | 0.042 | |
M | 0.01304 | 0.0087 | 2.8 | 83.4 | 0.45 | 0.654 | |
Father worked when child was 1 year old |
U | 0.83613 | 0.7095 | 30.5 | 4.09 | 0 | |
M | 0.83043 | 0.8087 | 5.2 | 82.8 | 0.61 | 0.545 | |
Father has children with other women |
U | 0.30252 | 0.40361 | −21.2 | −2.98 | 0.003 | |
M | 0.3087 | 0.3087 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 1 | |
Father and mother in steady relationship |
U | 0.85294 | 0.80321 | 13.2 | 1.82 | 0.069 | |
M | 0.85652 | 0.86957 | −3.5 | 73.8 | −0.41 | 0.685 |
Source: Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Survey, the Baseline, Age 1 and Age 3 Data.