Table 1.

Sample characteristics by maternal education (%)

Education	All	< High School	High School	Some College/ Assoc.	College +
		24	32	21	24
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic Black	24	28	32	28	6
Non-Hispanic White	41	19	36	45	68
Hispanic	27	47	28	23	9
Other	8	7	2	4	18
Relationship status at birth
Married	63	37	51	68	96
Cohabiting	19	28	27	18	1
Single	18	35	22	14	2
Mother’s age at birth
<20	12	31	12	4	0
20–24	24	35	30	30	2
25–29	27	20	33	28	24
30+	38	15	25	39	74
Number of children at age 1 (Mean/SD)	2.2 (1.2)	2.53 (1.5)	2.33 (1.2)	2.02 (1.0)	1.87 (1.1)
Foreign-born	20	31	19	10	17
N	2986	926	944	767	349

Note: Statistics are weighted by national weights. The sample is restricted to mothers who were interviewed in all survey waves.