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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 26.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Serv Rev. 2017 Mar;91(1):8–40. doi: 10.1086/691148

Appendix Table 2.

Reported foster care, severance, or other income by the number of foster children in the home

Number of foster children in the home Total children in each group # with foster care, severance, or other income > 0 Mean foster care, severance, or other income ($) Mean foster care, severance, or other income (>0) ($)
0 1,138,613 19,749 60.35 4,752.13
1 1,118 298 1,944.77 7,374.27
2+ 2,090 749 5,607.77 15,453.43

Total 1,141,821 20,796 72.17 5,319.90

Note: Estimates from March 1991 to March 2012 CPS. All estimates weighted using person-level weights provided in the CPS ASEC (marsupwt).