Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics of Variables in Analysis: Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study.
| All |
Currently incarcerated |
Never incarcerated |
Ever incarcerated |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | M (SD) | N | % | M (SD) | N | % | M (SD) | N | % | M (SD) | |
| Explanatory variables | ||||||||||||
| Current incarceration | 225 | 7.2 | 225 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 225 | 17.2 | ||||
| Facility type | ||||||||||||
| Jail incarceration | 23 | 0.7 | 23 | 10.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 1.8 | ||||
| Prison incarceration | 68 | 2.2 | 68 | 30.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 68 | 5.2 | ||||
| Unknown facility type | 134 | 4.3 | 134 | 59.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 134 | 10.2 | ||||
| No incarceration | 2,914 | 92.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,829 | 100.0 | 1,085 | 82.8 | ||||
| Control variables | ||||||||||||
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 648 | 20.6 | 8 | 3.6 | 501 | 27.4 | 147 | 11.2 | ||||
| Non-Hispanic Black | 1,536 | 48.9 | 166 | 73.8 | 728 | 39.8 | 808 | 61.7 | ||||
| Hispanic | 823 | 26.3 | 41 | 18.2 | 513 | 28.1 | 310 | 23.7 | ||||
| Non-Hispanic Other | 132 | 4.2 | 10 | 4.4 | 87 | 4.8 | 45 | 3.4 | ||||
| Foreign-born | 498 | 15.7 | 6 | 4.9 | 410 | 22.4 | 88 | 6.7 | ||||
| Age | 28.0 (7.3) | 25.3 (7.3) | 29.3 (7.3) | 26.2 (6.9) | ||||||||
| Educational attainment | ||||||||||||
| Less than high school | 977 | 31.2 | 112 | 49.8 | 437 | 23.9 | 540 | 41.2 | ||||
| High school, GED, or equivalent | 1,095 | 34.8 | 96 | 42.2 | 554 | 30.3 | 541 | 41.3 | ||||
| Postsecondary education | 1,067 | 34.1 | 17 | 8.0 | 838 | 45.8 | 229 | 17.5 | ||||
| Employed | 2,469 | 78.2 | 100 | 46.2 | 1,619 | 88.5 | 850 | 64.9 | ||||
| Relationship status with child’s mother | ||||||||||||
| Married | 1,168 | 37.5 | 19 | 8.4 | 944 | 51.6 | 224 | 17.1 | ||||
| Cohabiting | 690 | 21.9 | 31 | 14.2 | 388 | 21.2 | 302 | 23.1 | ||||
| Noncohabiting | 194 | 6.0 | 28 | 12.4 | 84 | 4.6 | 110 | 8.4 | ||||
| No romantic relationship | 1,087 | 34.6 | 147 | 64.9 | 413 | 22.6 | 674 | 51.5 | ||||
| New romantic partner | 467 | 15.2 | 55 | 26.2 | 181 | 9.9 | 286 | 21.8 | ||||
| Domestic violence | 247 | 7.9 | 29 | 12.0 | 61 | 3.3 | 186 | 14.2 | ||||
| Number of children in household | 1.0 (1.2) | 1.1 (1.3) | 1.0 (1.1) | 1.0 (1.3) | ||||||||
| Self-rated health | 4.1 (1.0) | 4.0 (1.0) | 4.0 (0.9) | 3.9 (1.0) | ||||||||
| Prior incarceration | 1,216 | 38.7 | 202 | 89.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,216 | 92.8 | ||||
| Homelessness | 176 | 5.5 | 21 | 10.2 | 62 | 3.4 | 114 | 8.7 | ||||
| Impulsivity | 2.0 (0.7) | 2.2 (0.7) | 1.9 (0.6) | 2.2 (0.7) | ||||||||
| Income-to-poverty ratio | 2.7 (3.3) | 1.9 (3.3) | 3.2 (3.5) | 2.0 (3.1) | ||||||||
| Months between mother and father interviews | 1.6 (2.2) | 2.6 (2.3) | 1.4 (2.1) | 1.9 (2.3) | ||||||||
| Depression (lagged) | 467 | 14.5 | 60 | 27.1 | 190 | 10.4 | 277 | 21.2 | ||||
| Life dissatisfaction (lagged) | 388 | 12.1 | 68 | 29.8 | 127 | 6.9 | 261 | 19.9 | ||||
| Heavy drinking (lagged) | 894 | 28.1 | 50 | 22.2 | 526 | 28.8 | 368 | 28.1 | ||||
| Illicit drug use (lagged) | 305 | 9.8 | 39 | 16.9 | 112 | 6.1 | 193 | 14.7 | ||||
| Jail at Year 1 or Year 3 | 85 | 2.7 | 39 | 15.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 85 | 6.5 | ||||
| Prison at Year 1 or Year 3 | 66 | 2.1 | 35 | 14.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 65 | 5.0 | ||||
| Unknown facility at Year 1 or Year 3 | 207 | 6.5 | 88 | 37.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 205 | 15.7 | ||||
| N | 3,139 | 225 | 1,829 | 1,310 | ||||||||
Note. Estimates are unweighted and come from a single imputation of the multiply-imputed data.