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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychol. 2018 Oct 25;54(12):2341–2355. doi: 10.1037/dev0000600

Table 1.

Economic resource indicators across childhood, sources, and percentage meeting criteria

Indicator Criteria Source %
Young Adulthood (N=238) Housing stability One move or less in the last two years Demographic interview 74.8
Income > 200% of the poverty line, based on a single person Demographic interview 18
Adequate living space More rooms than people in the housing structure Demographic interview 81.0
Neighborhood safety Bottom quartile on neighborhood danger subscale Neighborhood Questionnaire 25.8
Employment opportunity Employed (part- or full-time) AND top quartile on a measure of workplace opportunity Revised Work Characteristics 14.3

Middle Childhood (N=233) Maternal marital stability Mother married or living with partner at all time points 10 – 12 years Demographic interview 47.4
Housing stability No moves between 10 – 12 years Demographic interview 64.7
Family Income Greater than 200% the poverty line based on family size at any time point 18 – 42 months Demographic interview 43.5
Neighborhood cohesion Top quartile on neighborhood cohesion subscale Me and My Neighborhood 27.8
Neighborhood safety Bottom quartile on neighborhood danger subscale Me and My Neighborhood 25.1
Maternal education Greater than a high school degree Demographics interview 58.0

Early Childhood (N=283) Maternal marital stability Mother married or living with partner at all time points 18 – 42 months Demographic interview 48.8
Maternal education Greater than a high school education – mean across 18 – 42 months Demographic interview 51.1
Maternal age at birth of target child Older than 21 years old Demographic interview 45.5
Family income Greater than 200% the poverty line based on family size at any time point 18 – 42 months Demographic interview 9.1
Adequate living space More rooms than people Demographic interview 79
Neighborhood safety Bottom quartile of neighborhood danger 24 months Neighborhood questionnaire 28.4