Table 3.

Characteristics by Race

	2000s	1990s	1980s
A: Black
Less than bachelor’s
Married, spouse present
First births	0.21	0.24	0.39
Subsequent births	0.30	0.34	0.43
Education relative to spouse
Wife’s education ≥ husband’s	0.70	0.70	0.67
Age at first birth	23.5 (5.2)	23.3 (5.7)	23.7 (4.5)
Parity of subsequent births	2.8 (1.1)	2.7 (.9)	2.9 (1.1)
Sample size	651	399	442
At least bachelor’s
Married, spouse present
First births	0.69	0.76	0.61
Subsequent births	0.77	0.68	0.82
Education relative to spouse
Wife’s education ≥ husband’s	0.85	0.89	0.95
Age at first birth	30.6 (2.5)	31.3 (2.4)	28.1 (2.5)
Sample size	109	50	38
B: Hispanic
Less than bachelor’s
Married, spouse present
First births	0.49	0.59	0.71
Subsequent births	0.73	0.73	0.75
Education relative to spouse
Wife’s education ≥ husband’s	0.78	0.76	0.82
Age at first birth	23.6 (4.9)	23.0 (4.6)	24.3 (4.8)
Sample size	949	522	171
At least bachelor’s
Married, spouse present
First births	0.82	0.79	0.72
Subsequent births	0.91	0.92	1.00
Education relative to spouse
Wife’s education ≥ husband’s	0.89	0.93	1.00
Age at first birth	29.2 (2.5)	28.8 (2.4)	28.2 (2.5)
Sample size	94	42	7

Source: Author’s calculations based on the Survey of Income and Program Participation (1984, 1985, 1986, 1996, 2004, and 2008 panels).

Notes: The birth sample includes women ages eighteen to forty-five who gave birth during one of the SIPP panels. Standard deviations in parentheses when relevant.