Resident Fathersa M/%	Nonresident Fathersb M/%	Missing Father Datac M/%
Father Characteristics
Pregnancy Characteristics
Intended	59.2%	39.1%	n/a
Unintended	40.8%	60.9%	n/a
Age in years (at birth of focal child)	33.0	40.7	33.9
Mental health (9 months)	3.6	7.5	n/a
Race/ethnicity
White	70.5%	49.0%	51.3%
Black	7.0%	30.4%	12.2%
Hispanic	18.5%	17.1%	30.5%
Other	4.0%	3.5%	6.0%
Father’s employment status (9 months)
Employed	88.6%	66.5%	85.8%
Not employed	11.4%	33.5%	14.2%
Father’s education level (9 months)
Less than high school	17.0%	24.1%	33.0%
High school	21.5%	42.6%	26.9%
Some college	28.0%	27.1%	20.7%
College degree or more	33.5%	6.1%	19.5%
Number of children (9 months)	2.0	1.9	n/a
Mother characteristics
Pregnancy characteristics
Intended	74.4%	37.5%	63.1%
Unintended	25.6%	62.6%	36.9%
Age in years (at birth of focal child)	28.6	23.8	27.9
Mother’s employment status (9 months)
Employed	95.1%	83.6%	93.6%
Not employed	4.9%	16.4%	6.4%
N =	5,900	200	1,800

Source: Early Childhood Longitudinal Study -- Birth Cohort baseline data

^a.Resident father characteristics taken from resident father survey

^b.Non-resident father characteristics taken from non-resident father survey

^c.Missing resident father characteristics taken from mother survey