Table 5.
Means and standard deviations of control variables for women with a nonmarital birth (N=1,131), NLSY79
| Race/Ethnicity | Educational Attainment (1985) | Respondent Characteristics | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Latina Black | Latina | Non-Latina White | Less Than High School | High School | Some College or Higher | Bachelor’s Degree or Higher | Family Incomea,b (SD) | Received Inheritance | Amount of Inheritancea,b (SD) | Number of Children in Householdb (SD) | |
| Nonmarital First Birth, Never Married (N=384) | |||||||||||
| Neither cohabited nor married | 0.88 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.27 | 0.44 | 0.25 | 0.04 | 23,873 (56,143) | 0.17 | 246 (7,976) | 1.59 (1.15) |
| Cohabited with biological father, never married | 0.54 | 0.27 | 0.20 | 0.27 | 0.50 | 0.17 | 0.06 | 25,799 (39,283) | 0.26 | $65 (1,037) | 1.61 (1.36) |
| Cohabited with stepfather, never married | 0.76 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.31 | 0.49 | 0.18 | 0.01 | 21,710 (24,131) | 0.28 | $424 (3,150) | 1.56 (1.38) |
| Nonmarital First Birth, Later Married (N=747) | |||||||||||
| Intact marriage to biological father | 0.57 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.54 | 0.20 | 0.04 | 45,336 (81,255) | 0.27 | $502 (11,688) | 2.07 (1.23) |
| Intact marriage to stepfather | 0.66 | 0.19 | 0.14 | 0.29 | 0.48 | 0.22 | 0.01 | 32,515 (49,935) | 0.23 | $236 (3,501) | 1.91 (1.25) |
| Divorced biological father | 0.47 | 0.20 | 0.33 | 0.30 | 0.51 | 0.19 | 0.01 | 37,629 (65,083) | 0.29 | $620 (6,056) | 2.12 (1.14) |
| Divorced stepfather | 0.57 | 0.20 | 0.23 | 0.31 | 0.54 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 32,975 (50,854) | 0.30 | $295 (4,208) | 1.89 (1.11) |
| Parental Educational Attainment | Parental Characteristics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less Than High School | High School | Some College or Higher | Bachelor’s Degree or Higher | Full-Time Employment | Family Incomea (SD) | |
| Nonmarital First Birth, Never Married (N=384) | ||||||
| Neither cohabited nor married | 0.59 | 0.32 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.54 | 23,850 (27,872) |
| Cohabited with biological father, never married | 0.54 | 0.33 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.57 | 31,314 (31,593) |
| Cohabited with stepfather, never married | 0.54 | 0.39 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.67 | 25,441 (27,289) |
| Nonmarital First Birth, Later Married (N=747) | ||||||
| Intact marriage to biological father | 0.53 | 0.35 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.74 | 30,967 (27,665) |
| Intact marriage to stepfather | 0.63 | 0.26 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.64 | 26,549 (26,943) |
| Divorced biological father | 0.49 | 0.35 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.71 | 25,027 (33,724) |
| Divorced stepfather | 0.50 | 0.37 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.75 | 29,380 (32,186) |
a
Converted to US$2004 with the Consumer Price Index
b
Time-varying variable