Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics of the NHIS-HUD sample by rental assistance status, 1999–2012

	Currenta	Pseudo-Waitlistb
n	1,485	571
Male	0.504	0.513
Age Group
5–11 years	0.585	0.632
12–17 years	0.415	0.368
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	0.254	0.246
Non-Hispanic Black	0.467	0.483
Non-Hispanic other	0.060	0.045
Hispanic/Latino	0.220	0.226
Family Structure*
Single parent	0.839	0.776
Married/partnered parents	0.162	0.224
Highest Level of Education
Less than high school	0.238	0.230
High school	0.341	0.346
More than high school	0.421	0.424
Family Poverty Statusc
Below 50% FPL	0.309	0.299
50% to 99% of FPL	0.372	0.332
100% to 199% of FPL	0.247	0.266
200%+ of FPL	0.073	0.103
Family Employment
No worker in family	0.453	0.422
Any worker in family	0.547	0.578
Region
Northeast	0.182	0.191
Midwest	0.265	0.145
South	0.395	0.508
West	0.158	0.157
Census Tract Characteristics
Disadvantage indexd	0.867	0.909
Instability indexd	−0.106	−0.017
Vacancy indexd	−0.088	0.032
Tract Racial Composition
>80% White	0.232	0.231
>80% Black	0.104	0.123
>50% Hispanic	0.129	0.137
Mixed race	0.534	0.509

Note: All children in the sample received rental assistance at some point during the observation period, 1999–2014.

^aReceiving rental assistance at interview.

^bNot receiving assistance at interview, but will enter assistance within two years of the interview.

^cFPL = federal poverty line.

^dThe index is calculated using principal components analysis and is normalized with a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1. See section C of the online appendix for full variable loadings.

^*Chi-square test of difference between current and pseudo-waitlist significant at p < .05