Baseline Sample Demographics
Baseline †
N
Eastern
%
Midwestern
%
Southern
%
Southwestern
%
Northwestern
%
Overall Sample
1354
282
245
243
330
254







Child's Gender






     Male
48.5
52.1
46.9
45.3
47.3
50.8
     Female
51.5
47.9
53.1
54.7
52.7
49.2







Child's Race ††






     Caucasian
26.1
  5.0
13.1
35.8
28.5
50.0
     African American
53.2
92.9
53.5
63.0
37.6
20.5
     Hispanic
  7.2
  0.4
13.9
  0.0
16.7
  2.8
     Mixed race
11.9
  1.1
17.1
  1.2
15.8
24.0
     Other race
 1.6
  0.7
  2.4
  0.0
  1.5
  2.8







Caregiver Education ††






     11 years or less
 43.3
45.2
59.6
44.2
29.3
44.9
     12 years
32.2
39.9
24.5
38.0
30.8
29.9
     > than 12 years
24.1
14.9
15.9
17.8
39.9
25.2







Marital Status ††






     Married
32.2
16.4
21.2
38.7
50.3
30.7
     Single
46.8
68.2
67.3
44.0
19.2
42.1
     Separated
7.7
  7.5
  2.4
  8.6
  9.8
  9.1
     Divorced
11.5
  5.7
  8.2
  7.8
16.8
17.7
     Widowed
 1.8
  2.1
  0.8
  0.8
  4.0
  0.4







Caregiver Income ††






     $14,999 or less
58.7
71.0
77.5
62.0
35.4
61.0
     $15,000-$24,999
 19.2
17.8
13.1
24.1
22.9
19.9
     $25,000-$39,999
11.3
  7.2
  7.0
10.1
19.7
12.0
     $40,000-$49,999
 3.2
  2.5
  1.2
  1.7
  8.0
  2.0
     $50,000 or more
 5.1
  1.4
  1.2
  2.1
14.0
  5.2







AFDC  Recipient ††






     No
37.1
25.3
21.6
52.3
52.0
32.7
     Yes
62.3
74.7
78.4
47.7
48.0
67.3

Notes.  Descriptive statistics were produced in statistical computing request #US0440.

† Baseline sample is made up of those kids with either an age 4 or age 6 interview.

†† Due to missing data, sample decreases when looking at child’s race, caregiver education, marital status, income, and receipt of AFDC, therefore percentages may not be equal to 100%

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