Civic Report
No. 35 March 2003

Table B-1: Mean Characteristics in 1998 for Mothers in the NLSY79 Formerly on Welfare (all mothers and separately for early and recent welfare leavers)   Combined Groups Early Leavers 1) Recent Leavers 2) Age 36.62 36.74 36.42 % Lives in South 42.59 45.12 38.28 Number of Children       % 1 Child 16.90 16.72 17.21 % 2 Children 32.71 34.84 29.08 (% 3 or more Children) (50.39) (48.44) (53.71) Education       % High School Dropout 17.67 14.63 22.85 (% High School Graduate) (49.95) (49.65) (50.45) % Some College 27.55 29.44 24.33 % College Graduate 4.83 6.27 2.37 Race       % Black non-Hispanic 51.70 49.83 54.90 % Hispanic 19.10 18.82 19.58 (% White non-Hispanic) (29.20) (31.36) (25.52) % Never Married 22.39 16.38 32.64 % Married 39.52 48.43 24.33 AFQT Percentile Score 23.44 25.32 19.42 % Part-time 18.88 16.72 22.55 Work Experience       Years worked 1994–98 2.89 3.23 2.30 Years worked before 1994 5.76 6.90 3.82 Tenure on current job (yrs.) 2.65 3.44 1.29 % Recent Leavers 36.99 0.00 100.00 Years on Welfare 5.72 3.92 8.79         1) Those who were on welfare before 1994 but not after. 2) Those who received any welfare between 1994 and 1998 but were not on welfare in 1998.

Table B-2: Results of Wage Regressions: Log Hourly Wage in 1998, for Mothers in the NLSY79 Formerly on Welfare (all mothers and separately for early and recent welfare leavers)   Combined Groups Early Leavers 1) Recent Leavers 2)   coeff. t-stat. coeff. t-stat. coeff. t-stat. Age -0.0158 -2.56 -0.0186 -2.15 -0.0133 -1.58 Lives in South -0.1334 -4.86 -0.1330 -3.54 -0.1327 -3.40 Number of Children             1 Children 0.0773 2.13 0.0757 1.51 0.0823 1.64 2 Children 0.0097 0.34 0.2966 0.77 -0.0206 -0.49 Education             High School Dropout -0.0439 -1.20 -0.0102 -0.19 -0.0879 -1.85 Some College 0.1147 3.63 0.1238 2.91 0.0918 2.01 College Graduate 0.3318 5.26 0.3566 4.63 0.2485 2.02 Race             non-Hispanic 0.0377 1.06 0.0014 0.03 0.1167 2.19 Hispanic 0.0263 0.66 -0.0267 -0.50 0.1407 2.41 Never Married -0.0816 -2.33 -0.1136 -2.15 -0.0420 -0.95 Married -0.0606 -2.06 -0.0720 -1.87 -0.0389 -0.85 AFQT Percentile             AFQT 1_29 0.0020 1.01 0.0011 0.42 0.0045 1.47 AFQT 30_100 0.0028 3.15 0.0024 2.07 0.0040 2.85 Part-time -0.0799 -2.47 -0.0725 -1.56 -0.0892 -2.10 Work Experience             Years worked 1994-98 0.0250 1.24 0.0259 1.18 0.0221 1.08 Years worked before 1994 0.0202 3.37 0.0218 3.17 0.0079 1.16 Tenure on current job (yrs.) 0.0180 3.75 0.0180 3.46 0.0104 0.90               Recent Leavers -0.0385 -0.47         Years worked 1994–98 x Recent Leavers -0.0066 -0.22         Years worked before 1994 x Recent Leavers -0.0129 -1.43         Tenure x Recent Leavers -0.0061 -0.43         Sample Size 911 574 337 Dependent Mean (log hourly wage) 2.14 2.24 1.98 Adj. R-Square 0.2653 0.1987 0.1942 1) Those who were on welfare before 1994 but not after. 2) Those who received any welfare between 1994 and 1998 but were not on welfare in 1998.

[Appendix Table A][Appendix: Table B-1][Appendix Table B-2]
[Appendix Table C-1][Appendix Table C-2][Appendix Table C-3]
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