NEWWS Portland Evaluation
Table 1
Two-Year Impacts on Employment, Earnings, AFDC/TANF, Food Stamps,
and Combined Income for AFDC-FGs
ExperimentalControl Difference Percentage
Outcome Group Group (Impact) Change (%)
Ever employed in years 1-2 (%) 72.1 60.9 11.2*** 18.4 VEMPQ2T9
Year 1 (quarters 2-5) 57.7 47.5 10.1*** 21.3 VEMPQ2T5
Year 2 (quarters 6-9) 62.0 49.5 12.5*** 25.3 VEMPQ6T9
Quarters employed in years 1-2 3.34 2.61 0.73*** 28.1 KEMPQ2T9
Year 1 (quarters 2-5) 1.52 1.20 0.32*** 26.6 KEMPQ2T5
Year 2 (quarters 6-9) 1.82 1.41 0.41*** 29.3 KEMPQ6T9
Employed (%)
Quarter 2 33.2 25.5 7.8*** 30.5 EMPQ2
Quarter 3 37.4 29.4 8.0*** 27.3 EMPQ3
Quarter 4 39.3 32.2 7.1*** 22.2 EMPQ4
Quarter 5 42.0 33.0 9.0*** 27.4 EMPQ5
Quarter 6 45.0 33.8 11.1*** 32.9 EMPQ6
Quarter 7 45.7 36.4 9.3*** 25.7 EMPQ7
Quarter 8 45.2 35.3 10.0*** 28.2 EMPQ8
Quarter 9 46.5 35.6 10.9*** 30.6 EMPQ9
Earnings in years 1-2 ($) 7,136 5,307 1,829*** 34.5 EARNQ2T9
Year 1 (quarters 2-5) 2,758 2,110 648*** 30.7 EARNQ2T5
Year 2 (quarters 6-9) 4,378 3,197 1,181*** 36.9 EARNQ6T9
Quarter 2 447 355 91*** 25.7 EARN2
Quarter 3 667 503 164*** 32.6 EARN3
Quarter 4 781 589 192*** 32.6 EARN4
Quarter 5 864 663 201*** 30.4 EARN5
Quarter 6 1,012 746 266*** 35.7 EARN6
Quarter 7 1,083 787 295*** 37.5 EARN7
Quarter 8 1,125 815 310*** 38.1 EARN8
Quarter 9 1,158 849 309*** 36.4 EARN9
(continued)
Table 1 (continued)
ExperimentaControDifference Percentage
Outcome Group Group (Impact) Change (%)
Ever received AFDC/TANF in years 1-2 (%) 93.5 94.4 -0.9 -0.9 VRECC2T9
Year 1 (quarters 2-5) 93.1 93.9 -0.8 -0.9 VRECC2T5
Year 2 (quarters 6-9) 60.4 69.0 -8.6*** -12.5 VRECC6T9
Months received AFDC/TANF in years 1-2 13.13 15.61 -2.48*** -15.9 KRECC2T9
Year 1 (quarters 2-5) 8.02 9.02 -1.00*** -11.1 KRECC2T5
Year 2 (quarters 6-9) 5.11 6.59 -1.48*** -22.4 KRECC6T9
Received AFDC/TANF (%)
Quarter 2 91.1 93.0 -1.9** -2.1 RECC2
Quarter 3 76.0 83.3 -7.2*** -8.7 RECC3
Quarter 4 67.5 75.6 -8.0*** -10.7 RECC4
Quarter 5 60.3 70.1 -9.8*** -13.9 RECC5
Quarter 6 54.0 65.0 -11.0*** -16.9 RECC6
Quarter 7 49.3 61.1 -11.8*** -19.4 RECC7
Quarter 8 45.5 57.3 -11.8*** -20.6 RECC8
Quarter 9 41.4 53.3 -11.9*** -22.4 RECC9
AFDC/TANF amount received in years 1-2 ( 5,825 7,049 -1,224*** -17.4 ADCC2T9
Year 1 (quarters 2-5) 3,573 4,062 -489*** -12.0 ADCC2T5
Year 2 (quarters 6-9) 2,252 2,987 -735*** -24.6 ADCC6T9
Quarter 2 1,128 1,177 -49*** -4.2 ADCC2
Quarter 3 917 1,043 -126*** -12.1 ADCC3
Quarter 4 806 958 -152*** -15.8 ADCC4
Quarter 5 723 885 -162*** -18.3 ADCC5
Quarter 6 640 825 -185*** -22.4 ADCC6
Quarter 7 581 763 -182*** -23.9 ADCC7
Quarter 8 535 725 -190*** -26.2 ADCC8
Quarter 9 496 675 -178*** -26.4 ADCC9
(continued)
Table 1 (continued)
ExperimentaControDifference Percentage
Outcome Group Group (Impact) Change (%)
Ever received Food Stamps in years 1-2 ( 93.8 94.1 -0.3 -0.3 VRFSC2T9
Year 1 (quarters 2-5) 93.0 93.3 -0.2 -0.3 VRFSC2T5
Year 2 (quarters 6-9) 73.7 77.7 -4.0*** -5.1 VRFSC6T9
Months received Food Stamps in years 1-2 16.13 17.39 -1.26*** -7.3 KRFSC2T9
Year 1 (quarters 2-5) 9.11 9.62 -0.52*** -5.4 KRFSC2T5
Year 2 (quarters 6-9) 7.03 7.77 -0.74*** -9.6 KRFSC6T9
Received Food Stamps (%)
Quarter 2 91.7 91.9 -0.1 -0.1 RFSC2
Quarter 3 82.4 86.0 -3.6*** -4.2 RFSC3
Quarter 4 76.7 80.5 -3.8*** -4.7 RFSC4
Quarter 5 71.7 77.3 -5.6*** -7.3 RFSC5
Quarter 6 67.1 73.5 -6.4*** -8.7 RFSC6
Quarter 7 64.2 70.7 -6.5*** -9.2 RFSC7
Quarter 8 61.6 66.4 -4.7*** -7.1 RFSC8
Quarter 9 58.8 63.5 -4.7*** -7.4 RFSC9
Food Stamp amount received in years 1-2 3,957 4,376 -420*** -9.6 FSC2T9
Year 1 (quarters 2-5) 2,231 2,414 -182*** -7.5 FSC2T5
Year 2 (quarters 6-9) 1,725 1,963 -237*** -12.1 FSC6T9
Quarter 2 645 668 -24*** -3.6 FSC2
Quarter 3 566 618 -51*** -8.3 FSC3
Quarter 4 531 579 -48*** -8.3 FSC4
Quarter 5 490 549 -59*** -10.7 FSC5
Quarter 6 457 525 -67*** -12.8 FSC6
Quarter 7 443 504 -62*** -12.2 FSC7
Quarter 8 423 482 -59*** -12.3 FSC8
Quarter 9 402 452 -49*** -10.9 FSC9
Average combined income in years 1-2 ($) 16,918 16,732 1860 1.1 INCC2T9
Sample size 3,529 2,018
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