Two-Year Impact Sample Public Use File Table Demog Selected Characteristics of Sample Members Characteristic Variable Name Atlanta Grand RiversideColumbus Detroit Oklahoma Portland Demographic characteristics Gender (%) Male MALE 3.6 4.2 10.6 6.5 3.3 6.9 6.8 Female FEMALE 96.4 95.8 89.4 93.5 96.7 93.1 93.2 Age (%) Under 19 AGELT19 0.0 5.4 0.9 0.2 2.9 9.8 0.0 19-24 AGE1924 10.2 34.2 15.5 12.9 26.2 27.0 22.7 25-34 AGE2534 54.2 40.6 49.7 55.7 43.3 42.9 52.1 35-44 AGE3544 29.8 16.5 27.8 26.8 22.7 17.3 21.6 45 or over AGE4559 5.9 3.3 6.1 4.4 5.0 2.9 3.5 Average age (years) AGEP 32.7 28.2 32.0 31.8 30.0 28.1 30.3 Ethnicity (%) White WHITE 3.7 50.1 49.0 46.5 11.0 59.4 69.6 Hispanic HISPANIC 0.8 8.0 30.2 0.4 0.8 4.3 3.9 Black BLACK 94.9 39.3 16.7 52.0 87.3 28.9 20.2 Black Hispanic BLACKHIS 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 Native American/Alaskan Native NATIVE 0.1 1.5 1.4 0.1 0.2 6.4 2.9 Asian/Pacific Islander ASIAN 0.2 0.4 2.7 0.8 0.2 0.6 2.1 Other OTHER 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.1 1.2 Family status Marital status (%) Never married NEVMAR 59.7 57.9 32.5 50.2 68.0 34.3 47.9 Married, living with spouse MARLIVW 1.4 3.3 8.1 8.2 2.7 3.8 1.6 Separated SEPARAT 20.8 18.4 31.4 22.3 15.8 35.7 21.2 Divorced DIVORCED 16.7 19.3 26.5 18.6 12.3 25.2 28.6 Widowed WIDOWED 1.5 1.0 1.5 0.8 1.2 1.0 0.7 (continued) Table Demog (continued) Characteristic Variable NamAtlanta Grand RiversideColumbus Detroit Oklahoma Portland Number of children 1 ONECHILD 37.4 46.9 38.6 40.0 43.7 50.6 39.9 2 TWOCHILD 33.0 35.3 32.0 33.4 29.6 30.5 33.5 3 or more THRCHILD 29.6 17.9 29.4 26.6 26.7 18.9 26.6 Average number of children NCHLDGRP 2.1 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.7 2.0 Has any child age 0-5 CHLD0T5 42.5 67.9 56.0 46.9 64.3 65.1 68.2 Has any child age 6-11 JCHLD611 62.2 38.3 56.2 57.3 44.3 40.5 47.7 Has any child age 12-18 JCHLD18 45.2 26.2 37.0 39.4 34.0 23.9 25.5 Age of youngest child (%) 2 or under YCHLDLT3 0.3 46.3 6.2 1.8 39.3 41.4 40.5 3 to 5 YCHLD3T5 42.2 21.6 49.8 45.1 25.0 23.8 27.7 6 or over YCHLDGE6 57.5 32.1 44.0 53.1 35.7 34.9 31.8 Had a child as a teenager BIRTH19U 41.4 48.4 32.8 37.5 44.2 47.1 32.4 Labor force status Worked full time for 6 months or more for one employer (%) WRKFT6MO 72.6 63.8 71.0 42.5 48.1 68.8 77.0 Any earnings in past 12 months (%) BERNV 28.2 46.0 40.7 28.2 21.1 69.0 39.0 Currently employed (%) CUREMP 7.5 11.4 11.2 4.0 6.8 8.6 9.4 Education status Received high school diploma or GED (%) HSDIP 60.9 59.0 56.2 57.4 56.5 55.1 65.9 Highest degree/diploma earned (%) GEDa GED 5.5 8.2 9.2 7.0 10.7 11.3 21.6 High school diploma HSD 47.2 45.9 41.8 44.6 37.0 38.2 33.7 Technical/AA/2-year college TECDIP 6.8 4.1 4.3 4.6 8.0 4.3 9.3 4-year (or more) college COLLEGE 1.8 0.9 0.9 1.6 1.1 1.6 1.7 None of the above NODEGREE 38.7 40.9 43.8 42.3 43.2 44.6 33.7 Highest grade completed in school (average) GRADE 11.3 11.4 11.0 11.2 11.2 11.1 11.2 (continued) Table Demog (continued) Characteristic Variable NamAtlanta Grand RiversideColumbus Detroit Oklahoma Portland Enrolled in education or training in past 12 months (%) ANY12 13.3 39.2 19.6 9.5 20.0 23.7 20.7 Currently enrolled in education or training (ANYCUR 8.5 34.8 14.1 7.8 28.2 12.9 13.1 Public assistance status Total prior AFDC receipt (%)b None OADCNONE 0.3 0.1 1.0 10.0 2.8 44.4 1.2 Less than 1 year OADCLT1Y 24.0 22.1 33.8 8.3 13.7 18.8 20.2 1 year or more but less than 2 years OADC1T2Y 9.7 18.6 11.3 9.0 9.1 12.5 16.3 2 years or more but less than 5 years OADC2T5Y 23.7 30.0 26.4 27.9 24.0 15.3 32.7 5 years or more but less than 10 years OADC5T10 20.9 16.4 15.6 22.7 22.5 6.5 21.2 10 years or more OADCGE11 21.4 12.8 11.8 22.1 27.9 2.5 8.5 Raised as a child in a household receiving AFAFDCHGT0 26.1 32.8 19.5 27.0 40.1 21.7 25.0 First spell of AFDC receipt (%)c NEWDISC 8.7 27.9 23.5 9.6 4.1 42.0 7.2 Housing status Current housing status (%) Public housing PUBHOUS 32.8 2.6 2.5 15.2 5.5 5.3 7.5 Subsidized housing SUBHOUS 23.1 13.0 7.0 24.7 1.1 6.7 19.1 Emergency or temporary housing EMGHOUS 1.4 2.4 1.4 1.4 0.8 14.4 3.4 None of the above OTHHOUS 42.7 82.1 89.1 58.7 92.6 73.7 70.1 Sample size 5768 4554 8322 7242 4459 8677 5547