Fertility and Program Participaton Internet Table 1. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Internet Release date: June 6, 2002 Mothers 15 to 44 Years Old Who Were AFDC Participants and Nonparticipants by Selected Characteristics: 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | AFDC Participants | Not AFDC Participants | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| Percent of | Total | Percent of | Children | Percent with | Percent with | Total | Percent of | Children | Percent with | Percent with | mothers | (in thousands) | AFDC | ever born | birth in the | nonmarital | (in thousands) | those not | ever born | birth in the | nonmarital | who are Characteristic | | participants | per 1,000 | last year | first birth | | participating | per 1,000 | last year | first birth | AFDC | | | mothers | | | | in AFDC | mothers | | | participants -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,888 100.0 2,543 15.5 70.8 32,604 100.0 2,100 10.5 28.8 8.1 Age 15 to 19 years 157 5.4 B B B 525 1.6 1,154 49.4 84.3 23.0 20 to 24 years 643 22.3 1,745 26.0 88.6 2,644 8.1 1,511 28.5 57.4 19.6 25 to 29 years 691 23.9 2,529 15.5 74.1 4,926 15.1 1,825 19.2 36.4 12.3 30 to 34 years 593 20.5 2,801 10.8 67.5 7,449 22.8 2,091 11.8 27.4 7.4 35 to 39 years 475 16.5 3,075 3.6 53.8 8,700 26.7 2,282 5.0 21.7 5.2 40 to 44 years 329 11.4 3,432 4.3 48.9 8,360 25.6 2,326 1.8 20.5 3.8 Marital Status Currently married 978 33.9 2,976 13.9 43.6 25,169 77.2 2,174 10.7 19.7 3.7 Married, husband present 477 16.5 2,912 13.5 37.7 23,506 72.1 2,169 10.9 18.7 2.0 Married, husband absent /1 501 17.3 3,037 14.3 49.2 1,663 5.1 2,242 8.5 33.4 23.2 Divorced 434 15.0 2,751 3.6 36.2 3,657 11.2 2,010 3.0 24.2 10.6 Widowed 29 1.0 B B B 287 0.9 2,579 0.6 24.6 9.2 Never married 1,448 50.1 2,165 20.2 100.0 3,491 10.7 1,620 17.1 100.0 29.3 Household Characteristics Number of children under 18 in the household one 765 26.5 1,387 10.7 74.0 10,481 32.1 1,379 10.5 29.6 6.8 two 879 30.4 2,208 12.0 69.4 11,730 36.0 2,117 9.2 23.4 7.0 three or more 1,211 41.9 3,517 21.0 69.9 6,905 21.2 3,296 15.1 32.2 14.9 No other adult present 1,329 46.0 2,631 12.5 74.3 4,019 12.3 1,947 4.3 46.8 24.8 Other adult present /2 1,559 54.0 2,468 18.1 67.8 28,585 87.7 2,121 11.3 26.3 5.2 Living with spouse 477 16.5 2,912 13.5 37.7 23,506 72.1 2,169 10.9 18.7 2.0 Other related adult(s) in the household 834 28.9 2,309 18.1 77.6 4,451 13.7 2,074 11.4 50.9 15.8 Living with an unmarried partner 201 7.0 2,661 25.5 78.4 1,331 4.1 2,022 13.7 59 13.1 Living with other adult nonrelative(s) 150 5.2 B B B 927 2.8 1,830 13.4 54.3 13.9 Race and Ethnicity White 1,620 56.1 2,485 16.7 60.2 26,562 81.5 2,096 10.8 22.9 5.7 Non-Hispanic 1,168 40.4 2,346 15.8 57.0 23,700 72.7 2,050 10.5 21.6 4.7 Black 1,112 38.5 2,579 14.3 89.4 4,457 13.7 2,119 9.0 65.0 20.0 Hispanic (of any race) 517 17.9 2,797 18.5 71.1 3,069 9.4 2,490 12.6 34.4 14.4 Place of Birth Native /3 2,460 85.2 2,451 15.9 74.1 28,416 87.2 2,076 10.1 28.9 8.0 Foreign born 428 14.8 3,073 13.6 52.0 4,188 12.8 2,262 13.1 28.7 9.3 Naturalized citizen 77 2.7 B B B 1,314 4.0 2,149 10.2 21.0 5.5 Not a citizen 351 12.2 3,034 13.6 51.5 2,875 8.8 2,314 14.4 32.2 10.9 Labor Force Status Had a job in last 4 months 894 31.0 2,329 12.4 72.6 24,909 76.4 2,045 8.5 28.6 3.5 No job last 4 months 1,994 69.0 2,639 16.9 70.0 7,695 23.6 2,276 16.8 29.6 20.6 Unable to find work 188 6.5 B B B 314 1.0 2,104 7.7 58.1 37.5 Not able to work due to disability 179 6.2 B B B 566 1.7 2,292 5.7 48.4 24.0 Educational Attainment Not a high school graduate 1,179 40.8 2,898 17.2 71.2 4,424 13.6 2,510 14.0 47.9 21.0 High school, 4 years 1,027 35.6 2,312 16.4 72.3 10,834 33.2 2,095 9.1 32.1 8.7 College, 1 or more years 682 23.6 2,277 11.3 67.8 17,346 53.2 1,998 10.4 21.9 3.8 Job Training Received job training in past 12 months 343 11.9 2,347 6.0 76.0 1,624 5.0 1,981 9.1 33.7 17.4 Sponsored by the government 253 8.8 2,508 8.0 76.2 279 0.9 1,927 9.4 52.7 47.6 Monthly Family Income /4 Less than $500 842 29.2 2,360 18.3 75.7 948 2.9 1,994 13.7 51.3 47.0 $500 to $1,499 1,317 45.6 2,764 12.7 68.6 4,849 14.9 2,126 11.5 48.7 21.4 $1,500 and over 729 25.2 2,355 17.4 69.1 26,303 80.7 2,100 9.9 23.7 2.7 Child Support /5 Received payments 316 10.9 2,429 12.4 68.4 3,687 11.3 2,083 5.7 37.5 7.9 Did not receive payments 2,105 72.9 2,493 15.4 78.3 28,917 88.7 2,102 11.1 27.7 6.8 Poverty Level /4 Below poverty level 2,062 71.4 2,714 15.2 70.9 4,715 14.5 2,353 15.5 51.4 30.4 100 to 199 percent of poverty level 588 20.4 2,250 14.5 71.2 7,442 22.8 2,285 10.9 37.2 7.3 200 percent of poverty level or higher 238 8.2 1,784 21.1 68.9 20,447 62.7 1,974 9.1 20.6 1.2 Metropolitan Residence Metropolitan 2,379 82.4 2,541 15.1 72.1 25,880 79.4 2,081 10.8 29.2 8.4 In central city 1,424 49.3 2,536 15.2 78.2 8,843 27.1 2,104 11.9 39.2 13.9 Not in central city 955 33.1 2,550 14.9 63.1 17,037 52.3 2,069 10.3 24.0 5.3 Nonmetropolitan 509 17.6 2,552 17.7 64.5 6,725 20.6 2,172 9.1 27.3 7.0 Type of Program AFDC 2,888 100.0 2,543 15.5 70.8 - 0.0 - - 0.0 100.0 Food stamps 2,642 91.5 2,568 14.8 72.0 2,462 7.6 2,437 17.4 56.2 51.8 WIC 303 10.5 2,520 49.2 82.1 777 2.4 1,912 60.4 46.3 28.1 Medicaid 2,842 98.4 2,541 15.6 70.7 3,962 12.2 2,259 21.0 52.5 41.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: AFDC stands for Aid to Families with Dependent Children. This program was revised and renamed by PRWORA, 1996. 1/ Includes separated women. 2/ Categories under "Other adult present" are not mutually exclusive. 3/ Includes people born in U.S. outlying areas and abroad to parents who are US citizens. 4/ Excludes those who did not report income. 5/ Data only shown for mothers who are not married or not living with their spouses. B/ Base less than 200,000 is too small to show derived statistics. revised 04/24/02