Fertility and Program Participaton Internet Table 2. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Internet Release date: June 6, 2002 Mothers 15 to 44 Years Old Who Were Food Stamps Participants or Nonparticipants by Selected Characteristics: 1996 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Food Stamp Participants | Not Food Stamp Participants | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------| Percent of | Total | Percent of | Children | Percent | Percent | Total | Percent of | Children | Percent | Percent | mothers | (in thousands) | food stamp | ever born | with birth | with | (in thousands) | those not | ever born | with birth | with | who are Characteristic | | participants | per 1,000 | in the | nonmarital | | participating | per 1,000 | in the | nonmarital | food stamp | | | mothers | last year | first birth | | in food stamps | mothers | last year | first birth | participants --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,103 100.0 2,505 16.0 64.4 30,389 100.0 2,074 10.0 26.9 14.4 Age 15 to 19 years 303 5.9 1,350 53.9 91.1 379 1.2 1,112 46.2 82.5 44.4 20 to 24 years 1,000 19.6 1,772 29.1 82.6 2,287 7.5 1,463 27.5 55.2 30.4 25 to 29 years 1,111 21.8 2,496 15.3 68.6 4,506 14.8 1,768 19.6 34.3 19.8 30 to 34 years 1,084 21.2 2,752 11.8 59.3 6,958 22.9 2,048 11.7 25.9 13.5 35 to 39 years 943 18.5 3,014 5.4 50.2 8,232 27.1 2,243 4.9 20.3 10.3 40 to 44 years 663 13.0 3,025 2.4 46.2 8,027 26.4 2,314 1.8 19.5 7.6 Marital Status Currently married 2,073 40.6 2,840 15.4 39.2 24,074 79.2 2,149 10.5 19.0 7.9 Married, husband present 1,273 24.9 2,817 17.6 33.2 22,710 74.7 2,149 10.6 18.3 5.3 Married, husband absent /1 800 15.7 2,876 11.9 48.8 1,364 4.5 2,162 8.7 30.2 37.0 Divorced 830 16.3 2,713 5.4 36.3 3,261 10.7 1,929 2.5 22.7 20.3 Widowed 53 1.0 B B B 263 0.9 2,608 0.0 23.0 16.7 Never married 2,148 42.1 2,088 20.9 100.0 2,791 9.2 1,542 15.8 100.0 43.5 Household Characteristics Number of children under 18 in the household one 1,286 25.2 1,455 11.7 64.6 9,961 32.8 1,370 10.4 28.4 11.4 two 1,491 29.2 2,179 12.9 63.8 11,117 36.6 2,115 9.0 21.7 11.8 three or more 2,036 39.9 3,438 21.7 64.7 6,080 20.0 3,292 14.1 28.8 25.1 No other adult present 2,096 41.1 2,572 11.4 70.7 3,252 10.7 1,824 3.1 42.6 39.2 Other adult present /2 3,007 58.9 2,458 19.3 60.0 27,137 89.3 2,104 10.8 25.0 10.0 Living with spouse 1,273 24.9 2,817 17.6 33.2 22,710 74.7 2,149 10.6 18.3 5.3 Other related adult(s) in the household 1,336 26.2 2,271 19.3 75.9 3,950 13.0 2,057 10.2 48.1 25.3 Living with an unmarried partner 304 6.0 2,407 24.5 80.6 1,228 4.0 2,031 13.0 56.8 19.9 Living with other adult nonrelative(s) 263 5.1 2,085 18.6 76.3 814 2.7 1,783 12.3 52.7 24.4 Race and Ethnicity White 2,997 58.7 2,483 16.9 51.7 25,185 82.9 2,075 10.4 21.9 10.6 Non-Hispanic 2,239 43.9 2,382 16.2 49.4 22,629 74.5 2,032 10.2 20.7 9.0 Black 1,852 36.3 2,528 15.3 86.1 3,717 12.2 2,053 7.5 61.8 33.3 Hispanic (of any race) 855 16.8 2,785 18.2 61.3 2,731 9.0 2,455 12.0 32.9 23.8 Place of Birth Native /3 4,438 87.0 2,439 16.2 66.9 26,439 87.0 2,050 9.6 26.7 14.4 Foreign born 666 13.0 2,945 15.1 47.5 3,951 13.0 2,235 12.8 28.0 14.4 Naturalized citizen 113 2.2 B B B 1,279 4.2 2,136 9.9 20.3 8.1 Not a citizen 553 10.8 2,925 15.1 46.5 2,673 8.8 2,282 14.2 31.7 17.1 Labor Force Status Had a job in last 4 months 2,158 42.3 2,393 12.5 63.0 23,645 77.8 2,024 8.3 27.1 8.4 No job last 4 months 2,946 57.7 2,587 18.6 65.4 6,743 22.2 2,247 16.1 25.9 30.4 Unable to find work 275 5.4 2,308 8.2 74.3 227 0.7 2,059 6.3 48.8 54.7 Not able to work due to disability 356 7.0 2,667 6.7 63.4 389 1.3 2,277 4.6 42.6 47.8 Educational Attainment Not a high school graduate 1,927 37.8 2,776 19.3 68.3 3,677 12.1 2,496 12.2 44.7 34.4 High school, 4 years 1,928 37.8 2,372 15.7 63.3 9,933 32.7 2,063 8.6 30.2 16.3 College, 1 or more years 1,249 24.5 2,293 11.6 60.0 16,779 55.2 1,988 10.4 20.9 6.9 Job Training Received job training in past 12 months 523 10.3 2,371 9.4 69.8 1,443 4.7 1,927 8.2 30.6 26.6 Sponsored by the government 345 6.8 2,469 10.0 72.1 187 0.6 B B B 64.8 Monthly Family Income /4 Less than $500 1,158 22.7 2,296 16.6 71.9 632 2.1 1,927 14.7 46.1 64.7 $500 to $1,499 2,566 50.3 2,608 14.6 62.9 3,600 11.8 2,016 9.7 45.9 41.6 $1,500 and over 1,274 25.0 2,513 17.3 59.3 25,759 84.8 2,086 9.7 23.2 4.7 Child Support /5 Received payments 741 14.5 2,530 12.0 60.1 3,262 10.7 2,015 5.0 35.4 18.5 Did not receive payments 3,013 59.0 2,420 15.8 77.9 4,844 15.9 1,964 9.5 58.2 38.4 Poverty Level /4 Below poverty level 3,578 70.1 2,619 16.1 66.2 3,199 10.5 2,289 14.7 47.4 52.8 100 to 199 percent of poverty level 1,128 22.1 2,322 14.4 60.4 6,902 22.7 2,276 10.6 36.3 14.0 200 percent of poverty level or higher 397 7.8 1,999 20.7 59.1 20,288 66.8 1,971 9.1 20.4 1.9 Metropolitan Residence Metropolitan 3,850 75.4 2,519 16.5 66.5 24,409 80.3 2,057 10.3 27.5 13.6 In central city 2,304 45.2 2,484 16.3 71.5 7,963 26.2 2,072 11.2 36.8 22.4 Not in central city 1,545 30.3 2,569 16.7 59.2 16,447 54.1 2,050 9.9 23.0 8.6 Nonmetropolitan 1,254 24.6 2,463 14.7 57.8 5,980 19.7 2,143 8.6 24.1 17.3 Type of Program AFDC 2,642 51.8 2,568 14.8 72.0 246 0.8 2,274 23.2 57.8 91.5 Food stamps 5,104 100.0 2,505 16.0 64.4 - 0.0 - - 0.0 100.0 WIC 484 9.5 2,335 56.0 73.0 596 2.0 1,877 58.4 42.8 44.8 Medicaid 4,257 83.4 2,526 16.5 67.0 2,548 8.4 2,127 22.4 48.6 62.6 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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