Consequences
for the
Mothers		 Consequences
for the
Fathers		 Consequences for the Offspring
Lives as
Children
and
Adolescents		 Health
and
Medical
Care		 Abuse/Neglect
and
Foster Care
Placement		 Incarceration Success
as
Adults
Demographic Characteristics
Marital Status   Xa   X      
Race/ethnicity X Xa Xa X X X X
AFQT X X          
Child's age     Xa Xa      
Birth Order       X X X X
Mother's age at birth Xa Xa Xa Xa Xa Xb X
Family Background
Living arrangement as teen X X X       X
Mother's education X X X       X
Father's education X X         X
Mother's achievement test score             X
Family income X            
Years lived in poverty             X
Mother on welfare/family in poverty X           X
Religion   X         X
Number of children       X   X  
Home resources   X          
Other
Region of residence   X   X X X  
Child's health     X        
Birth year         X X  
State per capita spending on family planning             X
Neighborhood unemployment rate             X
State maximum welfare benefits             X
a. Variable was used as a subgroup identifier.
b. Variable was used only in models that included correction for selection bias.