Table 3 Selected impacts, by age at random assignment
Outcome | Age | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 17 | 17 and Over | ||||||||
Program group | Control group | Impact | Program group | Control group | Impact | Difference between sub-group impacts | |||
Earned high school diploma or GED certificate | 68.6 | 62.7 | 6.0 | 73.1 | 51.2 | 21.9 | ** | †† | |
Earned HS diploma | 27.0 | 36.5 | −9.5 | * | 32.0 | 22.2 | 9.9 | ** | †† |
Earned GED | 54.6 | 30.1 | 24.6 | ** | 57.3 | 35.6 | 21.6 | ** | |
Earned any college credit | 38.6 | 15.2 | 23.3 | ** | 32.5 | 21.9 | 10.6 | ** | † |
Training outcomes (%) | |||||||||
Received vocational training (since random assignment) | 44.7 | 35.5 | 9.3 | 38.2 | 32.7 | 5.5 | |||
Earned trade license/training certificate (since random assignment) | 29.8 | 25.0 | 4.8 | 29.8 | 29.9 | 0.0 | |||
Employment outcomes | |||||||||
Earnings (in past year, $) | 13701 | 11424 | 2277 | 13294 | 11409 | 1885 | * | ||
Months employed (in past year) | 7.9 | 7.4 | 0.6 | 8.2 | 7.3 | 0.9 | ** | ||
Ever enlisted in the military (%) | 17.5 | 19.5 | −2.1 | 19.4 | 15.4 | 3.9 | |||
Status at 3-year follow-up (%) | |||||||||
Employed | 57.4 | 54.6 | 2.8 | 58.4 | 50.1 | 8.3 | * | ||
Hourly wage of $10 or more | 21.2 | 28.7 | −7.5 | 24.9 | 14.6 | 10.3 | ** | †† | |
Employed full-time | 51.6 | 49.1 | 2.5 | 50.4 | 47.6 | 2.9 | |||
Engaged in a productive activity | 65.7 | 64.4 | 1.2 | 62.7 | 57.4 | 5.2 | |||
Has diploma/GED and engaged in productive activity | 47.6 | 43.3 | 4.4 | 49.9 | 35.8 | 14.2 | ** | ||
Sample size (total = 1173) | 272 | 162 | 450 | 289 | |||||