Table 1 Background characteristics by type of childcare
From: Grandparents’ Childcare and Female Labor Force Participation
Grandparents’ childcare | No grandparents’ childcare | Differences in means | |
|---|---|---|---|
Maternal labor force participation (MLFP) | 0.82 | 0.56 | 0.27*** |
(0.38) | (0.50) | ||
AFQT | 0.17 | 0.26 | −0.09*** |
(0.94) | (1.00) | ||
Black | 0.19 | 0.15 | 0.04*** |
(0.39) | (0.36) | ||
Hispanic | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.02*** |
(0.28) | (0.25) | ||
Less than high school | 0.13 | 0.15 | −0.03*** |
(0.33) | (0.36) | ||
High school graduate | 0.48 | 0.46 | 0.02 |
(0.50) | (0.50) | ||
Some college | 0.26 | 0.20 | 0.06*** |
(0.44) | (0.40) | ||
College graduate | 0.05 | 0.05 | −0.01 |
(0.21) | (0.23) | ||
Age | 26.14 | 27.11 | −0.97*** |
(4.95) | (5.37) | ||
Married | 0.75 | 0.78 | −0.03*** |
(0.43) | (0.41) | ||
Never married | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.03*** |
(0.37) | (0.34) | ||
Single mother | 0.25 | 0.22 | 0.03*** |
(0.43) | (0.41) | ||
Teenage mother | 0.28 | 0.31 | −0.03 |
(0.45) | (0.46) | ||
Number of children in the household | 1.40 | 1.68 | −0.27*** |
(0.95) | (1.09) | ||
Household income not including mother’s | 37,218 | 47,056 | −9,838*** |
(93) | (120) | ||
Lives in a SMSA | 0.73 | 0.77 | −0.04*** |
(0.44) | (0.42) | ||
Lived in a SMSA in 1979 | 0.68 | 0.70 | −0.03** |
(0.47) | (0.46) | ||
Any HH had a library card when mother was 14 | 0.72 | 0.77 | −0.05*** |
(0.45) | (0.42) | ||
Observations | 1,910 | 12,749 | 14,659 |