Table 3.

Logistic regression predicting welfare receipt at Wave 2 of the Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Survey, given characteristics at Wave 1 (N = 4,176).

Independent Variables	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4
NEIGHBORHOOD CONTEXT
Proportion Poor	1.887^** (0.318)	----	1.571^** (0.410)	----
Proportion Affluent	----	−1.902^** (0.440)	−0.620 (0.528)	----
Concentration at Extremes	----	----	----	−1.165^** (0.200)
CONTROL VARIABLES^a
Group
White	----	----	----	----
Black	0.521^**	0.599^**	0.514^**	0.523^**
Hispanic	−0.360^*	−0.308^*	−0.363^*	−0.356^*
Other	0.124	0.164	0.124	0.130
Education
< High School	0.150	0.136	0.145	0.140
High School Grad	----	----	----	----
Some College	−0.056	−0.078	−0.056	−0.060
College Grad	−1.217^**	−1.191^**	−1.191^**	−1.177^**
Demography
Age	−0.028^**	−0.027^**	−0.028^**	−0.028^**
Married	−1.437^**	−1.435^**	−1.431^**	−1.428^**
Socioeconomic Status
Worked in Last 3 Months	−0.674^**	−0.671^**	−0.669^**	−0.666^**
Below Poverty	0.957^**	0.974^**	0.952^**	0.952^**
Time in Neighborhood	0.009⁺	0.010⁺	0.009⁺	0.010⁺
Region
Northeast	----	----	----	----
Midwest	−0.051	−0.087	−0.058	−0.066
South	−0.151	−0.225^*	−0.164	−0.184
West	0.384^**	0.402^**	0.416^**	0.433^**
Intercept	−1.134^**	−0.484⁺	−0.964^**	−0.797^**
−2 Log Pseudolikelihood	1870.4	1877.0	1869.7	1870.3
Chi Squared	696.40	666.82	697.84	688.08

^**

p<.01;

p<.05;

⁺

p<.10;

All models also include variables indicating whether mother is missing on the race, education, and employment measures. None of these variables were significantly related to whether a mother used welfare at Wave 2.