Table 10

Effects of GAIN for All Counties


   
Experimentals
 
Controls
 
Difference
Percent
Change
 
Single Parents
Earnings over 3 years $7781 $6367 $1414*** 22%
Total AFDC payments $14,464 $15,426 -$916*** -6%
Ever employed in year 3 39.6% 33.7% 5.9% -
On AFDC in last quarter
of third year
52.5% 55.5% -3.0%*** -
Received GED or high
school diploma
7.2% 1.9% 5.4% -
Received trade certificate 9.2% 8.8% 0.4% -
Heads of 2-parent
families
Earnings over 3 years $10,156 $9045 $1111*** 12%
Total AFDC payments $18,164 $19,332 -$1168*** -6%
Ever employed in year 3 44.6% 40.1% 4.5%*** -
On AFDC in last quarter
of year 3
57.3% 57.7% -0.5% -

Statistical significance: *** = 1 percent; ** = 5 percent; * = 10 percent
Source: Riccio, Friedlander, and Freedman (1994), Tables 1, 2, 8, 9, 2.9