Experimentals																														Controls																														Difference
Participant Rates
Any education program																																																																85.3%																														60.4%																														24.9%***
Basic education/GED																																																																79.4																														47.1																														32.4***
High School																																																																2.5																														3.6																														-1.1
College																																																																12.5																														7.9																														4.6***
Other education																																																																20.1																														17.8																														2.3
Skills training/unpaid work																																																																35.2																														23.3																														11.8***
Skills training																																																																33.3																														22.5																														10.8***
Unpaid work																																																																6.3																														2.2																														4.1***
Educational Outcomes
Earned GED or high school diploma																																																																43.1%																														30.0%																														13.1%***
Earned GED																																																																36.8																														21.1																														15.8%***
Earned high school diploma																																																																6.6																														9.2																														-2.6***
Earned trade certificate or license																																																																12.5																														12.4																														0.1
Credits toward A.A. or B.A. degree																																																																9.8																														7.1																														2.6**
Average TABE reading score at 18 months																																																																748.7																														748.3																														0.4
Fertility-related Outcomes;
Pregancy																																																																57.0%																														53.0%																														4.0%*
Birth																																																																28.4																														26.2																														2.2
Abortion																																																																14.9																														11.1																														3.8*
Sexually abstinent, not pregant																																																																17.8																														19.5																														-1.7
Sexually active, contracepting regularly																																																																37.0																														41.0																														-4.0*
Sexually active, not contracepting regularly																																																																30.2																														25.2																														4.9**
Employment Outcomes;
Ever employed, months 1-8																																																																42.6																														44.9																														-2.2
Average number of weeks employed in months 1-18																																																																9.1																														10.8																														-1.8**
Average earnings in months 1-18																																																																$1,366																														$1,708																														$-342**
Receiving welfare at 18 months																																																																82.1%																														81.5%																														0.7%
Average total income in the month prior to the follow-up interview																																																																$802																														$799																														3%

Statistical significance: *** = 1 percent; ** = 5 percent; * = 10 percent.

Source: Quint, Polit, Bos, and Cave (1994), Tables 3-6.