Experimentals																														Controls																														Difference
Received GED or high school diploma by end of year 4
Full sample																																																																42.0																														28.6																														13.4***
Men																																																																42.0																														28.3																														13.7***
Custodial mothers																																																																42.0																														26.7																														15.3***
Other women																																																																41.6																														31.3																														10.4**
Ever employed (%)
Years 1-4																																																																86.4																														86.0																														0.4
Year 1																																																																56.5																														60.8																														-4.3**
Year 2																																																																71.0																														67.5																														3.5*
Year 3																																																																61.8																														61.5																														0.3
Year 4																																																																65.7																														64.5																														1.3
Total hours worked
Years 1-4																																																																3031																														3071																														-40
Year 1																																																																441																														550																														-109***
Year 2																																																																760																														775																														-15
Year 3																																																																899																														855																														44
Year 4																																																																930																														890																														40
Total earnings
Years 1-4																																																																$17,010																														$16,796																														$214
Year 1																																																																2097																														2596																														-499***
Year 2																																																																3991																														4112																														-121
Year 3																																																																5329																														4906																														423
Year 4																																																																5592																														5182																														410
Custodial Mothers
Ever employed (%)
Years 1-4																																																																75.4%																														71.0%																														4.5%
Total Earnings ($)
Years 1-4																																																																$8959																														$8334																														$625
Other Women
Ever employed (%)
Years 1-4																																																																84.3																														85.3																														-1.0
Total Earnings ($)
Years 1-4																																																																$13,923																														$13,310																														$613
Men
Ever employed (%)
Years 1-4																																																																94.1																														94.5																														-0.4
Total Earnings ($)
Years 1-4																																																																23,364																														23,637																														-273
Custodial Mothers
Ever received AFDC (%)
Years 1-4																																																																84.8																														81.6																														3.2
Total AFDC income ($)
Years 1-4																																																																9371																														9334																														37
Ever pregnant (%)
Years 1-4																																																																76.1																														67.5																														8.6**
Ever gave birth (%)
Years 1-4																																																																67.8																														57.9																														9.9**
Other Women
Ever received AFDC (%)
Years 1-4																																																																38.0																														45.1																														-7.1
Total AFDC income ($)
Years 1-4																																																																3204																														3979																														-775
Ever pregnant (%)
Years 1-4																																																																64.4																														65.6																														-1.2
Ever gave birth (%)
Years 1-4																																																																52.7																														56.5																														-3.9
Men Ever arrested
Year 1																																																																35.1																														35.1																														-0.1
Years 1-4																																																																68.9																														74.8																														-5.8
Ever used any drug in year 4																																																																25.4																														31.0																														-5.5
Ever used any drug excluding marijuana in year 4																																																																3.7																														10.5																														-6.9*
Ever used marijuana in year 4																																																																25.3																														30.2																														-4.9

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

Source: Cave, Bos, Doolittle, and Toussaint (1993), Tables 2--7.