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APPENDIX E.III


TABLE E.III.5
IMPACTS ON SERVICE RECEIPT DURING THE FIRST 16 MONTHS, BY WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR MOTHERS RECEIVING CASH ASSISTANCE
Service (Percentage) Welfare Mothers of Children Under 1 Required to Work Welfare Mothers of Children Under 1 Not Required to Work
Program Group Control Group Impact Estimate Per Eligible Applicant Program Group Control Group Impact Estimate Per Eligible Applicant
ANY SERVICES
Any Key Services***a,b 96.8 82.4 14.5*** 93.5 70.4 23.0***
Any Home Visits Or Center-Based Child Care*** 93.4 52.8 40.6*** 90.8 50.6 40.2***
HOME VISITS
Any Home Visits*** 86.8 29.3 57.4*** 86.2 35.7 50.6***
Any Child Development Services During Home Visits*** 86.2 27.4 58.8*** 85.4 32.8 52.6***
Weekly Home Visits (1st Followup)*** 44.6 4.2 40.4*** 43.9 3.5 40.5***
CHILD CARE
Any Child Care*** 83.4 80.8 2.7 76.5 69.7 6.8***
Any Center-Based Child Care*** 45.9 31.2 14.7*** 40.1 24.5 15.6***
Average Hours/Week of Center Care** 9.4 4.8 4.6*** 5.4 2.9 2.5***
Concurrent Child Care Arrangements*** 42.8 37.6 5.3* 28.4 26.4 2.0
Average Weekly Out-of-Pocket Cost of Care** $5.47 $10.94 -$5.47*** $5.23 $7.11 -$1.87*
CASE MANAGEMENT
Any Case Management Meetings*** 89.8 62.3 27.5*** 81.9 41.4 40.6***
Weekly Case Management-1st Followup*** 52.2 11.7 40.5*** 43.7 6.2 37.4***
GROUP ACTIVITIES
Any Group Parenting Activities*** 70.0 30.7 39.3*** 65.1 31.3 33.8***
Any Parent-Child Group Activities*** 32.6 9.9 22.7*** 33.8 9.4 24.4***
EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES
Identification of Child's Disability*** 7.0 3.9 3.1** 2.3 2.6 -0.3
Services for Child With Disability*** 5.1 2.0 3.1*** 1.5 1.5 -0.1
CHILD HEALTH SERVICES
Any Child Health Services*** 99.8 99.5 0.3 99.3 99.4 -0.1
Any Doctor Visits*** 99.1 97.9 1.2 88.0 89.1 -1.1
Any Emergency Room Visits*** 49.8 45.7 4.1 37.0 35.4 1.6
Any Dentist Visits*** 13.3 8.3 5.0** 8.7 10.8 -2.1
Any Screening Tests*** 51.1 48.1 3.0 58.0 55.9 2.1
Any Immunizations*** 97.4 96.3 1.1 97.3 96.9 0.4
FAMILY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
Any Education-Related Services*** 83.8 53.0 30.8*** 81.7 49.6 32.1***
Any Employment-Related Services*** 67.1 29.4 37.7*** 67.2 29.3 37.9***
Any Family Health Services*** 100.0 99.6 0.5 96.6 96.6 -0.0
Any Family Mental Health Services*** 22.8 17.1 5.8** 13.4 15.4 -1.9
Transportation Assistance*** 26.1 19.9 6.3** 30.1 18.0 12.1***
Housing Assistance*** 50.8 44.7 6.1** 50.9 49.9 1.1
Sample Size 642 622 1,264 497 475 972


SOURCE: Parent Services Follow-Up Interviews completed an average of 7 and 16 months after random assignment.

NOTE: All estimates were calculated using regression models, where each site was weighted equally.

aHome visits, case management, center-based child care, and/or group parenting activities.(back)

bAsterisks next to variable names indicate significance levels for statistical tests of differences in impacts across the subgroups.(back)

*Significantly different from zero at the .10 level, two-tailed test.
**Significantly different from zero at the .05 level, two-tailed test.
***Significantly different from zero at the .01 level, two-tailed test.



 

 

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