Table 1

Descriptive Statistics, Matched Controls for Teen Aunts/Uncles

Teen Aunts/Uncles (1)EARLY (2)JUST BEFORE (3)IND (4)IND+FAM (5)IND+FAM+NBHD (6)
Female (percent)57.52758.46258.75057.98156.66752.781
(3.743)(1.843)(1.685)(1.668)(1.778)(1.985)
p0.8470.7860.9410.8350.262
Age at birth13.84913.92913.85813.87713.83713.497
(0.090)(0.041)(0.040)(0.040)(0.041)(0.051)
p0.8720.5570.7010.8960.001
# of siblings in data3.0162.9162.8872.8722.9722.803
(0.097)(0.048)(0.042)(0.042)(0.044)(0.044)
p0.7630.5430.4510.6770.044
FRL (percent)80.10880.67380.57780.67380.21577.535
(3.212)(1.395)(1.308)(1.314)(1.373)(1.631)
p0.6880.7060.6850.9750.475
Black (percent)55.91455.86557.50057.01956.45254.417
(4.238)(1.959)(1.719)(1.699)(1.874)(2.137)
p0.8440.8580.9460.9070.752
Test score at t = −4 (1–100)45.92747.39544.03845.49147.20746.864
(1.915)(0.975)(0.859)(0.910)(0.914)(1.039)
p0.5220.3040.7680.5460.667
Test score at t=-2 (1–100)40.20544.48740.65840.04440.66842.769
(1.859)(0.960)(0.855)(0.844)(0.870)(1.017)
p0.0540.9830.7700.8210.226
School avg. FRL (percent)47.34848.02147.90248.21646.84547.376
(1.359)(0.564)(0.575)(0.533)(0.640)(0.720)
p0.6880.7540.5820.7370.985
School avg. Black (percent)18.89319.25119.04118.95319.25418.986
(0.639)(0.266)(0.264)(0.274)(0.330)(0.317)
p0.5610.7970.9050.6160.897
Mean school first-observed test (1-100)55.18854.83154.90454.93755.11855.304
(0.676)(0.283)(0.282)(0.263)(0.314)(0.349)
p0.6600.7390.7740.9250.879
N1869691,0081,017898804
  • Notes: Standard errors in parentheses (clustered by family ID). Teen aunts/uncles include all younger siblings from families where a sister gave birth at age 15–17 who had at least two of three years of pre-data. EARLY matches include matches from non-teen-childbearing families to teen aunts/uncles based on first-observed characteristics. JUST BEFORE matches replace first-observed test scores with scores from two years before birth. IND matches include matches from non-teen-childbearing families to teen aunts/ uncles based on three-year test score trends and other observable characteristics. IND+FAM matches add three-year family average score trends. IND+FAM+NBHD matches add the requirement that matches be from the same neighborhood as the teen aunt/uncle at the first observation in the data. Includes p-value of /-test between matches and siblings. Comparison in Columns 5–6 against sibling samples in Column 1; comparison in Columns 2–4 against a slightly larger sample that does not have the family test score requirement. Test scores reported as nationally norm-referenced percentiles (1–100).