Federal Evaluation of Selected Programs for Expectant and Parenting Youth

Exposure to information on relationships, as measured by the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"

Binary variable: equal to one if respondent reported attending a class or session (individual or group) about relationships, dating, or marriage

Time frame: 12 months

Exposure to information on parenting, as measured by the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"

: Binary variable: equal to one if respondent reported attending a class or session (individual or group) about parenting or how to care for their child

Time frame: 12 months

Exposure to information on child healthcare, as measured by the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"

Binary variable: equal to one if respondent reported attending a class or session (individual or group) about how to get insurance or apply for Medicaid for their child and where to get health care for their child

Time frame: 12 months

Exposure to education related services, as measured by the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"

Binary variable: equal to one if respondent reported participating in GED preparation, tutoring, or outside help with school work, or program to prepare for a high school diploma

Time frame: 12 months

Exposure to career counseling or job training, as measured by the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"

Binary variable: equal to one if respondent reported participating in career counseling or job training

Time frame: 12 months

Exposure to information about methods of birth control, as measured by the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"

Binary variable: equal to one if respondent reported receiving information from doctor, nurse, home visitor, or clinic regarding methods of birth control

Time frame: 12 months

Knowledge of condoms

Continuous variable that is the proportion correct of a mother's responses to six survey items about her knowledge of condoms; each of the six individual item is binary, indicating correct (individual item=1) or incorrect (individual item=0).The proportion correct ranges from 0 to 1, with higher values indicating greater knowledge. Items collected using the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"

Time frame: 12 months

Knowledge of birth control pills

Continuous variable that is the proportion correct of a mother's responses to five survey items about her knowledge of birth control pills; each of the five individual items is binary, indicating correct (individual item=1) or incorrect (individual item=0). The proportion correct ranges from 0 to 1, with higher values indicating great knowledge. Items collected using the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"

Time frame: 12 months

Knowledge of IUDs

Continuous variable that is the proportion correct of a mother's responses to six survey items about her knowledge of IUDs; each of the six individual items is binary, indicating correct (individual item=1) or incorrect (individual item=0). The proportion correct can range from 0 to 1, with higher values indicating greater knowledge. Items collected using the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"

Time frame: 12 months

Knowledge of other hormonal and LARC methods

Continuous variable that is the proportion correct of a mother's responses to five survey items about her knowledge of other forms of birth control; each of the five individual items is binary, indicating correct (individual item=1) or incorrect (individual item=0) responses. The proportion correct ranges from 0 to 1, with higher values indicating greater knowledge.

Time frame: 12 months

Use of a LARC

Binary measure equal to one if the respondent indicated using an IUD or an implant, as measured by the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"

Time frame: 12 months

Unprotected sex

Binary measure equal to one if the respondent indicated having sexual intercourse in the 3 months prior to the survey and having had sexual intercourse without using birth control, as measured by the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"

Time frame: 12 months

Intention to space births

Binary variable: equal to one if the woman reports she would like to have her next child two to three years or more than three years from the date of the survey or does not want any more children, and zero if she reports wanting to have her next child less than one year or one to two years from the date of the survey or is pregnant at the time of the survey, as measured by the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"

Time frame: 12 months

Mother's engagement in play with child

Multiple-item continuous scale variable that is the average of a mother's responses to five individual categorical survey items; variable ranges from 0 to 3 with higher values indicating more frequent interaction with child. Individual items measured by the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"

Time frame: 12 months

Father's engagement with child

Multiple-item continuous scale variable: average of a mother's responses to eight survey items about her HFHF child's father; variable ranges from 0 to 3 with higher values indicating more frequent interaction with child. Survey items are from the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"

Time frame: 12 months

Quality of co-parenting relationship

Multiple-item continuous scale variable: average of mother's responses to seven survey items; variable ranges from 1 to 5 with higher values indicating a stronger co-parenting relationship. Survey items collected using the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"

Time frame: 12 months

Financial support from father

Binary variable: equal to one if mother reports that her child's father covers about half or more of the expenses associated with raising their child and zero if mother reports that her child's father covers less than half of child's costs as measured by the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"

Time frame: 12 months

Capacity for self-sufficiency- Goals, plans, problem solving

Multiple-item continuous scale variable: average of a mother's responses to seven survey items about her goals, focus, and problem solving. Each item ranges from 1 to 4, with higher numbers corresponding to stronger agreement. Items measured using the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"

Time frame: 12 months

Number of well visits

Count variable equal to the respondent's reported number of times in which the child saw a doctor, nurse, or other health care professional for a regular checkup, as reported on the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"

Time frame: 12 months

Health insurance for child

Binary variable equal to one if the respondent reported having health insurance for her child, as reported on the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"

Time frame: 12 months