Promoting Readiness of Minors in SSI (PROMISE): Early Impacts from a Multi-Site Random Assignment Evaluatio

PROMISE Early Impacts A.2 Online Appendix Table A.1a. Arkansas PROMISE sample baseline characteristics(percentage, unless otherwise noted) All Treatment Control Difference p-value Demographic characteristics Youth sex is female 33.9 33.6 34.2 -0.7 0.78 Youth age at RA 14 years 39.4 38.4 40.4 -2.0 0.42 15 years 27.4 26.7 28.0 -1.3 0.57 16 years 33.2 34.9 31.5 3.4 0.17 Average age 15.4 15.4 15.3 0.1 0.23 Youth language preference at SSI application English is preferred written language 97.3 97.5 97.0 0.6 0.51 English is preferred spoken language 97.2 97.4 97.0 0.4 0.62 Youth living arrangement at SSI application In parents’ household 86.5 85.6 87.5 -1.9 0.29 Own household or alone 12.4 13.1 11.7 1.4 0.42 Another household and receiving support 1.0 1.3 0.8 0.5 0.34 Youth race/ethnicity (from the 18-month survey) Non-Hispanic white 22.1 21.4 22.8 -1.3 0.54 Non-Hispanic black 58.4 59.0 57.8 1.2 0.65 Hispanic 8.2 7.6 8.7 -1.1 0.43 Non-Hispanic American Indian 0.9 0.8 1.1 -0.3 0.53 Non-Hispanic other or mixed race 8.3 9.3 7.4 1.9 0.19 Missing 2.1 2.0 2.2 -0.3 0.73 Enrolling parent age at RA (from the RA system) 42.2 42.1 42.3 -0.2 0.64 Parent race/ethnicity (from the 18-month survey) Non-Hispanic white 26.6 26.0 27.2 -1.2 0.59 Non-Hispanic black 58.9 60.0 57.7 2.4 0.36 Hispanic 6.1 5.7 6.5 -0.8 0.54 Non-Hispanic American Indian 1.0 0.7 1.2 -0.6 0.27 Non-Hispanic other or mixed race 5.9 6.3 5.6 0.7 0.58 Missing 1.6 1.3 1.8 -0.5 0.48 Disability Youth primary impairment Intellectual or developmental disability 42.1 42.5 41.6 0.9 0.72 Speech, hearing, or visual impairment 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.1 0.80 Physical disability 9.3 8.8 9.9 -1.1 0.49 Other mental impairment 44.6 44.4 44.8 -0.3 0.90 Other or unknown disability 3.0 3.2 2.8 0.3 0.69 SSA program participation Youth SSA payment status at RA Received SSI 93.8 92.4 95.3 -2.9 0.02** Received OASDI 15.2 15.2 15.2 0.1 0.98 Years since youth’s earliest SSI eligibility at RA 8.7 8.7 8.7 0.0 1.00 Youth age at most recent SSI application 7.0 7.1 7.0 0.1 0.65 Average youth payments in the year before RA ($) SSI 7,225 7,200 7,251 -51 0.66 OASDI .99 Total SSI and OASDI 7,671 7,647 7,697 -50 0.60 Household had multiple SSI-eligible children 28.1 27.5 28.8 -1.3