. "13 Preexit Benefit Receipt of Employment Histories and Postexit Outcomes of Welfare Leavers." Studies of Welfare Populations: Data Collection and Research Issues. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2001.
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Studies of Welfare Populations: Data Collection and Research Issues
TABLE 13-B2 Earnings of Leavers in Quarters Without AFDC Receipt (includes disappearers)
1st Quarter After Exit
2nd Quarter After Exit
3rd Quarter After Exit
4th Quarter After Exit
5th Quarter After Exit
All leavers
N
19,912
18,803
18,987
19,375
19,815
Mean earnings
1,370
1,656
1,745
1,827
1,860
Median earnings
1,245
1,381
1,290
1,385
1,382
Short-term welfare user
N
8,610
7,766
7,832
7,955
8,113
Mean earnings
1,575
1,647
1,687
1,741
1,787
Median earnings
1,017
1,117
1,127
1,154
1,185
Long-term welfare user
N
8,264
7,729
7,795
7,955
8,139
Mean earnings
1,697
1,762
1,801
1,893
1,927
Median earnings
1,399
1,408
1,421
1,524
1,528
Cycler
N
3,545
3,308
3,360
3,465
3,563
Mean earnings
1,656
1,702
1,752
1,871
1,874
Median earnings
1,381
1,352
1,338
1,553
1,482
TABLE 13-B3 Different Definitions of High-Barrier Cases
aDefinition 1=Basic high-barrier definition: Did not finish high school, received AFDC for more than 48 months in 72 months prior to exit, had at least one child under the age of 5, worked four or fewer quarters in the preexit period.
bDefinition 2=Same as #1 except did not work at all in the preexit period.
cDefinition 3=Same as #1 except worked fewer than eight quarters in the preexit period.
dDefinition 4=Same as #1 except had at least one child under the age of 1.
eDefinition 5=Only qualification is case head received SSI.
fDefinition 6=Only qualification is one child in case received SSI.
