Appendix C: Success Sequence Interview Study Target Sample

Appendix C. Success Sequence Interview Study Target Sample

Table C.1. Proportional number of cases needed for the Success Sequence Interview study based on percent of cases in the NLSY economic analysis by order of key success sequence model milestones achieved.¹

Milestone 1	Milestone 2	Milestone 3	Milestone 4	Percent observed in NLSY97 data	Success Sequence Interview Study Target Sample
High school graduation	Employment	.	.	19	30
High school graduation	Employment	Marriage	Childbearing	14.2	25
High school graduation	Employment	Marriage	.	9	16
High school graduation	Employment	Childbearing	.	5.8	8
Employment	High school graduation	Marriage	Childbearing	4.2	5
High school graduation	Employment	Childbearing	Marriage	3.8	5
Employment	High school graduation	.	.	3.5	5
Employment	Childbearing	.	.	2.9	5
High school graduation	.	.	.	2.8	5
Employment	.	.	.	2.5	5
High school graduation	Marriage	Employment	Childbearing	2	5
Employment	High school graduation	Childbearing	.	2	5
Childbearing	Employment	.	.	1.9	3
Employment	High school graduation	Marriage	.	1.8	3
Employment	High school graduation	Childbearing	Marriage	1.7	3
Childbearing	.	.	.	1.6	3
High school graduation	Childbearing	Employment	.	1.6	3
Employment	Childbearing	Marriage	.	1.5	3
Employment	Marriage	Childbearing	.	1.5	3
High school graduation	Marriage	Childbearing	.	1.3	3
High school graduation	Childbearing	Employment	Marriage	1.3	3
High school graduation	Childbearing	.	.	1.1	3
Childbearing	Employment	Marriage	.	1.1	3
High school graduation	Marriage	.	.	0.9	2
Childbearing	Marriage	.	.	0.9	2
Childbearing	High school graduation	Employment	.	0.9	2
High school graduation	Marriage	Childbearing	Employment	0.8	2
Employment	Marriage	.	.	0.7	2
Childbearing	High school graduation	Employment	Marriage	0.7	2
No milestones	.	.	.	0.6	2
High school graduation	Childbearing	Marriage	.	0.6	2
High school graduation	Marriage	Employment	.	0.6	2
Childbearing	Marriage	Employment	.	0.6	2
High school graduation	Childbearing	Marriage	Employment	0.5	2
Childbearing	Employment	High school graduation	Marriage	0.4	2
Marriage	Childbearing	Employment	.	0.4	2
Marriage	Childbearing	.	.	0.3	2
Childbearing	High school graduation	.	.	0.3	2
Childbearing	Employment	High school graduation	.	0.3	2
Childbearing	High school graduation	Marriage	.	0.3	2
Childbearing	High school graduation	Marriage	Employment	0.3	2
Employment	Childbearing	High school graduation	.	0.3	2
Employment	Childbearing	High school graduation	Marriage	0.2	2
Marriage	Employment	Childbearing	.	0.2	2
Childbearing	Marriage	High school graduation	Employment	0.2	2
Employment	Marriage	High school graduation	Childbearing	0.1	2
Marriage	Employment	.	.	0.1	2
Marriage	High school graduation	Childbearing	Employment	0.1	2
Childbearing	Marriage	High school graduation	.	0.1	2
Marriage	.	.	.	0.1	2
Marriage	High school graduation	Employment	Childbearing	0.1	2
Employment	Marriage	High school graduation	.	0.1	2
Marriage	Childbearing	High school graduation	.	0.1	2
Childbearing	Employment	Marriage	High school graduation	0.1	2
Employment	Marriage	Childbearing	High school graduation	0.05	1
Marriage	Childbearing	High school graduation	Employment	0.05	1
Marriage	Employment	High school graduation	.	0.05	1
Marriage	Childbearing	Employment	High school graduation	0.05	1
Marriage	High school graduation	Employment	.	0.05	1
Marriage	High school graduation	Childbearing	.	0.05	1
Marriage	Employment	High school graduation	Childbearing	0.05	1
Employment	Childbearing	Marriage	High school graduation	0.05	1
Marriage	Employment	Childbearing	High school graduation	0.05	1
Childbearing	Marriage	Employment	High school graduation	0.05	1
Marriage	High school graduation	.	.	0	1
Total Target Sample					225

¹ Spitzer, A., Inanc, H., Larson, A. and Mittone, M. “Findings from the supplementary quantitative analysis on the factors associated with youth pathways to adulthood and economic self-sufficiency.” Memorandum submitted to OPRE. Cambridge, MA: Mathematica, September 2021.