APPENDIX A: VOICES FOR TWO-GENERATION SUCCESS

METHODOLOGY

Lake Research Partners and Chesapeake Beach Consulting conducted 10 focus groups with single and married mothers across races, separated by income levels, as well as with boys and girls of mixed racial backgrounds between the ages of 12 to 14 and 16 to 18. Participants in the mothers’ groups were recruited to reflect a mix of educational attainment, employment status, and marital status. Participants in the children’s groups were recruited to reflect a racial mix as well as a mix of family backgrounds (single and married parents, non-college educated, currently enrolled, and college educated).

June 17, 2013—Chicago, Illinois

• Boys, ages 16 to 18
• Moderate-income white mothers, ages 35 to 50 (between 200 percent and 400 percent of the federal poverty level, or FPL)
• Mixed-income Asian American mothers, ages 35 to 50
• Moderate-income African American mothers, under 35 (between 200 percent and 400 percent of the FPL)

June 20, 2013—Denver, Colorado

• Boys, ages 12 to 14
• Girls, ages 16 to 18
• Low-income Latina mothers, under 35 (below 200 percent of the FPL)

June 24, 2013—Richmond, Virginia

• Girls, ages 12 to 14
• Low-income white mothers, under 35 (below 200 percent of the FPL)
• Low-income African American mothers, ages 35 to 50 (below 200 percent of the FPL)

The findings in the Report use the terms “mothers,” “single parents,” and “parents” to refer to participants in the parents’ groups, and “teens,” “teenagers,” and “pre-teens” to refer to participants in the boys’ and girls’ groups.