The Long Shadow of Early Poverty: Poverty at Birth, Epigenetic Changes at Age 15, And Youth Outcomes at Age 22

Table 3.

Summary of the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) in thePooled Sample

Coefficient std. err. 95% CI p


Structural

Maternal Education at Baseline

Ethnicity (Latino) -0.32 0.04 -0.40 -0.24 < 0.001

Race (Black) -0.32 0.04 -0.40 -0.24 < 0.001

Intercept 2.67 0.08 2.51 2.82 < 0.001


Poverty Ratio (Baseline)

Maternal Education (Baseline) 0.42 0.03 0.36 0.48 < 0.001

Married Household 0.26 0.03 0.20 0.32 < 0.001

Ethnicity (Latino) -0.16 0.04 -0.24 -0.09 < 0.001

Race (Black) -0.26 0.04 -0.33 -0.18 < 0.001

Intercept 0.26 0.10 0.06 0.46 0.010


Married Household

Ethnicity (Latino) -0.27 0.04 -0.35 -0.19 < 0.001

Race (Black) -0.40 0.04 -0.48 -0.33 < 0.001

Intercept 1.16 0.06 1.03 1.28 < 0.001


Grim Age (Wave 6)

Poverty Ratio (Baseline) -0.13 0.03 -0.20 -0.06 < 0.001

Male Child 0.17 0.04 0.10 0.24 0.000

Intercept 12.38 0.33 11.74 13.03 0.000


High School Drop Out (Wave 7)

Poverty Ratio (Baseline) -0.11 0.04 -0.18 -0.04 0.001

Grim Age (Wave 6) 0.01 0.04 -0.06 0.09 0.689

Male Child 0.05 0.04 -0.02 0.13 0.153

Intercept 0.21 0.47 -0.71 1.13 0.658


Any School Discipline (Wave 7)

Poverty Ratio (Baseline) -0.21 0.03 -0.28 -0.14 < 0.001

Grim Age (Wave 6) 0.13 0.04 0.06 0.20 < 0.001

Male Child 0.11 0.04 0.04 0.18 0.003

Intercept -0.55 0.45 -1.43 0.34 0.224


YA SRH (Wave 7)

Poverty Ratio (Baseline) -0.05 0.04 -0.12 0.02 0.152

Grim Age (Wave 6) 0.08 0.04 0.00 0.15 0.042

Male Child -0.08 0.04 -0.15 -0.01 0.029

Intercept 1.42 0.47 0.49 2.35 0.003


YA MDD (Wave 7)

Poverty Ratio (Baseline) 0.01 0.04 -0.07 0.08 0.872

Grim Age (Wave 6) 0.03 0.04 -0.05 0.11 0.448

Male Child 0.02 0.04 -0.05 0.10 0.549

Intercept 0.18 0.50 -0.79 1.16 0.711