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

Table 4.

Summary of Structural the Equation Modeling (SEM) by Sex

Coefficient std. err. 95% CI p

Female

Maternal Education at Baseline

Ethnicity (Latino) -0.26 0.06 -0.38 -0.14 < 0.001

Race (Black) -0.26 0.06 -0.37 -0.14 < 0.001

Intercept 2.55 0.12 2.32 2.79 < 0.001


Poverty Ratio (Baseline)

Maternal Education (Baseline) 0.45 0.04 0.37 0.53 < 0.001

Married Household 0.23 0.04 0.14 0.31 < 0.001

Ethnicity (Latino) -0.21 0.05 -0.31 -0.11 < 0.001

Race (Black) -0.28 0.05 -0.38 -0.18 < 0.001

Intercept 0.29 0.14 0.02 0.56 0.033


Married Household

Ethnicity (Latino) -0.25 0.06 -0.36 -0.13 < 0.001

Race (Black) -0.35 0.06 -0.47 -0.24 < 0.001

Intercept 1.05 0.10 0.86 1.24 < 0.001


Grim Age (Wave 6)

Poverty Ratio (Baseline) -0.10 0.05 -0.19 0.00 0.051

Intercept 13.18 0.47 12.25 14.10 < 0.001

           

High School Drop Out (Wave 7)          

Poverty Ratio (Baseline) -0.11 0.05 -0.21 -0.01 0.025

Grim Age (Wave 6) -0.02 0.05 -0.12 0.07 0.626

Intercept 0.74 0.67 -0.58 2.05 0.275

           

High School Discipline (Wave 7)          

Poverty Ratio (Baseline) -0.22 0.05 -0.31 -0.12 < 0.001

Grim Age (Wave 6) 0.07 0.05 -0.02 0.17 0.136

Intercept 0.13 0.66 -1.16 1.42 0.844

           

YA SRH (Wave 7)          

Poverty Ratio (Baseline) -0.04 0.05 -0.14 0.05 0.368

Grim Age (Wave 6) 0.09 0.05 -0.01 0.19 0.073

Intercept 1.19 0.68 -0.14 2.52 0.080

           

YA MDD (Wave 7)          

Poverty Ratio (Baseline) 0.01 0.05 -0.09 0.12 0.775

Grim Age (Wave 6) 0.03 0.05 -0.08 0.14 0.584

Intercept 0.17 0.72 -1.24 1.58 0.815



Male

Maternal Education at Baseline

Ethnicity (Latino) -0.39 0.06 -0.50 -0.28 < 0.001

Race (Black) -0.38 0.06 -0.49 -0.27 < 0.001

Intercept 2.77 0.11 2.55 2.98 < 0.001


Poverty Ratio (Baseline)

Maternal Education (Baseline) 0.39 0.05 0.30 0.48 < 0.001

Married Household 0.30 0.05 0.21 0.39 < 0.001

Ethnicity (Latino) -0.13 0.05 -0.23 -0.02 0.015

Race (Black) -0.24 0.05 -0.34 -0.13 < 0.001

Intercept 0.23 0.15 -0.06 0.53 0.117


Married Household

Ethnicity (Latino) -0.27 0.06 -0.39 -0.16 < 0.001

Race (Black) -0.45 0.05 -0.56 -0.34 < 0.001

Intercept 1.24 0.09 1.07 1.41 < 0.001


Grim Age (Wave 6)

Poverty Ratio (Baseline) -0.17 0.05 -0.27 -0.07 0.001

Intercept 12.31 0.46 11.40 13.21 < 0.001


High School Drop Out (Wave 7)

Poverty Ratio (Baseline) -0.12 0.05 -0.22 -0.01 0.027

Grim Age (Wave 6) 0.05 0.05 -0.06 0.15 0.367

Intercept -0.11 0.67 -1.43 1.20 0.864


High School Discipline (Wave 7)

Poverty Ratio (Baseline) -0.21 0.05 -0.30 -0.11 < 0.001

Grim Age (Wave 6) 0.18 0.05 0.08 0.28 < 0.001

Intercept -0.94 0.64 -2.19 0.32 0.144


YA SRH (Wave 7)

Poverty Ratio (Baseline) -0.06 0.05 -0.16 0.04 0.250

Grim Age (Wave 6) 0.06 0.05 -0.05 0.17 0.273

Intercept 1.50 0.68 0.17 2.83 0.027


YA MDD (Wave 7)

Poverty Ratio (Baseline) 0.00 0.06 -0.11 0.11 0.950

Grim Age (Wave 6) 0.03 0.06 -0.08 0.14 0.606

Intercept 0.25 0.71 -1.14 1.65 0.720