Persistent Social Welfare Needs Among Educated Caribbean Black Individuals: Evidence of Minorities' Diminished Returns

Table 1.

SEM with no interaction

  B SE 95% CI p

Received welfare/pub assistance since turning 18

Unemployed 0.015 0.021 -0.025 0.056 0.461

Age -0.075 0.021 -0.116 -0.033 < 0.001

Male -0.163 0.020 -0.202 -0.123 < 0.001

Married -0.029 0.021 -0.070 0.011 0.153

Education (Yrs) -0.125 0.021 -0.166 -0.085 < 0.001

Caribbean Black -0.072 0.021 -0.113 -0.031 0.001

Received welfare/pub assistance in Last Year

Unemployed 0.003 0.019 -0.035 0.041 0.871

Age 0.610 0.026 0.559 0.661 < 0.001

Male -0.038 0.019 -0.076 -0.001 0.045

Married -0.139 0.020 -0.178 -0.099 < 0.001

Education (Yrs) -0.152 0.012 -0.175 -0.130 < 0.001

Caribbean Black -0.091 0.019 -0.128 -0.055 < 0.001