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

Table 2.

SEM with interaction

B SE 95% CI P

Received welfare/pub assistance since turning 18          

Unemployed 0.020 0.021 -0.021 0.060 0.341

Age -0.078 0.021 -0.119 -0.036 < 0.001

Male -0.161 0.020 -0.201 -0.122 < 0.001

Married -0.029 0.021 -0.069 0.012 0.163

Education (Yrs) -0.246 0.034 -0.313 -0.179 < 0.001

Caribbean Black -0.509 0.102 -0.710 -0.308 < 0.001

Caribbean Black x Education (Yrs) 0.458 0.105 0.252 0.664 < 0.001

  Received welfare/pub assistance in Last Year          

Unemployed 0.021 0.019 -0.016 0.058 0.267

Age 0.636 0.027 0.583 0.689 < 0.001

Male -0.022 0.019 -0.059 0.014 0.230

Married -0.122 0.019 -0.160 -0.084 < 0.001

Education (Yrs) -0.187 0.013 -0.212 -0.161 < 0.001

Caribbean Black -0.455 0.062 -0.577 -0.332 < 0.001

Caribbean Black x Education (Yrs) 0.409 0.067 0.278 0.540 < 0.001