Unequal Returns: Education Fails to Fully Prepare Black and Latino Americans for Retirement

Table 3.

Summary of Linear Regression with InteractionTerms for Retirement Preparedness

Variable B SE Beta 95% CI p

Ethnicity (Latino) 0.221 0.125 0.120 -0.024 0.465 0.077

Race (Black) 0.274 0.123 0.168 0.032 0.516 0.026

Age (Year) 0.009 0.001 0.219 0.008 0.010 <0.001

Gender (Female) -0.047 0.016 -0.047 -0.078 -0.017 0.002

Years of Schooling 0.101 0.013 0.448 0.075 0.127 <0.001

US Born 0.038 0.037 0.016 -0.035 0.111 0.305

Working 0.160 0.018 0.143 0.125 0.194 <0.001

Married 0.089 0.016 0.088 0.058 0.120 <0.001
Education × Black -0.040 0.011 -0.317 -0.063 -0.018 <0.001
Education × Latino -0.031 0.011 -0.183 -0.053 -0.009 0.006

Note: Dependent Variable = Retirement Preparedness