High Socioeconomic Status Black Adolescents Attend Worse Schools than Whites

Table 3.

Effects of Family Socioeconomic Status onResidential Area Characteristics

B SE 95% CI p

Residential Area School Poverty

Race (Black) -2.58 12.27 -26.63 21.47 0.834

Parental Educational Attainment -1.78 0.15 -2.07 -1.48 <0.001

Total Family Income -4.48 0.16 -4.80 -4.16 <0.001

Race (Black) x Parental Educational Attainment 0.08 0.32 -0.55 0.70 0.813

Race (Black) x Total Family Income 2.10 0.29 1.54 2.66 <0.001

           

Residential Area School Teacher Experience        

Race (Black) 12.76 4.74 3.47 22.04 0.007

Parental Educational Attainment -0.11 0.06 -0.23 0.00 0.045

Total Family Income -0.18 0.06 -0.30 -0.06 0.004

Race (Black) x Parental Educational Attainment -0.13 0.12 -0.37 0.12 0.310

Race (Black) x Total Family Income -0.67 0.11 -0.89 -0.45 <0.001

           

Residential Area High School Graduate          

Race (Black) 5.69 8.78 -11.53 22.90 0.517

Parental Educational Attainment 0.59 0.11 0.38 0.80 <0.001

Total Family Income 0.70 0.12 0.47 0.92 <0.001

Race (Black) x Parental Educational Attainment -0.14 0.23 -0.59 0.31 0.546

Race (Black) x Total Family Income -0.46 0.20 -0.86 -0.06 0.025

           

Residential Area High School Graduate          

Race (Black) 49.04 5.74 37.80 60.29 <0.001

Parental Educational Attainment 0.95 0.07 0.82 1.09 <0.001

Total Family Income 0.03 0.08 -0.11 0.18 0.648

Race (Black) x Parental Educational Attainment -1.13 0.15 -1.42 -0.83 <0.001

Race (Black) x Total Family Income -0.12 0.13 -0.38 0.14 0.356

Source: Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD)