Uneven Impact of Maternal Education at Birth on High School Grades of Black and White Students

Table 2.

Model without interaction


Coefficient Std. Err. [95% conf. interval] P>t


Race (Black) -0.098 0.086 -0.267 0.070 0.253

Gender (Male) -0.531 0.066 -0.660 -0.403 < 0.001

Born Low Birth Weight (Baseline) 0.005 0.033 -0.061 0.070 0.889

Born to Married Family 0.207 0.096 0.020 0.395 0.030

Baseline Mother Poverty to Income Ratio 0.088 0.016 0.056 0.121 < 0.001

Father Incarceration (Baseline) 0.002 0.172 -0.336 0.340 0.991

Born from an Adulthood Pregnancy (Baseline) -0.033 0.120 -0.267 0.202 0.784

Maternal Education (Baseline) 0.186 0.042 0.104 0.269 < 0.001

Intercept 5.485 0.151 5.189 5.781 < 0.001

Outcome: High School Performance (1-8)