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

Table 3.

Model with interaction


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


Race (Black) 0.419 0.205 0.016 0.822 0.042

Gender (Male) -0.538 0.065 -0.666 -0.409 < 0.001

Born Low Birth Weight (Baseline) 0.012 0.033 -0.054 0.077 0.722

Born to Married Family 0.165 0.097 -0.024 0.354 0.088

Baseline Mother Poverty to Income Ratio 0.083 0.017 0.050 0.115 < 0.001

Father Incarceration (Baseline) -0.019 0.172 -0.356 0.319 0.914

Born from an Adulthood Pregnancy (Baseline) -0.028 0.119 -0.262 0.206 0.812

Maternal Education (Baseline) 0.335 0.068 0.201 0.468 < 0.001

Maternal Education (Baseline) x Race (Black) -0.207 0.075 -0.354 -0.060 0.006

Intercept 5.106 0.204 4.706 5.505 < 0.001

Outcome: High School Performance (1-8)