Racial Gap in Household Income Explains Black-White Disparities in the Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Attainment
Table 4.
Structural Equation Model (SEM) WithHousehold Income as the Mediator
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Standardized Coefficient |
SE. |
95% |
CI |
p |
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| YA Educational Attainment (At Age 22) |
HH Income (Baseline) |
0.15 |
0.03 |
0.09 |
0.20 |
< 0.001 |
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| Maternal Age (Baseline) |
-0.04 |
0.02 |
-0.09 |
0.01 |
0.085 |
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| Maternal Education (Baseline) |
0.42 |
0.04 |
0.33 |
0.50 |
< 0.001 |
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| Father Jailed (Baseline) |
-0.04 |
0.02 |
-0.08 |
0.00 |
0.067 |
|
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| Race (Black) x Maternal Education (Baseline) |
-0.16 |
0.06 |
-0.26 |
-0.05 |
0.004 |
|
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| Sex (Male) |
-0.19 |
0.02 |
-0.23 |
-0.15 |
< 0.001 |
|
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| Race (Black) |
0.16 |
0.06 |
0.05 |
0.27 |
0.006 |
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| Married HH (Baseline) |
0.08 |
0.03 |
0.02 |
0.13 |
0.005 |
|
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| Intercept |
0.95 |
0.14 |
0.69 |
1.22 |
< 0.001 |
|
|
| HH Income (Baseline) |
Maternal Age (Baseline) |
0.06 |
0.02 |
0.02 |
0.10 |
0.005 |
|
|
| Maternal Education (Baseline) |
0.42 |
0.03 |
0.35 |
0.49 |
< 0.001 |
|
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| Father Jailed (Baseline) |
-0.04 |
0.02 |
-0.07 |
0.00 |
0.033 |
|
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| Race (Black) x Maternal Education (Baseline) |
-0.20 |
0.05 |
-0.30 |
-0.11 |
< 0.001 |
|
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| Sex (Male) |
-0.05 |
0.02 |
-0.09 |
-0.02 |
0.002 |
|
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| Race (Black) |
-0.03 |
0.05 |
-0.12 |
0.07 |
0.545 |
|
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| Married HH (Baseline) |
0.26 |
0.02 |
0.21 |
0.30 |
< 0.001 |
|
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| Intercept |
0.04 |
0.11 |
-0.18 |
0.27 |
0.697 |
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| YA Any School Discipline (At Age 22) |
HH Income (Baseline) |
-0.07 |
0.03 |
-0.13 |
-0.02 |
0.010 |
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| Maternal Age (Baseline) |
-0.07 |
0.03 |
-0.12 |
-0.02 |
0.006 |
|
|
| Maternal Education (Baseline) |
-0.16 |
0.04 |
-0.25 |
-0.07 |
< 0.001 |
|
|
| Father Jailed (Baseline) |
0.06 |
0.02 |
0.02 |
0.10 |
0.004 |
|
|
| Race (Black) x Maternal Education (Baseline) |
0.03 |
0.06 |
-0.08 |
0.15 |
0.548 |
|
|
| Sex (Male) |
0.14 |
0.02 |
0.10 |
0.18 |
< 0.001 |
|
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| Race (Black) |
0.16 |
0.06 |
0.04 |
0.28 |
0.008 |
|
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| Married HH (Baseline) |
-0.03 |
0.03 |
-0.08 |
0.03 |
0.298 |
|
|
| Intercept |
1.30 |
0.14 |
1.02 |
1.57 |
< 0.001 |
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HH: Household; YA/EA: Young Adult/Emerging Adult
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