Household Income and Offspring Education Explain Blacks’ Diminished Returns of Parental Education

Table 1.

Summary of SEM with two mediators

Beta SE 95% CI p

HH Income / 10000 at Birth Paternal Incarceration at Birth -0.04 0.02 -0.07 0.00 0.031

Maternal Education (1-4) at Birth 0.41 0.03 0.35 0.48 < 0.001

Race (Black) -0.03 0.05 -0.13 0.06 0.510

Maternal Age at Birth 0.06 0.02 0.02 0.10 0.004

Race (Black) x Parental Education at Birth -0.20 0.05 -0.29 -0.11 < 0.001

Married HH at Birth 0.26 0.02 0.21 0.30 < 0.001

Intercept 0.00 0.11 -0.22 0.22 0.983

YA Education (1-4) at Age 22 HH Income / 10000 at Birth 0.37 0.02 0.33 0.41 < 0.001

Gender (Male) -0.17 0.02 -0.22 -0.13 < 0.001

Intercept 1.58 0.05 1.49 1.68 < 0.001

YA SNAP at Age 22 YA Education (1-4) at Birth -0.29 0.02 -0.33 -0.25 < 0.001

Gender (Male) -0.13 0.02 -0.18 -0.09 < 0.001

Intercept 1.33 0.05 1.23 1.43 < 0.001

YA TANF at Age 22 YA Education (1-4) -0.09 0.02 -0.14 -0.05 < 0.001

Gender (Male) -0.08 0.02 -0.13 -0.04 0.001

Intercept 0.51 0.06 0.40 0.61 < 0.001

YA Anxiety at Age 22 YA Education (1-4) -0.06 0.03 -0.11 -0.01 0.011

Gender (Male) 0.01 0.03 -0.04 0.06 0.605

Intercept 0.74 0.06 0.62 0.86 < 0.001

YA Depression at Age 22 YA Education (1-4) -0.09 0.02 -0.14 -0.04 < 0.001

Gender (Male) 0.04 0.03 -0.01 0.09 0.099

Intercept 0.69 0.06 0.57 0.81 < 0.001

YA Jailed at Age 22 YA Education (1-4) -0.04 0.02 -0.08 0.01 0.140

Gender (Male) 0.02 0.02 -0.03 0.07 0.386

Intercept 0.12 0.06 0.00 0.23 0.046