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

Table 2.

Summary of SEM with two mediators in females and males

Beta SE 95% CI p


Females

HH Income/ 10000

Paternal Incarceration at Birth -0.04 0.02 -0.09 0.01 0.082

Maternal Education (1-4) at Birth 0.44 0.05 0.35 0.54 < 0.001

Race (Black) -0.02 0.06 -0.15 0.10 0.707

Maternal Age at Birth 0.06 0.03 0.00 0.11 0.038

Race x Parental Education (1-4) -0.20 0.06 -0.33 -0.07 0.002

Married HH at Birth 0.25 0.03 0.20 0.31 < 0.001

Intercept -0.06 0.15 -0.36 0.24 0.699


YA Education at Age 22 (1-4)

HH Income/ 10000 0.40 0.03 0.34 0.45 < 0.001

Intercept 1.57 0.06 1.44 1.69 < 0.001


YA SNAP at Age 22

YA Education (1-4) -0.32 0.03 -0.38 -0.27 < 0.001

Intercept 1.38 0.06 1.26 1.50 < 0.001


YA TANF at Age 22

YA Education (1-4) -0.13 0.03 -0.19 -0.07 < 0.001

Intercept 0.55 0.07 0.41 0.68 < 0.001


YA Anxiety at Age 22

YA Education (1-4) -0.07 0.03 -0.14 0.00 0.036

Intercept 0.76 0.08 0.61 0.91 < 0.001


YA Depression at Age 22

YA Education (1-4) -0.12 0.03 -0.19 -0.05 < 0.001

Intercept 0.78 0.08 0.63 0.93 < 0.001


YA Jailed at Age 22

YA Education (1-4) 0.00 0.03 -0.06 0.06 0.950

Intercept 0.05 0.07 -0.09 0.19 0.466


Males

HH Income/ 10000 at Birth

Paternal Incarceration at Birth -0.03 0.03 -0.08 0.02 0.211

Maternal Education (1-4) at Birth 0.40 0.05 0.30 0.49 < 0.001

Race (Black) -0.02 0.07 -0.17 0.12 0.730

Maternal Age at Birth 0.06 0.03 0.00 0.11 0.055

Race x Parental Education (1-4) -0.23 0.07 -0.36 -0.10 0.001

Married HH at Birth 0.26 0.03 0.19 0.32 < 0.001

Intercept 0.05 0.16 -0.27 0.38 0.738


YA Education (1-4) at Age 22

HH Income/ 10000 at Birth 0.34 0.03 0.28 0.40 < 0.001

Intercept 1.29 0.06 1.17 1.42 < 0.001


YA SNAP at Age 22

YA Education (1-4) at Age 22 -0.24 0.03 -0.30 -0.18 < 0.001

Intercept 1.02 0.06 0.90 1.14 < 0.001


YA TANF at Age 22

YA Education (1-4) at Age 22 -0.04 0.03 -0.11 0.03 0.225

Intercept 0.29 0.07 0.16 0.42 < 0.001


YA Anxiety at Age 22

YA Education (1-4) at Age 22 -0.05 0.04 -0.12 0.02 0.133

Intercept 0.74 0.07 0.60 0.88 < 0.001


YA Depressed at Age 22

YA Education (1-4) at Age 22 -0.05 0.04 -0.12 0.02 0.151

Intercept 0.70 0.07 0.56 0.84 < 0.001


YA Jailed at Age 22

YA Education (1-4) at Age 22 -0.07 0.04 -0.14 0.00 0.067

Intercept 0.19 0.07 0.06 0.32 0.005