Color of Poverty Matters: Socioeconomic Resources and Health of Mothers Giving Birth to Children into Poverty

Table 1.

Summary of Structural Equation Model

  B SE 95% CI p

Mom Age  

Mom Race/Ethnicity: Black -0.005 0.052 -0.106 0.097 0.931

Mom Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic 0.163 0.052 0.061 0.265 0.002

Mom Race/Ethnicity: Other 0.028 0.038 -0.047 0.103 0.466

Intercept 4.487 0.140 4.211 4.762 <0.001

Mom Depressive Symptoms (0-22)          

Mom Age 0.004 0.031 -0.057 0.065 0.898

Mom Education (yrs) -0.084 0.031 -0.145 -0.023 0.007

Mom Race/Ethnicity: Black 0.030 0.052 -0.071 0.131 0.565

Mom Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic -0.147 0.052 -0.249 -0.045 0.005

Mom Race/Ethnicity: Other 0.089 0.038 0.015 0.163 0.019

Intercept 1.913 0.204 1.512 2.313 <0.001

Mom Physical SRH (1-5)          

Mom Age 0.079 0.031 0.019 0.140 0.010

Mom Education (yrs) -0.067 0.031 -0.128 -0.006 0.030

Mom Race/Ethnicity: Black -0.169 0.052 -0.270 -0.068 0.001

Mom Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic -0.042 0.052 -0.144 0.061 0.426

Mom Race/Ethnicity: Other 0.005 0.038 -0.070 0.080 0.891

Intercept 2.239 0.207 1.833 2.646 <0.001

Food Stamp          

Mom Age 0.174 0.030 0.115 0.232 <0.001

Mom Education (yrs) 0.001 0.030 -0.059 0.060 0.984

Mom Race/Ethnicity: Black 0.113 0.051 0.013 0.212 0.026

Mom Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic -0.170 0.051 -0.271 -0.070 0.001

Mom Race/Ethnicity: Other 0.056 0.037 -0.018 0.129 0.137

Intercept 0.400 0.200 0.009 0.791 0.045

Mom Breastfeeding          

Mom Age 0.025 0.029 -0.033 0.082 0.406

Mom Education (yrs) 0.063 0.030 0.005 0.121 0.033

Mom Race/Ethnicity: Black -0.112 0.049 -0.209 -0.015 0.023

Mom Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic 0.261 0.049 0.164 0.358 <0.001

Mom Race/Ethnicity: Other 0.026 0.036 -0.046 0.097 0.481

Intercept 1.281 0.198 0.893 1.669 <0.001

Mom Education (yrs)          

Mom Race/Ethnicity: Black 0.017 0.053 -0.086 0.120 0.751

Mom Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic -0.110 0.053 -0.213 -0.007 0.037

Mom Race/Ethnicity: Other 0.060 0.039 -0.016 0.136 0.121

Intercept 4.166 0.130 3.910 4.421 <0.001

Note: 1050 participants who were found eligible for BF’Y study are included. All data are collected at baseline before participants were allocated into to groups.