Financial Strain Partially Explains Diminished Returns of Parental Education in the ABCD Study

Open Journal of Neuroscience | Vol 2, Issue 1

Table 2. Summary of structural equation models

			B	SE	95%	CI	p
Model 1
Age	→	Total Cortical Volume	-0.043	0.008	-0.058	-0.028	< 0.001
Male	→	Total Cortical Volume	0.418	0.007	0.404	0.432	< 0.001
Total Family Income	→	Total Cortical Volume	0.113	0.012	0.089	0.137	< 0.001
Married Household	→	Total Cortical Volume	0.012	0.010	-0.007	0.031	0.203
Education (Jaeger)	→	Total Cortical Volume	0.085	0.010	0.065	0.105	< 0.001
Race (Black)	→	Total Cortical Volume	-0.223	0.009	-0.240	-0.205	< 0.001
Intercept	→	Total Cortical Volume	9.303	0.226	8.860	9.745	< 0.001
Model 2
Age	→	Total Cortical Volume	-0.042	0.008	-0.058	-0.027	< 0.001
Male	→	Total Cortical Volume	0.418	0.007	0.404	0.432	< 0.001
Total Family Income	→	Total Cortical Volume	0.117	0.012	0.093	0.141	< 0.001
Married Household	→	Total Cortical Volume	0.013	0.010	-0.006	0.032	0.185
Education (Jaeger)	→	Total Cortical Volume	0.100	0.011	0.079	0.122	< 0.001
Education (Jaeger) x Black	→	Total Cortical Volume	-0.529	0.149	-0.820	-0.237	< 0.001
Race (Black)	→	Total Cortical Volume	0.312	0.150	0.017	0.607	0.038
Intercept	→	Total Cortical Volume	9.017	0.239	8.548	9.486	< 0.001
Model 3
Financial Strain (Mean)	→	Total Cortical Volume	-0.018	0.009	-0.035	-0.001	0.038
Age	→	Total Cortical Volume	-0.042	0.008	-0.057	-0.027	< 0.001
Male	→	Total Cortical Volume	0.418	0.007	0.404	0.432	< 0.001
Total Family Income	→	Total Cortical Volume	0.109	0.013	0.084	0.134	< 0.001
Married Household	→	Total Cortical Volume	0.013	0.010	-0.006	0.032	0.182
Education (Jaeger)	→	Total Cortical Volume	0.101	0.011	0.080	0.123	< 0.001
Education (Jaeger) x Black	→	Total Cortical Volume	-0.515	0.149	-0.807	-0.224	0.001
Race (Black)	→	Total Cortical Volume	0.300	0.150	0.005	0.595	0.046
Intercept	→	Total Cortical Volume	9.024	0.239	8.555	9.493	< 0.001

Total Family Income	→	Financial Strain	-0.355	0.013	-0.380	-0.329	< 0.001
Married Household	→	Financial Strain	-0.033	0.010	-0.054	-0.013	0.001
Education (Jaeger)	→	Financial Strain	-0.039	0.012	-0.062	-0.016	0.001
Education (Jaeger) x Black	→	Financial Strain	0.546	0.161	0.230	0.861	0.001
Race (Black)	→	Financial Strain	-0.475	0.163	-0.794	-0.155	0.004
Intercept	→	Financial Strain	2.124	0.188	1.756	2.493	< 0.001