Diminished Returns of Educational Attainment on Unpaid and Paid Maternity Leave of Mothers Giving Birth in Poverty

Table 1. SEM #1 (Without Interactions)

B	SE	95%	CI	P-value
Unpaid Mother Maternity Leave
Mother Age	0.080	0.025	0.032	0.128	0.001
Mother Education (Years)	0.119	0.025	0.071	0.168	< 0.001
Mother Race/Ethnicity (Black)	-0.135	0.046	-0.225	-0.044	0.004
Mother Race/Ethnicity (Latino)	-0.135	0.047	-0.228	-0.042	0.004
Mother Race/Ethnicity (Other)	-0.053	0.036	-0.123	0.018	0.144
Mother Employed During Last Year	-0.234	0.028	-0.289	-0.178	< 0.001
Mother Married to the Newborn‘s Father	-0.012	0.031	-0.072	0.049	0.705
Paid Mother Maternity Leave
Mother Age	0.048	0.025	-0.001	0.098	0.056
Mother Education (Years)	0.014	0.026	-0.037	0.064	0.595
Mother Race/Ethnicity (Black)	0.036	0.048	-0.057	0.130	0.446
Mother Race/Ethnicity (Latino)	0.135	0.049	0.040	0.231	0.005
Mother Race/Ethnicity (Other)	0.028	0.037	-0.045	0.100	0.454
Mother Employed During Last Year	-0.182	0.029	-0.239	-0.124	< 0.001
Mother Married to the Newborn‘s Father	0.012	0.032	-0.050	0.074	0.713