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

Table 2. SEM #2 (With Interactions)

B	SE	95%	CI	P-value
Unpaid Mother Maternity Leave
	Mother Age	0.006	0.030	-0.052	0.064	0.840
	Mother Education (Years)	0.245	0.038	0.171	0.319	0.000
	Mother Race/Ethnicity (Black)	0.271	0.139	-0.002	0.544	0.051
	Mother Race/Ethnicity (Latino)	0.220	0.106	0.011	0.428	0.039
	Mother Race/Ethnicity (Other)	0.045	0.131	-0.213	0.303	0.732
	Mother Employed During Last Year	-0.260	0.029	-0.316	-0.204	0.000
	Mother Married to the Newborn‘s Father	-0.004	0.031	-0.064	0.057	0.908
Black x Mother Education (Years)	-0.500	0.147	-0.788	-0.211	0.001
Latino x Mother Education (Years)	-0.435	0.112	-0.655	-0.215	0.000
Other x Mother Education (Years)	-0.148	0.134	-0.410	0.115	0.271


Paid Mother Maternity Leave
Mother Age	0.033	0.031	-0.027	0.094	0.279
Mother Education (Years)	0.039	0.039	-0.038	0.116	0.317
Mother Race/Ethnicity (Black)	0.009	0.145	-0.276	0.294	0.950
Mother Race/Ethnicity (Latino)	0.227	0.110	0.011	0.444	0.040
Mother Race/Ethnicity (Other)	0.164	0.138	-0.106	0.434	0.233
Mother Employed During Last Year	-0.188	0.030	-0.246	-0.129	0.000
Mother Married to the Newborn‘s Father	0.015	0.032	-0.047	0.077	0.635
Black x Mother Education (Years)	0.011	0.154	-0.290	0.313	0.941
Latino x Mother Education (Years)	-0.110	0.117	-0.339	0.120	0.349
Other x Mother Education (Years)	-0.150	0.141	-0.425	0.126	0.287