Racial Gap in Household Income Explains Black-White Disparities in the Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Attainment

Table 4. Structural Equation Model (SEM) WithHousehold Income as the Mediator

		Standardized Coefficient	SE.	95%	CI	p
YA Educational Attainment (At Age 22)	HH Income (Baseline)	0.15	0.03	0.09	0.20	< 0.001
	Maternal Age (Baseline)	-0.04	0.02	-0.09	0.01	0.085
	Maternal Education (Baseline)	0.42	0.04	0.33	0.50	< 0.001
	Father Jailed (Baseline)	-0.04	0.02	-0.08	0.00	0.067
	Race (Black) x Maternal Education (Baseline)	-0.16	0.06	-0.26	-0.05	0.004
	Sex (Male)	-0.19	0.02	-0.23	-0.15	< 0.001
	Race (Black)	0.16	0.06	0.05	0.27	0.006
	Married HH (Baseline)	0.08	0.03	0.02	0.13	0.005
	Intercept	0.95	0.14	0.69	1.22	< 0.001
	HH Income (Baseline)	Maternal Age (Baseline)	0.06	0.02	0.02	0.10	0.005
		Maternal Education (Baseline)	0.42	0.03	0.35	0.49	< 0.001
		Father Jailed (Baseline)	-0.04	0.02	-0.07	0.00	0.033
		Race (Black) x Maternal Education (Baseline)	-0.20	0.05	-0.30	-0.11	< 0.001
		Sex (Male)	-0.05	0.02	-0.09	-0.02	0.002
		Race (Black)	-0.03	0.05	-0.12	0.07	0.545
		Married HH (Baseline)	0.26	0.02	0.21	0.30	< 0.001
		Intercept	0.04	0.11	-0.18	0.27	0.697
YA Any School Discipline (At Age 22)		HH Income (Baseline)	-0.07	0.03	-0.13	-0.02	0.010
		Maternal Age (Baseline)	-0.07	0.03	-0.12	-0.02	0.006
		Maternal Education (Baseline)	-0.16	0.04	-0.25	-0.07	< 0.001
		Father Jailed (Baseline)	0.06	0.02	0.02	0.10	0.004
		Race (Black) x Maternal Education (Baseline)	0.03	0.06	-0.08	0.15	0.548
		Sex (Male)	0.14	0.02	0.10	0.18	< 0.001
		Race (Black)	0.16	0.06	0.04	0.28	0.008
	Married HH (Baseline)	-0.03	0.03	-0.08	0.03	0.298
	Intercept	1.30	0.14	1.02	1.57	< 0.001

HH: Household; YA/EA: Young Adult/Emerging Adult