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Household Income and Offspring Education Explain Blacks’ Diminished Returns of Parental Education

Open Journal of Psychology | Vol 4, Issue 1

Table 1. Summary of SEM with two mediators

BetaSE95% CIp
HH Income / 10000 at BirthPaternal Incarceration at Birth-0.040.02-0.070.000.031
Maternal Education (1-4) at Birth0.410.030.350.48< 0.001
Race (Black)-0.030.05-0.130.060.510
Maternal Age at Birth0.060.020.020.100.004
Race (Black) x Parental Education at Birth-0.200.05-0.29-0.11< 0.001
Married HH at Birth0.260.020.210.30< 0.001
Intercept0.000.11-0.220.220.983
YA Education (1-4) at Age 22HH Income / 10000 at Birth0.370.020.330.41< 0.001
Gender (Male)-0.170.02-0.22-0.13< 0.001
Intercept1.580.051.491.68< 0.001
YA SNAP at Age 22YA Education (1-4) at Birth-0.290.02-0.33-0.25< 0.001
Gender (Male)-0.130.02-0.18-0.09< 0.001
Intercept1.330.051.231.43< 0.001
YA TANF at Age 22YA Education (1-4)-0.090.02-0.14-0.05< 0.001
Gender (Male)-0.080.02-0.13-0.040.001
Intercept0.510.060.400.61< 0.001
YA Anxiety at Age 22YA Education (1-4)-0.060.03-0.11-0.010.011
Gender (Male)0.010.03-0.040.060.605
Intercept0.740.060.620.86< 0.001
YA Depression at Age 22YA Education (1-4)-0.090.02-0.14-0.04< 0.001
Gender (Male)0.040.03-0.010.090.099
Intercept0.690.060.570.81< 0.001
YA Jailed at Age 22YA Education (1-4)-0.040.02-0.080.010.140
Gender (Male)0.020.02-0.030.070.386
Intercept0.120.060.000.230.046