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The Long Shadow of Early Poverty: Poverty at Birth, Epigenetic Changes at Age 15, And Youth Outcomes at Age 22

Current Research in Public Health | Vol 4, Issue 1

Table 3. Summary of the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) in thePooled Sample

Coefficientstd. err.95%CIp
Structural
Maternal Education at Baseline
Ethnicity (Latino) -0.320.04-0.40-0.24< 0.001
Race (Black) -0.320.04-0.40-0.24< 0.001
Intercept2.670.082.512.82< 0.001
Poverty Ratio (Baseline)
Maternal Education (Baseline)0.420.030.360.48< 0.001
Married Household0.260.030.200.32< 0.001
Ethnicity (Latino) -0.160.04-0.24-0.09< 0.001
Race (Black) -0.260.04-0.33-0.18< 0.001
Intercept0.260.100.060.460.010
Married Household
Ethnicity (Latino) -0.270.04-0.35-0.19< 0.001
Race (Black) -0.400.04-0.48-0.33< 0.001
Intercept1.160.061.031.28< 0.001
Grim Age (Wave 6)
Poverty Ratio (Baseline)-0.130.03-0.20-0.06< 0.001
Male Child0.170.040.100.240.000
Intercept12.380.3311.7413.030.000
High School Drop Out (Wave 7)
Poverty Ratio (Baseline)-0.110.04-0.18-0.040.001
Grim Age (Wave 6)0.010.04-0.060.090.689
Male Child0.050.04-0.020.130.153
Intercept0.210.47-0.711.130.658
Any School Discipline (Wave 7)
Poverty Ratio (Baseline)-0.210.03-0.28-0.14< 0.001
Grim Age (Wave 6)0.130.040.060.20< 0.001
Male Child0.110.040.040.180.003
Intercept-0.550.45-1.430.340.224
YA SRH (Wave 7)
Poverty Ratio (Baseline)-0.050.04-0.120.020.152
Grim Age (Wave 6)0.080.040.000.150.042
Male Child-0.080.04-0.15-0.010.029
Intercept1.420.470.492.350.003
YA MDD (Wave 7)
Poverty Ratio (Baseline)0.010.04-0.070.080.872
Grim Age (Wave 6)0.030.04-0.050.110.448
Male Child0.020.04-0.050.100.549
Intercept0.180.50-0.791.160.711