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Published in final edited form as: Child Dev. 2020 Aug 1;91(6):1970–1987. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13398

Table 4.

Cross-Lagged Autoregressive Models Predicting Sensitivity (Coefficients; n = 1,211)

	Model 1			Model 2
	15 months	24 months	36 months	15 months	24 months	36 months
	(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)

Cross-lagged pathway
Job entry (t - 1)	0.123 (0.121)	−0.018 (0.135)	−0.014 (0.202)	0.135 (0.122)	0.010 (0.135)	−0.005 (0.203)
Voluntary job exit (t - 1)	−0.223 (0.125)^†	0.016 (0.131)	0.073 (0.196)	−0.239 (0.125)^†	0.005 (0.130)	0.066 (0.196)
Involuntary job loss (t - 1)	−0.458 (0.194)^*	−0.163 (0.211)	−0.118 (0.283)	0.259 (0.385)	0.068 (0.380)	0.137 (0.528)
Autoregressive pathway
Maternal sensitivity (t - 1)	0.208 (0.026)^***	0.246 (0.031)^***	0.507 (0.044)^***	0.207 (0.026)^***	0.251 (0.031)^***	0.506 (0.044)^***
Moderator
Maternal education (ref: College degree or more)
No high school diploma/GED	−0.864 (0.195)^***	−0.839 (0.208)^***	−1.628 (0.316)^***	−0.904 (0.199)^***	−0.920 (0.212)^***	−1.702 (0.327)^***
High school diploma/GED	−0.529 (0.135)^***	−0.543 (0.141)^***	−0.949 (0.216)^***	−0.498 (0.136)^***	−0.521 (0.144)^***	−0.942 (0.223)^***
Some college/ associate’s degree	−0.270 (0.105)^*	−0.327 (0.112)^**	−0.441 (0.172)^*	−0.227 (0.106)^*	−0.281 (0.114)^*	−0.413 (0.175)^*
Involuntary Job Loss × Education interactions
Job Loss × No High School Diploma/GED				−0.224 (0.626)	0.689 (0.594)	0.354 (0.888)
Job Loss × High School Diploma/GED				−1.019 (0.521)^*	−0.310 (0.589)	−0.377 (0.728)
Job Loss × Some College/ Associate’s Degree				−1.139 (0.477)^*	−0.802 (0.482)^†	−0.592 (0.674)
R ²	0.292	0.296	0.358	0.300	0.303	0.360

Note. Standard errors in parentheses. Controls for: Maternal race/ethnicity, age, whether worked prior to child’s birth, maternal health, family structure, number of siblings, entry of a new baby, primary child-care type, and study site. GED = general education diploma.

^†

p < .1.

p < .05.

^**

p < .01.

^***

p < .001.