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Table 4.

Regression Models Predicting 36-Month Child Cognitive and Language Outcomes

	School Readiness			Receptive Language			Expressive Language
	R² = .33^**			R² = .37^**			R² = .17^**
	(n = 1012)			(n = 1008)			(n = 981)
Predictor	r	β	pr	r	β	pr	r	β	pr
Child sex	−.16^**	−.15^**		−.19^**	−.18^**		−.15^**	−.15^**
Child birth weight	.08^**	.03		.06^*	.01		.09^*	.07^*
Child African-American	−.32^**	−.17^**		−.36^**	−.20^**		−.19^**	−.06
Child Hispanic-American	−.08^**	−.04		−.12^**	−.08^**		−.10^**	−.06^*
Maternal education	.45^**	.23^**		.45^**	.20^**		.31^**	.17^**
Always partnered	.22^**	−.03		.26^**	.02		.18^**	.04
Always single	−.12^**	.01		−.13^**	−.03		−.09^**	−.05
Partnered to single	−.01	−.03		.07^*	.05		.06^*	.06
Traditional parental values	−.40^**	−.12^**		−.44^**	−.16^**			−.26^**	−.06
Family income-to-needs	.42^**	.39^**	.12	.42^**	.32^**	.10	.27^**	.31^**	.09
Higher quality child care	.21^**	.03	.02	.23^**	.07	.05	.16^**	.02	.01
Lower quality child care	−.12^**	−.05	.03	−.10^**	.01	.00	−.08^*	−.04	.02
Income-to-Needs × Higher Quality Care		−.23^**	.09		−.16^*	.06		−.19^*	.07
Income-to-Needs × Lower Quality Care		−.05	.03		−.10^*	.05		−.12^*	.06

^**

p < .01

p < .05