Table 4.

Decomposition of effects for Latent Variables Structural Equation Model of variables associated with educational attainment in early adulthood (t-values listed in parentheses.)

Predictor	Dependent Variable	Total Effect	Direct Effect	Indirect Effect
Parents’ education
	Supportive parenting (L)	.35 (6.21)	.35 (6.21)
	Sibling relations (L)	.12 (4.64)		.12 (4.64)
	Academic engagement (L)	.37 (8.28)	.28 (5.83)	.09 (3.58)
	Academic engagement (S)	.02 (2.02)		.02 (2.02)
	Educational attainment	.33 (6.53)	.14 (2.86)	.19 (6.93)
Family per capita income
	Supportive parenting (L)	.12 (2.11)	.12 (2.11)
	Sibling relations (L)	.04 (2.02)		.04 (2.02)
	Academic engagement (L)	.03 (1.91)		.03 (1.91)
	Academic engagement (S)	.01 (1.50)		.01 (1.50)
	Educational attainment	.09 (2.36)	.08 (1.99)	.02 (1.92)
Occupational prestige
	Educational attainment	.12 (2.73)	.12 (2.73)
Supportive parenting (L)
	Sibling relations (L)	.34 (6.64)	.34 (6.64)
	Academic engagement (L)	.25 (4.37)	.21 (4.37)	.04 (1.85)
	Academic engagement (S)	.05 (2.13)		.05 (2.13)
	Educational attainment	.14 (4.44)		.14 (4.44)
Supportive parenting (S)
	Sibling relations (S)	.17 (1.57)	.17 (1.57)
	Academic engagement (S)	.04 (1.35)		.04 (1.35)
	Educational attainment	.01 (1.29)		.01 (1.29)
Sibling relations (L)
	Academic engagement (L)	.10 (1.89)	.10 (1.89)
	Academic engagement (S)	.16 (2.24)	.16 (2.24)
	Educational attainment	.08 (2.88)		.08 (2.88)
Sibling relations (S)
	Academic engagement (S)	.25 (2.65)	.25 (2.65)
	Educational attainment	.05 (2.25)		.05 (2.25)
Academic engagement (L)
	Educational attainment	.51 (12.12)	.51 (12.12)
Academic engagement (S)
	Educational attainment	.20 (4.27)	.20 (4.27)
Fit indices
	R-square	.42
	Chi-square	44.61
	df	52
	p	.76
	AGFI	.97
	CN	794.02
	RMSEA	0.0