Table 3.

Significant Regression of Parent-Child and Family Variables on Employment-Related Variables

		Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3
Dependent Variable	Independent Variables	βa	βa	βa
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	LBW vs. fullterm group	.03	.04	.05
	Mother’s education	.08	.07	.07
	No. of children in family	−.40**	−.39**	−.39**
	Proportion child’s life in single-parent family	−.15	−.15	−.15
	Never married vs. separated, widowed, divorced	.19	.18	.16
	Total family income	.03	.006	.02
	Hours employed per week currently		.08	−.005
	Proportion child’s life in employed-mother family		−.002	−.003
	Employment attitude-behavior consistency			−.16
Adjusted R2		.23**	.22**	.23**
PSI Child Domain
	LBW vs. fullterm group	.03	.004	−.005
	Mother’s education	−.12	−.12	−.12
	No. of children in family	.07	.08	.06
	Proportion child’s life in single-parent family	−.05	−.05	−.08
	Never married vs. separated, widowed, divorced	−.02	.007	.04
	Total family income	.01	.10	.07
	Hours employed per week currently		−.38**	−.20
	Proportion child’s life in employed-mother family		.25	.25
	Employment attitude-behavior consistency			.34**
Adjusted R2		−.04	.02	.10*

^aStandardized regression coefficients.

^*p<.05.

^**p<.01.