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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 22.
Published in final edited form as: Sociol Educ. 2010;83(2):201–226. doi: 10.1177/0038040710375686

Table 6.

Estimated Coefficients for Quadratic Growth Model of Math and Reading Achievement Scores with Time-Varying Indicator of Mother’s Marital Duration

Fixed Effects Math Reading

Coef. Std. error t ratio p Coef. Std. error t ratio p
 Intercept, πoij 6.28 0.22 29.21 <0.001 8.39 0.31 27.24 <0.001
 Age, π1ij 23.28 0.23 100.02 <0.001 29.15 0.32 89.92 <0.001
 Age2, π2ij −1.12 0.03 −34.07 <0.001 −1.43 0.04 −32.33 <0.001
 Years Married, π3ij 1.67 0.74 2.25 0.024 2.17 0.97 2.24 0.025
 Years Married2, π4ij −0.33 0.16 −2.01 0.044 −0.76 0.22 −3.40 0.001

Random Effects Variance Comp. df χ2 p Variance Comp. df χ2 p

Level 1
eti 35.96 66.02
Level 2
 Intercept, πoij 33.34 2,310 3,463.51 <0.001 67.76 2,244 3,340.32 <0.001
 Age, π1ij 56.04 2,310 4,155.08 <0.001 112.53 2,244 4,267.91 <0.001
 Age2, π2ij 0.71 2,310 3,387.63 <0.001 1.38 2,244 3,502.56 <0.001