Table 3.

Results of multiple regression analyses predicting proportion of talk about pragmatic, academic and play topics based on SES, long-term educational goals, and the interaction between the two (n=47).

	Topic of Conversation
	Pragmatic β (se)	Academic β (se)	Play β (se)
Intercept	0.54 (0.05)	0.25 (0.14)	−0.10 (0.16)
SES	−0.002* (0.001)	0.00 (0.01)	0.02~ (0.01)
Educational Goal	−0.102* (0.05)	0.08* (0.04)	0.05 (0.04)
R-square statistic (%)	22.3	9.60	12.7

^~p<.10;

^*p≤.05;

^**p<.01

^*Note: family income is the SES measure in the model predicting Pragmatic talk, and parent education is the SES measure in models predicting Academic talk and Play talk.