. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 7.

Published in final edited form as: J Aging Health. 2011 Oct;23(7):1027–1049. doi: 10.1177/0898264311421524

Table 2.

Results from linear regression models for the Bivariate associations between parental education and the offspring’s cognitive z-scores, by study and migration status

	MHAS		SALSA
	Mexican	Mexican- Return Migrant	Mexican- Immigrant to the US	Mexican-US born
	n=4687	n=562	n=908	n=871
	Β (SE)	Β (SE)	Β (SE)	Β (SE)
Father’s education (REF=none)
Some elementary	0.24 (0.04)^*	0.002 (0.11)	0.10 (0.10)	0.13 (0.11)
Completed elementary	0.32 (0.06)^*	0.19 (0.17)	0.21 (0.13)	0.17 (0.17)
More than elementary	0.43 (0.07)^*	0.41 (0.20)^*	0.05 (0.11)	0.14 (0.15)
Mother’s education (REF=none)
Some elementary	0.22 (0.04)^*	0.27 (0.11)^*	0.21 (0.11)	0.18 (0.13)
Completed elementary	0.34 (0.06)^*	0.17 (0.18)	0.26 (0.11)^*	0.32 (0.15)
More than elementary	0.41 (0.10)^*	0.85 (0.22)^*	0.02 (0.12)	0.34 (0.11)^*

p-value<0.05