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. 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 4.

Multivariate Linear Regression models for the association between father’s education and the offspring’s cognitive z-scores

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5
Independent variable B (SE) B (SE) B (SE) B (SE) B (SE)
Intercept 2.61 (0.12)* 2.20 (0.12)* 2.22 (0.13)* 2.20 (0.13)* 2.23 (0.13)*
Father’s education
None (REF)
 Some elementary 0.13 (0.03)* 0.04 (0.03) 0.04 (0.03) 0.05 (0.03) 0.05 (0.03)
 Completed elementary 0.21 (0.05)* 0.04 (0.05) 0.02 (0.05) 0.06 (0.05) 0.04 (0.05)
 More than elementary 0.23 (0.05)* 0.03 (0.06) 0.04 (0.06) 0.05 (0.06) 0.05 (0.06)
Study (SALSA vs. MHAS) 0.02 (0.03) −0.12 (0.03)*
Age (in years) −0.04 (0.002)* −0.04 (0.002)* −0.04 (0.002)* −0.04 (0.002)* −0.04 (0.002)*
Gender (females vs. males) 0.26 (0.03) * 0.29 (0.02)* 0.33 (0.03)* 0.30 (0.03)* 0.33 (0.03)*
Participant’s education (in years) 0.04 (0.003)* 0.03 (0.004)* 0.04 (0.004)* 0.03 (0.005)*
Migration status
Non-migrating resident of Mexico (REF)
Mexican-Return migrant 0.13 (0.05)* 0.14 (0.07)* 0.14 (0.07)*
Mexican-Immigrant to the US −0.08 (0.04)* −0.16 (0.05)* −0.13 (0.05)*
Mexican-US born 0.0004 (0.04) −0.22 (0.07)* −0.14 (0.08)
Interaction terms
Participant’s education x Mx-RM −0.01 (0.01) −0.003 (0.01)
Participant’s education x Mx-Img 0.01 (0.01) 0.01 (0.01)
Participant’s education x Mx-US born 0.02 (0.01)* 0.02 (0.01)*
Health variables
Diabetes (yes vs. no) −0.13 (0.03)* −0.13 (0.03)*
Stroke (yes vs. no) −0.29 (0.06)* −0.29 (0.06)*
Heart attack (yes vs. no) 0.06 (0.06) 0.06 (0.06)
Hypertension (yes vs. no) −0.03 (0.03) −0.03 (0.03)
Medical insurance (yes vs. no) 0.05 (0.03) 0.06 (0.03)
Occupation
Manual −0.06 (0.03) −0.06 (0.03)
Non-manual (REF)
Household income
Low −0.09 (0.04)* −0.09 (0.04)*
Medium −0.05 (0.04) −0.05 (0.04)
High (REF)
*

p-value <0.05