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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Marriage Fam. 2011 May 19;73(3):621–636. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2011.00835.x

Table 5.

Random Effects Models of Pooled Time Series Analysis Predicting New Life Meaning from Parenting (N = 3,338 person data)

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5
b SE b SE b SE b SE b SE

Educationa:
 < High school .000 .057 .008 .057 .000 .057 −.003 .057 .006 .057
 Some college −.048 .038 −.051 .038 −.050 .038 −.047 .038 −.051 .038
 College degree −.177 .044*** −.186 .045*** −.182 .044*** −.183 .044*** −.195 .045***
 Advanced degree −.171 .050*** −.185 .051*** −.182 .050*** −.185 .050*** −.204 .052***
Resources:
 Nonemployeda −.028 .023 −.024 .023
 Part-timea −.017 .023 −.015 .023
 Income-to-needs ratio .006 .004 .006 .004
 Cohabitinga .014 .042 .010 .043
 Singlea −.009 .035 −.013 .035
Progressive parenting values .006 .004 .005 .004
Work commitment .004 .002 .003 .002
Child's characteristics:
 Girl −.013 .027 −.014 .027 −.012 .027 −.012 .027 −.012 .027
 Number of children −.018 .011 −.012 .012 −.017 .011 −.016 .011 −.011 .012
 Child's health .015 .011 .017 .011 .016 .011 .015 .011 .017 .011
 Temperament −.050 .034 −.047 .034 −.049 .034 −.050 .034 −.046 .034
Mother's characteristics:
 Age −.015 .003*** −.016 .003*** −.015 .003*** −.014 .003*** −.015 .003***
 Blacka .031 .045 .035 .047 .040 .045 .016 .046 .033 .048
 Hispanic or othera −.001 .068 −.004 .068 .005 .068 −.008 .068 −.004 .068
 Depression −.004 .001*** −.004 .001*** −.004 .001*** −.004 .001*** −.004 .001***
15 monthsa −.012 .015 −.013 .015 −.012 .015 −.012 .015 −.013 .015
24 monthsa −.017 .015 −.018 .015 −.017 .015 −.018 .015 −.019 .015
Intercept 4.135 .147*** 4.129 .148*** 3.951 .196*** 4.043 .157*** 3.898 .201***
R 2 .060*** .064*** .061*** .062*** .066***
a

Omitted reference categories are high school diploma, employed full-time, married, White, and 36 months.

*

p < .05;

**

p < .01;

***

p < .001