Table 5. Linear regression effect estimates (β) for influence of migrant background and parental socioeconomic status on infant weight gain (weight z-score) during first six months of life, adjusted for covariates (n = 1,009).
| Model 2 (R2 = 0.35) | |
| β (95% CI) | |
| Country of birth* parental SES | |
| Turkey*low SES | 0.21 (–0.07; 0.49) |
| Turkey*middle SES | 0.77 (0.40; 1.14) |
| Turkey*high SES | 0.44 (–0.57; 1.45) |
| East. Europe*low SES | 0.24 (–0.06; 0.53) |
| East. Europe*middle SES | 0.24 (–0.01; 0.50) |
| East. Europe*high SES | 0.72 (0.13; 1.32) |
| Other*low SES | 0.26 (–0.04; 0.56) |
| Other*middle SES | 0.36 (0.05; 0.67) |
| Other*high SES | –0.23 (–0.74; 0.29) |
| Germany*low SES | 0.05 (–0.16; 0.25) |
| Germany*middle SES | –0.04 (–0.18; 0.11) |
| Germany*high SES | 1.00 (Ref.) |
| Gestational age (weeks) | –0.10 (–0.14; –0.06) |
| Birth weight (kg) | –1.05 (–1.19; –0.90) |
| Height of father (cm) | 0.01 (0.00; 0.02) |
| Height of mother (cm) | 0.01 (0.01; 0.02) |
| Smoking during pregnancy | |
| Never | 1.0 (Ref.) |
| Rarely-daily | 0.15 (0.05; 0.29) |
| Duration of exclusive breastfeeding (months) | –0.05 (–0.07; –0.03) |