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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 22.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Res. 2011 Oct 15;41(2):464–476. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2011.09.012

Table 4.

Predicting Mathematics Score, Reading Score, Internal Behavior Problems, Exertnal Behavior Problems, and Health Rating, LAFANS 2000

Independent Variables Math (N=2265) Reading (N=1806) Internal Behavior (log)(N=2224) External Behavior (log)(N=2223) Health (N=2301)

Coeff. p Coeff. p Coeff. p Coeff. p Coeff. p

Crowding -2.068 -2.042 0.026 0.044 -0.044
0.031 0.093 0.016 0.006 0.038
Male 3.209 -7.25 -0.007 0.068 -0.046
0.062 0.000 0.598 0.001 0.236
Age -0.45 -1.918 -0.004 -0.009 -0.006
0.013 0.000 0.055 0.003 0.346
Divorce/Separated (vs. Married) -0.718 -1.886 0.01 0.031 -0.223
0.761 0.532 0.729 0.380 0.008
Never Married (vs. Married) -4.101 -8.634 0.111 0.13 -0.023
0.071 0.000 0.000 0.001 0.766
Native Born (vs. Immigrant) 2.738 7.429 0.063 -0.078 -0.16
0.244 0.005 0.134 0.102 0.028
Mother's Education 1.458 1.399 -0.009 -0.008 0.035
0.000 0.000 0.002 0.035 0.000
Income (in 1000s) 0.071 0.074 -3E-04 0.000 0.0003
0.000 0.000 0.020 0.895 0.325
Latino/other (vs. White) -9.629 -6.094 0.023 -0.021 -0.277
0.000 0.057 0.446 0.668 0.001
Black (vs. White) -8.742 -7.544 -0.017 -0.037 -0.445
0.028 0.133 0.691 0.606 0.003
Asian (vs. White) 0.728 -1.608 -0.039 -0.083 0.095
0.820 0.690 0.538 0.288 0.338
Intercept 45.989 66.376 2.132 2.368 4.071
0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

R-square 0.2005 0.2114 0.1099 0.0516 0.1423