Table 2B.
Multilevel Linear Regression Models of Neighborhood Poverty at Wave III: 23 Years of Age and Older
| Living with Parents (n = 1613) |
Not Living with Parents (n = 2827) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (1) | (2) | (3) | |
| Background Variables | ||||||
| Black | 4.574*** | 1.515* | 1.506*** | 7.309*** | 4.800*** | 4.237*** |
| (.629) | (.616) | (.625) | (.577) | (.677) | (.675) | |
| Mexican | 2.059*** | 1.023 + | .981 + | 4.872*** | 3.370*** | 3.604*** |
| (.610) | (.592) | (.594) | (.628) | (.684) | (.675) | |
| Cuban | 4.349*** | -.924 | -.704 | 3.557** | -.951 | -.454 |
| (1.226) | (1.165) | (1.169) | (1.256) | (1.459) | (1.431) | |
| Puerto Rican | 2.903** | 1.004 | 1.045 | 2.283 + | .797 | .836 |
| (.951) | (.853) | (.857) | (1.166) | (1.141) | (1.120) | |
| Other Hispanic | 3.038*** | 1.085 | 1.033 | 5.460*** | 3.343** | 3.545*** |
| (.887) | (.833) | (.838) | (1.020) | (1.036) | (1.019) | |
| Asian | .766 | .304 | .543 | .538 | -.160 | -.074 |
| (.664) | (.614) | (.623) | (.793) | (.791) | (.779) | |
| Foreign born | .576 | -.229 | -.265 | .887 | .154 | .632 |
| (.487) | (.465) | (.471) | (.619) | (.618) | (.608) | |
| Parents' education | .009 | .023 | -.005 | .049 | ||
| (.060) | (.061) | (.069) | (.071) | |||
| Family income | -.319 | -.281 | -.466 | -.093 | ||
| (.284) | (.293) | (.265) | (.269) | |||
| Neighborhood Characteristics (WI) | ||||||
| Neighborhood % in poverty | .554*** | .546*** | .232*** | .213*** | ||
| (.030) | (.030) | (.027) | (.026) | |||
| Neighborhood % Black | .043*** | .044*** | .023 + | .026* | ||
| (.012) | (.012) | (.012) | (.012) | |||
| Neighborhood % Hispanic | .011 | .015 | -.002 | .007 | ||
| (.021) | (.021) | (.024) | (.023) | |||
| Neighborhood % foreign born | .059* | .055* | .067* | .059 + | ||
| (.024) | (.024) | (.031) | (.030) | |||
| Emerging Adult Statuses | ||||||
| Completed high school | -1.065 + | -1.979** | ||||
| (.585) | (.647) | |||||
| Some higher Education | -1.382 + | -3.315*** | ||||
| (.734) | (.857) | |||||
| Completed 4-year college | -1.641* | -3.503*** | ||||
| (.715) | (.814) | |||||
| Household income | -.092 | -.400* | ||||
| (.129) | (.166) | |||||
| Public assistance | .746 | 4.463*** | ||||
| (.754) | (.710) | |||||
| Married | -.205 | -1.548*** | ||||
| (.560) | (.453) | |||||
| Cohabiting | -1.152 | -.403 | ||||
| (.751) | (.498) | |||||
| Resident child | .072 | .726 | ||||
| (.505) | (.446) | |||||
| Moves since Wave I | .057 | .117 | ||||
| (.106) | (.082) | |||||
*** p < .001 ** p < .01 * p < .05 + p < .10
Notes: Regression coefficients with standard errors in parentheses. Models control for age, gender and Wave I family structure.