Table 2.
Predicting educational achievement and health status
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|
Language arts index |
Health status (ADG morbidity score) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
|
R-square: .200 |
R-square: .043 |
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| Predictors | % | Beta | p | Beta | p |
| Maternal age at first birth: 15 and under |
1.83% |
-0.237 |
<.0001 |
0.154 |
0.3173 |
| 16–17 |
7.71% |
-0.187 |
<.0001 |
-0.004 |
0.9671 |
| 18–19 |
13.46% |
-0.113 |
<.0001 |
-0.066 |
0.3711 |
| 20–21 (reference) |
15.13% |
0.000 |
-- |
0.000 |
-- |
| 22–23 |
16.11% |
0.138 |
<.0001 |
0.090 |
0.1991 |
| 24–25 |
15.53% |
0.259 |
<.0001 |
0.238 |
0.0008 |
| 26 and over |
29.80% |
0.356 |
<.0001 |
0.332 |
<.0001 |
| Missing |
0.43% |
-0.339 |
<.0001 |
-0.492 |
0.2956 |
| Group p-value (7 df) |
|
|
<.0001 |
|
<.0001 |
| Number of residential moves between age 8 and 17.5: |
|
|
|
|
|
| Zero (reference) |
56.22% |
0.000 |
-- |
0.000 |
-- |
| One |
24.00% |
-0.026 |
0.0001 |
0.386 |
<.0001 |
| Two |
9.79% |
-0.117 |
<.0001 |
0.730 |
<.0001 |
| Three |
4.54% |
-0.190 |
<.0001 |
1.147 |
<.0001 |
| Four |
2.33% |
-0.245 |
<.0001 |
1.422 |
<.0001 |
| Five or more |
3.12% |
-0.297 |
<.0001 |
2.432 |
<.0001 |
| Group p-value (5 df) |
|
|
<.0001 |
|
<.0001 |
| Birth order |
2.02a |
-0.044 |
<.0001 |
-0.038 |
0.0777 |
| Number of children in family |
3.05a |
-0.104 |
<.0001 |
-0.670 |
<.0001 |
| Married at birth of child |
81.51% |
0.306 |
<.0001 |
0.199 |
0.0005 |
| Missing marital status |
0.70% |
0.166 |
0.0015 |
-0.283 |
0.4435 |
| Not on Income Assistance age 8 to 17.5 |
88.87% |
0.341 |
<.0001 |
-1.910 |
<.0001 |
| N | 105,438 | 105,438 | |||
aMean value.
The full sample of children born from 1978 to 1987 (except those born in 1983) was included in this table.