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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 12.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Res. 2011 Sep;40(5):1434–1444. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2011.04.007

Table 4.

Multivariate models predicting fifth-grade math scores

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
Coef SE Coef SE Coef SE
Neighborhood Disadvantage Scale −0.23 0.03 *** −0.22 0.03 *** −0.22 0.03 ***
Parental Educational Practices 0.56 0.18 ** 0.57 0.18 **
Neighborhood* Parental Practices 0.08 0.02 ***
Black −5.01 0.53 *** −5.03 0.53 *** −5.02 0.53 ***
Hispanic −1.56 0.46 ** −1.51 0.46 ** −1.46 0.46 **
Asian 1.87 0.63 ** 1.96 0.63 ** 1.89 0.63 **
Other Race −1.05 0.70 −1.02 0.70 −1.10 0.70
Female −2.61 0.27 *** −2.73 0.27 *** −2.68 0.27 ***
Single parent family −0.84 0.44 −0.79 0.44 −0.76 0.44
Other non-2-bio fam structure −1.12 0.47 * −1.05 0.47 * −1.08 0.47 *
Family SES scale 2.79 0.24 *** 2.58 0.24 *** 2.63 0.24 ***
# siblings −0.64 0.12 *** −0.61 0.12 *** −0.60 0.12 ***
Mother foreign-born 2.22 0.46 *** 2.40 0.47 *** 2.51 0.47 ***
Age in months −0.34 0.03 *** −0.34 0.03 *** −0.34 0.03 ***
Parental Expectations 0.68 0.15 *** 0.63 0.15 *** 0.62 0.15 ***
Parental Depression Scale −0.05 0.03 −0.05 0.03 −0.05 0.03
# other parents from class known −0.08 0.04 −0.11 0.04 * −0.10 0.04 *
Private or parochial school −0.79 0.38 * −0.85 0.38 * −0.93 0.38 *
First grade score 0.82 0.01 *** 0.82 0.01 *** 0.82 0.01 ***
Constant 68.45 0.64 *** 68.53 0.64 *** 68.66 0.64 ***
R2
*

p<.05,

**

p<.01,

***

p<.001

Reported coefficients are from 2-level models of children clustered within neighborhoods

Omitted categories are: white, male, 2-biological-parent family structure, and mother U.S.-born.