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Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2015 Mar 16;132:122–131. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.03.032

Table 3.

Associations between preterm birth, neighborhood deprivation, and CRCT mathematics failure (main effects models).

Failed
Total
Unadjusteda
Model Ib
Model II (fully adjusted)c
N (%) N RD (95% CI) RR (95% CI) RD (95% CI) RR (95% CI) RD (95% CI) RR (95% CI)
Exposures
Gestational age
  Early preterm 371 (33.0) 1,125 0.207 (0.180, 0.234) 2.69 (2.47, 2.92) 0.167 (0.140, 0.193) 2.08 (1.91, 2.27) 0.168 (0.142, 0.1944) 2.07 (1.90, 2.25)
  Moderate preterm 1,285 (20.5) 6,265 0.082 (0.072, 0.093) 1.67 (1.59, 1.76) 0.053 (0.044, 0.062) 1.39 (1.32, 1.46) 0.049 (0.040, 0.058) 1.36 (1.29, 1.42)
  Late preterm 3,927 (15.2) 25,850 0.029 (0.025, 0.034) 1.24 (1.20, 1.28) 0.013 (0.009, 0.016) 1.13 (1.10, 1.17) 0.009 (0.006, 0.013) 1.11 (1.08, 1.15)
  Term 36,074 (12.3) 294,076 Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
1 unit increase in NDI 0.055 (0.053, 0.058) 1.43 (1.40, 1.46) 0.017 (0.015, 0.019) 1.11 (1.09, 1.13) 0.006 (0.005, 0.008) 1.03 (1.01, 1.05)

Covariates
Maternal age at birth
  15–17 years 3,357 (19.4) 17,307 0.084 (0.077, 0.091) 1.76 (1.69, 1.83) 0.024 (0.017, 0.030) 1.13 (1.09, 1.18) −0.036 (−0.043, −0.029) 0.78 (0.75, 0.82)
  18–19 years 5,527 (17.3) 31,904 0.063 (0.058, 0.068) 1.57 (1.51, 1.63) 0.015 (0.011, 0.020) 1.09 (1.05, 1.12) −0.018 (−0.023, −0.014) 0.87 (0.84, 0.90)
  20–24 years 14,850 (15.6) 95,097 0.046 (0.042, 0.049) 1.42 (1.37, 1.46) 0.014 (0.011, 0.017) 1.08 (1.05, 1.11) −0.002 (−0.005, 0.000) 0.97 (0.95, 0.99)
  25–29 years 9,637 (11.0) 87,349 Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
  30–34 years 5,294 (8.4) 62,812 −0.026 (−0.030, −0.023) 0.76 (0.73, 0.79) −0.005 (−0.007, −0.003) 0.90 (0.87, 0.93) 0.001 (−0.001, 0.003) 0.98 (0.95, 1.01)
  35–39 years 2,465 (8.8) 27,941 −0.022 (−0.027, −0.018) 0.80 (0.76, 0.84) −0.003 (−0.006, −0.000) 0.93 (0.89, 0.97) 0.002 (−0.001, 0.005) 1.01 (0.97, 1.05)
  40–53 years 527 (10.7) 4,906 −0.003 (−0.012, 0.006) 0.97 (0.89, 1.06) 0.006 (−0.001, 0.013) 1.07 (0.98, 1.16) 0.011 (0.005, 0.018) 1.14 (1.05, 1.24)
Maternal race/ethnicity
  White non-Hispanic 13,549 (7.6) 179,057 Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
  Black non-Hispanic 22,334 (19.2) 116,396 0.116 (0.111, 0.121) 2.54 (2.44, 2.64) 0.069 (0.065, 0.073) 1.87 (1.81, 1.94) 0.075 (0.071, 0.078) 1.96 (1.90, 2.02)
  Hispanic 5,774 (18.1) 31,863 0.106 (0.098, 0.113) 2.39 (2.28, 2.52) 0.084 (0.077, 0.091) 2.11 (2.01, 2.20) 0.044 (0.038, 0.050) 1.56 (1.50, 1.64)
Maternal education at birth
  Less than high school 17,168 (20.9) 81,960 0.177 (0.172, 0.182) 6.40 (5.98, 6.85) 0.124 (0.119, 0.128) 4.38 (4.13, 4.65)
  Completed high school 15,952 (14.1) 112,784 0.109 (0.105, 0.112) 4.32 (4.05, 4.61) 0.059 (0.057, 0.062) 3.10 (2.94, 3.28)
  Up to 3 years postsecondary 5,660 (8.6) 65,748 0.053 (0.050, 0.056) 2.63 (2.47, 2.80) 0.019 (0.017, 0.021) 2.04 (1.93, 2.16)
  4 or more years postsecondary 2,031 (3.3) 62,022 Ref Ref Ref Ref
Medicaid status
  Yes 27,641 (17.8) 154,916 0.097 (0.093, 0.101) 2.19 (2.12, 2.28) 0.044 (0.041, 0.047) 1.44 (1.40, 1.48) 0.023 (0.020, 0.026) 1.22 (1.19, 1.25)
  No 14,016 (8.1) 172,400 Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
Marital status
  Unmarried 23,975 (19.2) 125,041 0.104 (0.100, 0.108) 2.19 (2.12, 2.27) 0.032 (0.028, 0.035) 1.25 (1.22, 1.28) 0.023 (0.020, 0.027) 1.15 (1.12, 1.18)
  Married 17,680 (8.7) 202,257 Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
Smoking status during pregnancy
  Yes 4,463 (14.7) 30,372 0.022 (0.017, 0.027) 1.17 (1.13, 1.22) 0.026 (0.022, 0.031) 1.33 (1.28, 1.37) 0.004 (0.000, 0.008) 1.12 (1.08, 1.15)
  No 36,985 (12.5) 295,254 Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
Child’s sex
  Male 23,266 (14.0) 165,726 Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
  Female 18,391 (11.4) 161,590 −0.027 (−0.029, −0.024) 0.81 (0.80, 0.83) −0.019 (−0.021, −0.017) 0.81 (0.79, 0.82) −0.015 (−0.017, −0.013) 0.81 (0.79, 0.82)
Child age at CRCT
  6 16,839 (14.3) 118,108
  7 22,402 (11.1) 201,834
  8 2,416 (32.8) 7,374
  1 unit increase in child age −0.003 (−0.006, −0.000) 0.97 (0.95, 0.99) −0.003 (−0.005, −0.001) 0.94 (0.92, 0.95) −0.002 (−0.004, 0.000) 0.92 (0.90, 0.93)

Note: All models clustered by census tract.

a

Unadjusted risk differences and risk ratios for each exposure or covariate.

b

Model I is adjusted for all covariates except maternal education.

c

Model II is fully adjusted.