Table 2.
Unstandardized Path Coefficients from the Structural Equation Model of Birth Weight (Panel A) and Low Birth Weight (Panel B)
| Panel A: Birth Weight | Panel B: Low Birth Weight | |
|---|---|---|
| Infant’s (G3) Birth Outcome ← | ||
| Race/ethnicity (reference = non-Hispanic White/Other) | ||
| non-Hispanic Black | −128.15*** (27.67) |
.53* (.21) |
| Hispanic | −52.55† (31.23) |
.25 (.24) |
| G3 Preterm birth | −993.69*** (52.77) |
– |
| G3 Sex (1 = male) | 137.09*** (23.45) |
−.18 (.17) |
| G3 Parity | 17.24 (13.79) |
−.14† .08 |
| Daughter’s (G2) Birth Outcome ← | ||
| Race/ethnicity (reference = non-Hispanic White/Other) | ||
| non-Hispanic Black | −197.01*** (30.89) |
.83*** (.25) |
| Hispanic | −18.05 (36.05) |
.38 (.28) |
| G2 Preterm birth | −603.79*** (52.70) |
– |
| Mother’s (G1) Education Prior to Birth ← | ||
| Race/ethnicity (reference = non-Hispanic White/Other) | ||
| non-Hispanic Black | −.01 (.10) |
−.01 (.10) |
| Hispanic | −.25† (.14) |
−.25† (.14) |
| Mother’s (G1) family structure in adolescence (1 = non-intact) | −.36*** (.09) |
−.36*** (.09) |
| Grandmother’s (G0) Education | .24*** (.02) |
.24*** (.02) |
| Daughter’s (G2) Education Prior to Birth ← | ||
| Race/ethnicity (reference = non-Hispanic White/Other) | ||
| non-Hispanic Black | −.38** (.12) |
−.38** (.12) |
| Hispanic | −.32* (.15) |
−.32* (.15) |
| Mother’s (G1) Nonmarital Childbearing ← | ||
| Race/ethnicity (reference = non-Hispanic White/Other) | ||
| non-Hispanic Black | 2.49*** (.14) |
2.49*** (.14) |
| Hispanic | .21 (.16) |
.21 (.16) |
| Daughter’s (G2) Nonmarital Childbearing ← | ||
| Race/ethnicity (reference = non-Hispanic White/Other) | ||
| non-Hispanic Black | 1.61*** (.29) |
1.61*** (.29) |
| Hispanic | .25 (.21) |
.25 (.21) |
| Intergenerational correlation (G3:G2) of birth weight | 7,291.83 (18,154.98) |
– |
|
| ||
| CFI | .982 | .975 |
| TLI | .971 | .957 |
| RMSEA | .025 | .026 |
***
Notes: p <.001,
**
p <.01,
*
p <.05,
†
p <.10 (two-tailed). N = 1,580 mother—daughter pairs.