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Published in final edited form as: J Marriage Fam. 2015 Oct 20;78(1):7–25. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12253

Table 3.

Logit and Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) Regression Random Effects Models Predicting Maternal Health Behaviors: Unstandardized B Coefficients (With Standard Errors in Parentheses)

Predictor	Well-child checkups		Nutrition		Dinner together		Physical activity		TV watching		Car seat use		Smoke exposure
Predictor	Model 1^a	Model 2^a	Model 1^a	Model 2^a	Model 1^b	Model 2^b	Model 1^b	Model 2^b	Model 1^b	Model 2^b	Model 1^b	Model 2^b	Model 1^a	Model 2^a
Maternal education (ref.: college or more)
No HS/GED	−0.38^**	−0.80^***	−0.38^***	−0.52^***	−0.04	0.21^*	−0.34^***	0.95^***	0.25^***	0.14^**	−0.45^*	−1.11^**	2.82^***	2.90^***
	(0.13)	(0.18)	(0.04)	(0.05)	(0.08)	(0.10)	(0.09)	(0.12)	(0.04)	(0.05)	(0.18)	(0.37)	(0.27)	(0.31)
HS/GED	−0.40^***	−0.67^***	−0.24^***	−0.49^***	−0.08	0.14^†	−0.35^***	0.46^***	0.20^***	0.19^***	−0.44^**	−0.38	2.30^***	2.10^***
	(0.10)	(0.15)	(0.03)	(0.04)	(0.07)	(0.08)	(0.07)	(0.10)	(0.03)	(0.04)	(0.15)	(0.36)	(0.23)	(0.27)
Some college	−0.26^**	−0.46^**	−0.12^***	−0.28^***	0.03	0.14^†	−0.20^**	0.30^**	0.12^***	0.12^**	−0.29^*	−0.13	1.48^***	1.47^***
	(0.09)	(0.15)	(0.03)	(0.04)	(0.06)	(0.08)	(0.07)	(0.10)	(0.03)	(0.04)	(0.14)	(0.39)	(0.21)	(0.26)
Child’s age (ref.: 9 months)
2 years	0.39^***	−0.15	0.01	−0.19^***									−0.19^*	−0.03
	(0.07)	(0.14)	(0.02)	(0.04)									(0.08)	(0.19)
4 years	−0.48^***	−0.71^***	0.01	−0.17^***	−0.54^***	−0.34^***	0.46^***	1.01^***	0.03	−0.03	−2.25^***	−2.48^***	−0.01	−0.23
	(0.08)	(0.15)	(0.02)	(0.04)	(0.04)	(0.07)	(0.06)	(0.10)	(0.02)	(0.04)	(0.13)	(0.32)	(0.10)	(0.21)
5 years	1.02^***	1.14^***	0.01	−0.18^***	−0.45^***	−0.25^***	−0.23^***	1.04^***	0.04^†	0.04	−3.00^***	−3.14^***	−0.04	−0.23
	(0.10)	(0.23)	(0.02)	(0.04)	(0.05)	(0.07)	(0.06)	(0.10)	(0.03)	(0.04)	(0.14)	(0.32)	(0.10)	(0.21)
Maternal education × age interactions (ref.: college or more, 9 months)
No HS/GED × 2 years		0.84^***		0.20^***										−0.37
		(0.20)		(0.06)										(0.25)
HS/GED × 2 years		0.77^***		0.36^***										−0.04
		(0.19)		(0.05)										(0.23)
Some college × 2 years		0.51^**		0.25^***										−0.24
		(0.20)		(0.05)										(0.24)
No HS/GED × 4 years		0.50^*		0.16^***		−0.41^***		−1.13^***		0.20^***		0.90^†		−0.02
		(0.20)		(0.05)		(0.09)		(0.14)		(0.05)		(0.36)		(0.25)
HS/GED × 4 years		0.22		0.33^***		−0.35^***		−0.76^***		0.06		−0.05		0.45^†
		(0.18)		(0.05)		(0.08)		(0.12)		(0.05)		(0.36)		(0.24)
Some college × 4 years		0.19		0.19^***		−0.10		−0.55^***		0.05		−0.10		0.23
		(0.19)		(0.05)		(0.09)		(0.13)		(0.05)		(0.39)		(0.25)
No HS/GED × 5 years		0.13		0.22^***		−0.34^***		−2.92^***		0.13^†		0.67^†		0.13
		(0.30)		(0.05)		(0.10)		(0.15)		(0.05)		(0.36)		(0.25)
HS/GED × 5 years		−0.28		0.32^***		−0.30^***		−1.75^***		−0.02		−0.08		0.43^†
		(0.27)		(0.05)		(0.08)		(0.12)		(0.05)		(0.36)		(0.24)
Some college × 5 years		−0.16		0.22^***		−0.23^**		−1.02^***		−0.04		−0.24		0.06
		(0.29)		(0.05)		(0.09)		(0.13)		(0.05)		(0.39)		(0.25)
R² (OLS)/−2 LL (Logit)	12,174	12,143	0.094	0.097	0.049	0.051	19,449	18,938	0.070	0.071	10,865	10,181	14,816	15,001

Note. The regression includes the full set of controls. Ns are rounded to nearest 50th per National Council on Educational Statistics guidelines. Unweighted Ns. Person N = 5,000 for each model. ref. = reference category; HS = high school; LL = log likelihood.

n = 19,900.

n = 14,950.

^†

p < .10.

p < .05.

^**

p < .01.

^***

p < .001.