Table 2.

Unstandardized Coefficients (B) Standard Errors (SE B) and Standardized Coefficients (β) from Unweighted Sequential Multivariate Linear Regression Models of Women's Educational Attainment after Age 24 on Biological and Sociocultural Factors in Childhood and Adolescence

	Model 1 (N = 3889)			Model 2 (N = 3889)			Model 3 (N = 3581)
	B	SE B	β	B	SE B	β	B	SE B	β
Timing of Menarche (years)
≥1 SD below meanr
<1 SD below mean	−0.59	0.13	−0.07**	−0.41	0.13	−0.03**	−0.19	0.12	−0.02
Participant's Birth Year (1980–1984)				−0.05	0.03	−0.02	−0.05	0.03	−0.02
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic Whiter
Non-Hispanic Black				−0.83	0.11	−0.13**	0.12	0.12	0.02
Hispanic				−1.34	0.12	−0.19**	-0.35	0.12	−0.05**
Region of US in Youth
All Other Regionsr
Southern				−0.28	0.10	−0.05*	-0.17	0.10	−0.03
Missing Region				−0.58	0.22	−0.06*	−0.16	0.21	−0.02
Urbanicity in Youth
Urbanr
Rural				−0.19	0.13	−0.02	−0.06	0.12	−0.01
Missing Urbanicity				−0.50	0.16	−0.07**	−0.25	0.16	−0.03
Mother's Education
Did Not Graduate HSr
HS Diploma Only							0.79	0.12	0.13**
At Least Some College							2.24	0.13	0.37**
Mother's Age at First Birth (years)
≥20r
<20							−0.91	0.10	−0.14**
Biological Father Absence in Youth
Father Presentr
Father Absent							−1.09	0.09	−0.18**
R2 Change Model	0.005			0.048			0.172
F for R2 Change	20.50**			28.00**			202.90**

^*p < .05.

^**p < .005

^rreference category