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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Res. 2016 Jan 13;57:177–194. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2015.12.013

Table 3.

Unstandardized coefficients for children’s activity patterns, test scores, and parental expectations

Activity Patterns (ref. Sports & social)
Passage
comprehension
scores
Parental
educational
expectations
Media & study
High engagement
All children b SE p b SE p b SE p b SE p
Constant 5.91 1.35 *** 11.05 1.65 *** 99.84 20.74 *** 0.68 1.42
Immigrant generation
  Immigrant parents 0.32 0.38 −0.26 0.47 1.52 2.28 1.29 0.21 ***
Girls −1.11 0.44 * −4.40 0.50 *** 5.39 2.52 * 0.12 0.23
Age −0.37 0.09 *** −0.72 0.11 *** 0.96 0.60 0.09 0.05
Income/poverty ratio 0.05 0.09 0.19 0.11 0.32 0.50 0.13 0.06 *
Number of children in the HH 0.05 0.16 0.05 0.18 −1.79 0.89 * 0.04 0.06
Family structure (ref. Single-parent family)
  Two-parent family 0.52 0.42 0.85 0.51 4.09 2.62 0.33 0.20
Parent education (ref. Less than HS or HS)
  Some college or more −0.08 0.38 −0.58 0.49 8.64 2.24 *** 0.72 0.20 ***
Race/ethnicity (ref. White/Asian/other)
  Black 0.06 0.43 −0.01 0.55 −5.91 2.23 ** 0.07 0.23
  Latino 0.29 0.44 0.52 0.53 −6.96 2.46 ** 0.40 0.23
AIC 574.8 R2 0.25 0.42
BIC 653.1
Adjusted BIC 589.6

N = 371;
Activity Patterns (ref. Sports & social)
Passage
comprehension
scores
Parental
educational
expectations
Media & study
High engagement
Boys b SE p b SE p
Constant 10.46 4.08 * 15.26 4.01 *** 95.85 37.42 * 1.05 2.05
Immigrant generation
  Immigrant parents −1.18 1.04 −1.61 1.00 0.01 3.97 1.48 0.36 ***
Age −0.48 0.25 −0.83 0.24 ** 1.42 1.06 0.08 0.07
Income/poverty ratio 0.21 0.20 0.32 0.19 0.94 0.69 0.20 0.10 *
Number of children in the HH −0.51 0.34 −0.28 0.29 −1.73 1.51 0.11 0.09
Family structure (ref. Single-parent family)
  Two-parent family 0.32 0.87 0.74 0.83 3.60 4.44 0.17 0.29
Parent education (ref. Less than HS or HS)
  Some college or more −2.13 1.05 * −2.97 1.00 ** 5.90 4.03 0.77 0.31 *
Race/ethnicity (ref. White/Asian/other)
    Black 0.00 1.30 −0.21 1.29 −8.32 3.42 *
0.32
0.36
    Latino 0.38 1.01 0.44 0.96 −8.95 4.61
0.58
0.38
AIC 263.2 R2 0.27 0.53
BIC 320.3
Adjusted BIC 263.3

N = 177;
Activity Patterns (ref. Sports & social)
Passage
comprehension
scores
Parental
educational
expectations
Media & study
High engagement
Girls b SE p b SE p b SE p b SE p
Constant 4.11 1.40 ** 8.18 2.81 ** 108.53 21.32 *** 0.80 1.92
Immigrant generation
  Immigrant parents 0.55 0.42 −0.13 0.66 3.17 2.51 1.34 0.31 ***
Age −0.36 0.10 *** −0.79 0.19 *** 0.81 0.69 0.10 0.08
Income/poverty ratio 0.01 0.10 0.11 0.14 −0.49 0.69 0.06 0.10
Number of children in the HH 0.20 0.20 −0.75 0.37 * −1.36 1.14 0.06 0.09
Family structure (ref. Single-parent family)
  Two-parent family 0.65 0.48 1.22 1.03 3.04 3.08 0.45 0.30
Parent education (ref. Less than HS or HS)
  Some college or more 0.23 0.43 1.13 0.81 11.96 2.67 *** 0.66 0.29 *
Race/ethnicity (ref. White/Asian/other)
  Black 0.05 0.47 0.06 0.77 −2.85 3.02 0.17 0.31
  Latino 0.20 0.46 0.75 0.76 −4.66 2.61 0.44 0.35
AIC 317.7 R2 0.23 0.36
BIC 376.5
Adjusted BIC 319.5

N = 194;
***

p ≤ .001

**

p ≤ .01

*

p ≤ .05 two-tailed test