Table 4.
Results of a GEE predicting summed neurotoxicant risk at US public school
| Parameter | Parameter Estimate |
Standard Error |
Lower 95% Confidence Interval |
Upper 95% Confidence Interval |
p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intercept | 3.582 | 0.003 | 3.576 | 3.588 | <0.001 |
| Total Students | 0.011 | 0.001 | 0.009 | 0.014 | <0.001 |
| Prop. Free/Reduced Meals | 0.001 | 0.003 | −0.006 | 0.006 | 0.964 |
| Prop. Free/Reduced Meals Squared | 0.001 | 0.003 | −0.005 | 0.008 | 0.732 |
| Prop. Hispanic | 0.017 | 0.003 | 0.012 | 0.022 | <0.001 |
| Prop. Black | 0.031 | 0.003 | 0.026 | 0.037 | <0.001 |
| Prop. API | 0.012 | 0.002 | 0.008 | 0.015 | <0.001 |
| Prop. Other | −0.015 | 0.002 | −0.019 | −0.012 | <0.001 |
| Early Education1 | 0.031 | 0.003 | 0.026 | 0.037 | <0.001 |
| Junior High1 | −0.004 | 0.001 | −0.006 | −0.002 | <0.001 |
| High School1 | −0.011 | 0.002 | −0.015 | −0.008 | <0.001 |
| Ungraded/All Grades1 | −0.037 | 0.005 | −0.045 | −0.028 | <0.001 |
| Prop. Urban (in county) | 0.170 | 0.004 | 0.163 | 0.177 | <0.001 |
| Scale | 0.002 |
Notes: All continuous predictors were standardized. Model uses an exchangeable correlation matrix, inverse Gaussian with logarithmic link, and adjusts for clustering at the school district level.
Reference: Elementary School