Table 2.

OLS Regression, Effect of Neighborhood Disadvantage

	Controlling for Social Background		Controlling for Social Background and Neighborhood Disadvantage
Independent Variables	B	SE	B	SE
Mother’s race-ethnicity
White	–	–	–	–
Black	0.052**	0.018	0.074***	0.020
Neighborhood disadvantage
Wodtke index	–	–	−0.023*	0.009
Mother’s characteristics
Age at telomere collection	−0.003+	0.001	−0.003+	0.001
Foreign born	0.041	0.043	0.032	0.043
Body mass index	−0.001	0.008	0.004	0.008
Moves during study	0.000	0.003	−0.001	0.003
Mother’s education at birth
Less than high school	–	–	–	–
High school	0.015	0.019	0.009	0.019
Some college	0.043*	0.021	0.032	0.021
College or more	0.024	0.034	0.006	0.035
Mother-father relationship at birth
Married	–	–	–	–
Cohabiting	0.028	0.024	0.031	0.024
Other	0.025	0.025	0.028	0.025
Mother’s SES at birth
Household poverty ratio	0.003	0.004	0.001	0.004
Household welfare use	−0.008	0.017	−0.005	0.017
Constant	1.847***	0.061	1.859***	0.061
R2	0.008		0.010
Number of cases	1,661		1,661

Source: Authors’ compilation of data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Survey.

⁺p < .1;

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01;

^***p < .001