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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2018 Dec;39(9):715–725. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000598

Table 4.

Predicting directly assessed academic and teacher-reported social skills outcomes using food insecurity categories and control variables at the child- and school-level

Reading Science Math Working Memory Cognitive Flexibility Self-Control Interper-sonal Internal-izing External-izing

Coeff. Coeff. Coeff. Coeff. Coeff. Coeff. Coeff. Coeff. Coeff.
School-Level Variables
Fewer teacher absences 0.113* 0.093* 0.107* 1.114 0.141 −0.025 −0.007 0.044* 0.055*
Less teacher turnover −0.028 −0.026 −0.037 −1.22 0.013 0.001 −0.028 −0.003 −0.058*
Less bullying −0.004 0.019 −0.028 0.492 −0.137* 0.001 0.008 <−.001 0.004
More parental involvement 0.021 0.092*** 0.023 1.344* 0.071 0.015 0.001 −0.004 0.004
No weapons 0.055 0.053 0.085 0.772 0.109 −0.013 −0.006 −0.021 −0.013
Private (ref: public) −0.127 −0.143 −0.143 0.309 −0.184 −0.229 −0.204 0.165 0.198
Title 1 −0.238*** −0.302*** −0.288*** −4.476*** −0.28* −0.105*** −0.093** 0.085*** 0.095***
School Enrollment 0.012 −0.019 0.018 −0.532 0.003 0.004 0.007 0.008 −0.007
City (ref :suburb) −0.104* −0.117* −0.061 −0.39 0.02 −0.041 −0.032 0.024 0.021
Town/Rural (ref: suburb) 0.065 0.09 0.048 0.856 0.077 −0.008 −0.008 0.021 0.032
Individual-Level Variables:
Food Insecurity Transitions (ref: AvertFIS)
 PersistFIS −0.048 −0.012 −0.052 −1.245 −0.182 −0.059 −0.065 0.056 0.07*
 PersistMFIS −0.034 −0.034 0.053 −2.433 −0.018 −0.106* −0.115* −0.041 0.093
 EmergFIS −0.011 0.066 −0.003 −3.955 0.224 −0.113 −0.106 0.058 0.145**
 EmergMFIS 0.008 0.013 −0.03 1.4 −0.221 −0.088 −0.066 −0.001 0.077
 DeepenFIS 0.013 −0.127 −0.153* −5.202* −0.126 −0.208** −0.146 −0.016 0.021
 RemFIS −0.008 −0.014 0.001 0.352 0.25 −0.017 0.021 0.034 −0.023
 RemMFIS −0.038 −0.015 −0.015 −0.059 <.001 −0.082* −0.098** 0.019 0.051
 AttenFIS −0.018 −0.025 −0.007 −0.507 −0.29 −0.087 −0.031 0.03 0.055
Parent/Household Characteristics
Single Parent −0.028 −0.085*** −0.024 −0.416 0.175 −0.073** −0.114*** 0.082*** 0.071***
Foreign-born parent(s) (ref: US born parent(s)) 0.084*** −0.125** −0.01 0.034 0.01 0.08** 0.016 −0.074** −0.09***
One US-born and 1 foreign born parent (ref: US born parent(s)) 0.015 −0.008 −0.041 −0.528 −0.163 0.05 −0.036 −0.011 0.001
Household size <−.001 −0.026** −0.01 −0.246 0.057 0.01 0.004 −0.012 −0.014
Teen mother −0.01 −0.042 −0.011 −0.339 −0.24** −0.049* −0.059* 0.033 0.055**
Parental depression 0.005 0.009 <.001 −0.245 0.085 0.003 −0.003 −0.012 0.018
Parental health status 0.009 0.012 −0.002 0.35 −0.006 0.016 0.015 −0.018 0.004
SES 0.059*** 0.101*** 0.046*** 2.092*** 0.29*** 0.049*** 0.058*** −0.027* −0.021
Child Characteristics
Black (ref: white) −0.05 −0.239*** −0.214*** −6.989*** −0.784*** −0.104** −0.11** −0.011 0.103***
Hispanic (ref: white) −0.058* −0.189*** −0.145*** −3.825*** −0.306** −0.001 0.032 −0.045 −0.024
Asian (ref: white) −0.027 0.036 −0.019 2.778 −0.153 0.017 0.046 −0.078* −0.015
Other (ref: white) −0.009 −0.001 −0.094* −0.74 −0.078 −0.001 0.034 −0.028 0.006
Female (ref: male) 0.03* −0.073*** −0.088*** −0.09 0.037 0.126*** 0.159*** −0.009 −0.131***
Age −0.003* 0.008*** −0.003 0.025 0.02 −0.001 −0.001 <.001 −0.001
Low birthweight −0.037 −0.06 −0.023 −1.854 −0.488** 0.013 −0.001 0.02 −0.006
Disability −0.092*** −0.122*** −0.09*** −6.252*** −0.47*** −0.09*** −0.095*** 0.145*** 0.094***
Prekindergarten 0.012 −0.015 0.021 1.863** 0.139 −0.026 −0.04* −0.009 0.014
Kindergarten Score 0.755*** 0.695*** 0.864*** 0.362*** 0.149*** 0.402*** 0.386*** 0.27*** 0.53***

Note: The model uses the sampling weight W6CS6P_6T0a.

***

p≤.001,

**

p≤.01,

*

p≤.05