Table 6. Standardised associations from structural equation models for mediational pathways between SES and educational attainment (N = 2,814).
| Model 2a | Model 2b | Model 2c | Model 2d | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b (SE) | p | b (SE) | p | b (SE) | p | b (SE) | p | ||
| Formative SES | SES ← Maternal education | 0.52 (0.05) |
< .001 | 0.50 (0.05) |
< .001 | 0.52 (0.05) |
< .001 | 0.51 (0.05) |
< .001 |
| SES ← Paternal education | 0.63 (0.04) |
< .001 | 0.65 (0.04) |
< .001 | 0.64 (0.05) |
< .001 | 0.64 (0.04) |
< .001 | |
| SES → Attainment Pathways | SES → Cognitive ability | 0.35 (0.02) |
< .001 | 0.35 (0.02) |
< .001 | ||||
| Cognitive ability → Educational attainment | 0.69 (0.02) |
< .001 | 0.41 (0.05) |
< .001 | |||||
| SES → Teacher assessment | 0.41 (0.02) |
< .001 | 0.41 (0.02) |
< .001 | |||||
| Teacher assessment → Educational attainment | 0.70 (0.02) |
< .001 | 0.34 (0.04) |
< .001 | |||||
| SES → Educational expectations | 0.07 (0.03) |
0.004 | 0.07 (0.03) |
0.004 | |||||
| Educational expectations → Educational attainment | 0.15 (0.03) |
< .001 | 0.08 (0.03) |
0.002 | |||||
| SES → Educational attainment | 0.24 (0.02) |
< .001 | 0.19 (0.02) |
< .001 | 0.47 (0.02) |
< .001 | 0.19 (0.02) |
< .001 | |
| Mediation Tests | SES → Cognition → Attainment | 0.24 (0.02) |
< .001 | 0.14 (0.02) |
< .001 | ||||
| SES → Teacher → Attainment | 0.29 (0.02) |
< .001 | 0.14 (0.02) |
< .001 | |||||
| SES → Expectations → Attainment | 0.01 (0.00) |
0.017 | 0.01 (0.00) |
0.048 | |||||