Table 5.
Point estimates and associated standard errors (SE) in ordinal logistic regressions of the impact of exposure to maternal depression at year 3 on internalizing behavior scores of Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study children at years 3, 5, and 9 as assessed by primary caregivers using weighted data with examination of interactions.
| Year 3 | Year 5 | Year 9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 | Model 2a | Model 1 | Model 2a | Model 1 | Model 2a | ||
| Internalizing Behavior | Maternal depression | 0.59(0.11)*** | 0.19(0.29) | 0.31(0.11)** | 0.07(0.10) | 0.21(0.18) | 0.19(0.18) |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||
| Black, non-Hispanic | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | |
| Hispanic | 0.21(0.092)* | −0.20(0.39) | 0.16(0.088) | −0.04(0.87) | 0.32(0.11)* | 0.06(0.39) | |
| White, non-Hispanic | −0.73(0.096)*** | −0.02(0.35) | −0.16(0.092) | 0.12(0.37) | −0.17(0.15) | 0.61(0.32) | |
| Other | −0.074(0.20) | 1.00(0.67) | −0.17(0.20) | 0.40(0.37) | 0.30(0.16) | 0.33(0.46) | |
| Maternal depression × Hispanic | −0.10(0.20) | −0.41(0.39) | 0.13(0.20) | −0.15(0.21) | 0.50(0.29) | 0.07(0.42) | |
| Maternal depression × White | 0.17(0.20) | 0.27(0.32) | 0.11(0.19) | 0.24(0.26) | 0.93(0.26)*** | 0.46(0.14)** | |
| Maternal depression × Other | −0.16(0.46) | 0.04(0.49) | 0.45(0.47) | 1.36(0.39)** | 0.60(1.16) | −0.13(0.54) | |
Model 2 controls for child (gender, race/ethnicity, low birth weight status, Medicaid birth status), maternal (self-reported health at year 3, educational attainment, age at childbirth, foreign-born status, relationship with child’s biological father at year 3, current depression status at years 5 and 9 in those respective models, parental history of depression), and household (income at year 3, number of children at year 3) factors.
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