Table 6.
Point estimates and associated standard errors (SE) in ordinal logistic regressions of the impact of exposure to maternal depression at year 3 on externalizing 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 | ||
| Externalizing Behavior | Maternal depression | 0.78(0.11)*** | 0.45(0.18)* | 0.37(0.11)*** | 0.22(0.41) | 0.87(0.15)** | 0.37(0.16)* |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||
| Black, non-Hispanic | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | |
| Hispanic | −0.14(0.091) | −0.14(0.32) | −0.20(0.087)* | 0.43(0.52) | −0.20(0.08)* | −0.19(0.28) | |
| White, non-Hispanic | −0.12(0.095) | −0.04(0.53) | −0.23(0.091)* | −0.32(0.47) | −0.25(0.19) | −0.19(0.23) | |
| Other | 0.074(0.20) | 1.44(0.84) | −0.40(0.20)* | −0.02(0.60) | 0.42(0.53) | 1.03(0.34)* | |
| Maternal depression × Hispanic | −0.0063(0.20) | −0.28(0.30) | −0.0067(0.20) | −0.41(0.47) | −0.39(0.36) | −0.32(0.36) | |
| Maternal depression × White | 0.085(0.20) | −0.13(0.16) | −0.038(0.19) | 0.16(0.53) | −0.12(0.37) | −0.10(0.19) | |
| Maternal depression × Other | 0.36(0.46) | 0.41(1.06) | 0.16(0.46) | 0.77(0.80) | −0.85(0.64) | −0.01(0.39) | |
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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