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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Res. 2021 May 2;97:102576. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2021.102576

Table 4.

Significant Effect Pathways Linking Father Absence to Educational Attainment in the Full Model

Pathway from Father Absence to Educational Attainment Effect Estimate Subtotal
Father Absence →Family income per capita → Educational Attainment 0.144*
(0.068)
→Family income per capita →Adults at home with reading ability → 0.020*
(0.010)
→Family income per capita →Adults at home with reading ability →Educational achievement → 0.002
(0.002)
→Family income per capita →Adults at home with reading ability →Number of books →Educational achievement → 0.000
(0.000)
→Family income per capita →Number of books →Educational achievement → 0.008
(0.005)
0.175*
(0.073)
→Adults at home with reading ability → −0.456***
(0.119)
→Adults at home with reading ability →Educational achievement → −0.052
(0.028)
→Adults at home with reading ability →Number of books →Educational achievement → −0.008
(0.004)
−0.517*
(0.122)
Total −0.342*
(0.140)

Note: Robust standard errors in parentheses.

*

< .05

**

< .01

***

< .001