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Published in final edited form as: Popul Res Policy Rev. 2020 Sep 26;40(5):1085–1117. doi: 10.1007/s11113-020-09615-6

Table 6.

Coefficients from OLS and Binary Logistic Regression Models Predicting Kindergarten Readiness Outcomes


Reading Math Parent-reported behavior

1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3

Health lifestyles (Healthful concordant)
Healthful but TV/outdoors/junk food −0.27 *** −0.25 *** −0.17 ** −0.30 *** −0.27 *** −0.19 *** −0.17 *** −0.17 *** −0.15 **
Discordant −0.60 *** −0.45 *** −0.24 *** −0.68 *** −0.51 *** −0.30 *** −0.29 *** −0.24 *** −0.16 **
Unfavorable concordant −0.65 *** −0.50 *** −0.23 ** −0.75 *** −0.56 *** −0.29 *** −0.55 *** −0.53 *** −0.40 ***
Unfavorable low cost −0.92 *** −0.70 *** −0.39 *** −0.99 *** −0.74 *** −0.43 *** −0.58 *** −0.53 *** −0.41 ***

Teacher-reported behavior Very good/Excellent Health

1 2 3 1 2 3

Health lifestyles (Healthful concordant)
Healthful but TV/outdoors/junk food −0.09 −0.08 −0.04 −0.35 −0.31 −0.26
Discordant −0.33 *** −0.28 *** −0.14 * −0.78 *** −0.42 * −0.29
Unfavorable concordant −0.43 *** −0.33 *** −0.14 + −1.13 *** −0.85 *** −0.68 **
Unfavorable low cost −0.49 *** −0.41 *** −0.20 * −1.47 *** −1.05 *** −0.85 ***

Source: ECLS-B

Notes: Accounts for complex sampling design. N≈6,550. Model 1 controls for age at Wave K; Model 2 includes age and all controls; Model 3 includes age, all controls, resources, parent health behaviors, and parenting (see Table 5 for descriptions).