Table 2.

Weighted estimates from linear regression models predicting allostatic load among Black and White HRS respondents who resided in the U.S. South during school (N = 1932).

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
	b (SE)		b (SE)		b (SE)
Black	0.09 (0.03)*		0.07 (0.03)*		0.05 (0.03)
Educational attainment
Self-reported school years a			−0.01 (0.01)*
Duration in school a					−0.02 (0.01)*
Post-secondary degree			−0.09 (0.03)*		−0.09 (0.03)*
% of race coefficient explained by
Self-reported school years		16.3%*
Duration in school				33.7%*
Post-secondary degree		8.7%*		8.7%*

Notes: All models adjust for age, gender, education cohort, census division in childhood, and parent's education. Decomposition estimates for percent of race coefficient explained by the education variables derived from the khb method developed by Karlson et al., 2012.

^a top-coded at 12.

*P < 0.05, two-tailed.