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Trauma Erodes Financial Returns of Educational Attainment

Open Journal of Educational Research | Vol 5, Issue 1

Table 2. Summary of Stratified Models

BSE95%CIp
Trauma= 0
Male 0.5860.1290.3290.843< 0.001
Age0.0170.0060.0050.0300.005
Race/ethnicity
Non-Latino WhiteRef
Latino-0.3000.300-0.8970.2980.320
Caribbean Black0.2870.326-0.3630.9360.382
African American-0.2740.244-0.7610.2130.266
Married 1.1310.1590.8141.449< 0.001
Unemployed0.4490.865-1.2772.1760.605
Education     
11 Years or LessRef
12 Years1.0390.1690.7011.376< 0.001
13-15 Years1.7650.1881.3902.141< 0.001
16+ Years3.0590.2822.4963.622< 0.001
      
Trauma= 1     
Male 0.5600.1580.2460.8750.001
Age0.0080.005-0.0030.0190.141
Race/ethnicity     
Non-Latino WhiteRef    
Latino0.9721.469-1.9593.9030.510
Caribbean Black-0.2240.316-0.8540.4060.481
African American-0.6040.227-1.056-0.1510.010
Married 0.8560.1060.6451.067< 0.001
Unemployed-0.4950.271-1.0350.0450.072
Education     
11 Years or Less     
12 Years0.5230.2220.0810.9650.021
13-15 Years1.0710.1960.6801.461< 0.001
16+ Years2.9350.3432.2513.619< 0.001
Trauma= 2+
Male 0.6340.375-0.1141.3810.096
Age0.0030.007-0.0110.0170.638
Race/ethnicity
Non-Latino WhiteRef
Latino0.1100.243-0.3750.5940.653
Caribbean Black-0.0630.276-0.6120.4870.821
African American-0.1050.184-0.4710.2620.571
Married 0.6290.2040.2211.0370.003
Unemployed-0.7570.227-1.210-0.3030.001
Education     
11 Years or LessRef
12 Years0.7250.2620.2021.2490.007
13-15 Years0.6200.2170.1881.0520.006
16+ Years1.2270.4850.2592.1940.014

Note: Outcome: POVINDEX (poverty-to-income ratio [PIR]; higher score, higher socioeconomic status)