Color of Poverty Matters: Socioeconomic Resources and Health of Mothers Giving Birth to Children into Poverty

Universal Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | Vol 4, Issue 1

Table 1. Summary of Structural Equation Model

	B	SE	95%	CI	p
Mom Age
Mom Race/Ethnicity: Black	-0.005	0.052	-0.106	0.097	0.931
Mom Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic	0.163	0.052	0.061	0.265	0.002
Mom Race/Ethnicity: Other	0.028	0.038	-0.047	0.103	0.466
Intercept	4.487	0.140	4.211	4.762	<0.001
Mom Depressive Symptoms (0-22)
Mom Age	0.004	0.031	-0.057	0.065	0.898
Mom Education (yrs)	-0.084	0.031	-0.145	-0.023	0.007
Mom Race/Ethnicity: Black	0.030	0.052	-0.071	0.131	0.565
Mom Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic	-0.147	0.052	-0.249	-0.045	0.005
Mom Race/Ethnicity: Other	0.089	0.038	0.015	0.163	0.019
Intercept	1.913	0.204	1.512	2.313	<0.001
Mom Physical SRH (1-5)
Mom Age	0.079	0.031	0.019	0.140	0.010
Mom Education (yrs)	-0.067	0.031	-0.128	-0.006	0.030
Mom Race/Ethnicity: Black	-0.169	0.052	-0.270	-0.068	0.001
Mom Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic	-0.042	0.052	-0.144	0.061	0.426
Mom Race/Ethnicity: Other	0.005	0.038	-0.070	0.080	0.891
Intercept	2.239	0.207	1.833	2.646	<0.001
Food Stamp
Mom Age	0.174	0.030	0.115	0.232	<0.001
Mom Education (yrs)	0.001	0.030	-0.059	0.060	0.984
Mom Race/Ethnicity: Black	0.113	0.051	0.013	0.212	0.026
Mom Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic	-0.170	0.051	-0.271	-0.070	0.001
Mom Race/Ethnicity: Other	0.056	0.037	-0.018	0.129	0.137
Intercept	0.400	0.200	0.009	0.791	0.045
Mom Breastfeeding
Mom Age	0.025	0.029	-0.033	0.082	0.406
Mom Education (yrs)	0.063	0.030	0.005	0.121	0.033
Mom Race/Ethnicity: Black	-0.112	0.049	-0.209	-0.015	0.023
Mom Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic	0.261	0.049	0.164	0.358	<0.001
Mom Race/Ethnicity: Other	0.026	0.036	-0.046	0.097	0.481
Intercept	1.281	0.198	0.893	1.669	<0.001
Mom Education (yrs)
Mom Race/Ethnicity: Black	0.017	0.053	-0.086	0.120	0.751
Mom Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic	-0.110	0.053	-0.213	-0.007	0.037
Mom Race/Ethnicity: Other	0.060	0.039	-0.016	0.136	0.121
Intercept	4.166	0.130	3.910	4.421	<0.001

Note: 1050 participants who were found eligible for BF’Y study are included. All data are collected at baseline before participants were allocated into to groups.