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Table 4 Mathematical competencies, child’s gender, domains of stimulation, and control variables (linear regressions)
Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | Model 5 | Model 6 | Model 7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age child (w5) | 0.113*** (0.0115) | 0.112*** (0.0114) | 0.108*** (0.0115) | 0.108*** (0.0115) | 0.113*** (0.0114) | 0.113*** (0.0114) | 0.109*** (0.0115) |
Temperament child: angry (w3) | 0.0129 (0.0159) | 0.0154 (0.0159) | 0.0154 (0.0158) | 0.0159 (0.0159) | 0.0154 (0.0159) | 0.0154 (0.0159) | 0.0154 (0.0158) |
Temperament child: cries (w3) | − 0.0185 (0.0106) | − 0.0213* (0.0106) | − 0.0204 (0.0106) | − 0.0209 (0.0107) | − 0.0210* (0.0106) | − 0.0210* (0.0106) | − 0.0201 (0.0106) |
Marital status mother (ref: single) | |||||||
Married | 0.0605 (0.0485) | 0.0551 (0.0483) | 0.0547 (0.0482) | 0.055 (0.0482) | 0.0544 (0.0483) | 0.0544 (0.0483) | 0.0540 (0.0482) |
Divorced/widowed | − 0.0790 (0.122) | − 0.0860 (0.121) | − 0.0903 (0.121) | − 0.0922 (0.121) | − 0.0896 (0.121) | − 0.0897 (0.121) | − 0.0942 (0.121) |
Employment status mother (w5; ref: not working) | − 0.0606 (0.0416) | − 0.0644 (0.0414) | − 0.0649 (0.0413) | − 0.065 (0.0412) | − 0.0625 (0.0414) | − 0.0624 (0.0414) | − 0.0629 (0.0413) |
Number of children in household (w5) | 0.00381 (0.0280) | 0.00429 (0.0279) | 0.00260 (0.0277) | 0.00168 (0.0278) | 0.00493 (0.0279) | 0.00502 (0.0280) | 0.00325 (0.0278) |
Birth cohort mother | 0.0440* (0.0213) | 0.0450* (0.0212) | 0.0454* (0.0212) | 0.0456* (0.0212) | 0.0447* (0.0212) | 0.0447* (0.0212) | 0.00325 (0.0278) |
Educational aspirations towards child (w4) | 0.146** (0.0524) | 0.141** (0.0522) | 0.137** (0.0520) | 0.136** (0.0520) | 0.143** (0.0523) | 0.143** (0.0523) | 0.139** (0.0521) |
SES mother | 0.119*** (0.0202) | 0.118*** (0.0202) | 0.118*** (0.0201) | 0.118*** (0.0201) | 0.119*** (0.0202) | 0.119*** (0.0202) | 0.119*** (0.0201) |
Vocabulary child (w4) | 0.0102*** (0.00114) | 0.0102*** (0.00114) | 0.0102*** (0.00112) | 0.0101*** (0.00112) | 0.0101*** (0.00114) | 0.0101*** (0.00114) | 0.0101*** (0.00113) |
Sensitivity to non-distress (w3) | 0.0522* (0.0208) | 0.0508* (0.0207) | 0.0462* (0.0206) | 0.0457* (0.0206) | 0.0518* (0.0207) | 0.0518* (0.0207) | 0.0471* (0.0206) |
General stimulation (w3) | 0.0222 (0.0229) | 0.0234 (0.0228) | − 0.0321 (0.0316) | − 0.0322 (0.0316) | 0.0167 (0.0237) | 0.0167 (0.0237) | − 0.0404 (0.0325) |
Emotionality (w3) | − 0.0211 (0.0244) | − 0.0206 (0.0243) | − 0.0344 (0.0247) | − 0.0349 (0.0247) | − 0.0215 (0.0242) | − 0.0215 (0.0242) | − 0.0356 (0.0247) |
Girl | 0.124*** (0.0347) | 0.121*** (0.0347) | 0.121*** (0.0347) | 0.125*** (0.0347) | 0.125*** (0.0347) | 0.122*** (0.0346) | |
Literacy stimulation (w3) | 0.0780* (0.0329) | 0.0653 (0.0377) | (0.0328) | ||||
Girl × Literacy stimulation (w3) | 0.0272 (0.0388) | ||||||
Numerical stimulation (w3) | 0.0261 (0.0200) | 0.0278 (0.0265) | 0.0280 (0.0200) | ||||
Girl × Numerical stimulation (w3) | -0.00342 (0.0374) | ||||||
Constant | − 6.853*** (0.617) | − 6.875*** (0.612) | − 6.654*** (0.618) | − 6.676*** (0.620) | − 6.911*** (0.614) | − 6.911*** (0.615) | − 6.689*** (0.621) |
R 2 | 0.2064 | 0.2100 | 0.2138 | 0.2137 | 0.2108 | 0.2104 | 0.2147 |
N | 1488 | 1488 | 1488 | 1488 | 1488 | 1488 | 1488 |