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Table 5 Literacy stimulation, child’s gender, mother’s SES, and control variables (logistic regressions)

From: How do numerical and literacy stimulations in mother–child interactions relate to early gender differences in mathematical competencies? Empirical results from the NEPS Newborn Cohort study

 

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

Age child (w3)

0.0479 (0.06052)

0.0484 (0.0607)

0.0473 (0.0607)

0.0478 (0.0608)

Temperament child: angry (w3)

− 0.1164* (0.0477)

− 0.1134* (0.0479)

− 0.1113* (0.0479)

− 0.1111* (0.0479)

Temperament child: cries (w3)

− 0.0302 (0.0300)

− 0.0345 (0.0302)

− 0.0325 (0.0303)

− 0.0329 (0.0303)

Marital status mother (w3; ref: single)

    

 Married

0.1270 (0.1283)

0.1180 (0.1286)

0.0933 (0.1300)

0.0936 (0.1300)

 Divorced/widowed

0.2222 (0.4007)

0.2290 (0.4023)

0.2540 (0.4034)

0.2312 (0.4051)

Employment status mother (w3; ref: not working)

0.1020 (0.1132)

0.1035 (0.1134)

0.0671 (0.1157)

0.0669 (0.1157)

Number of children in household (w3)

0.00792 (0.0787)

0.0049 (0.0788)

0.00421 (0.0790)

0.00376 (0.0790)

Birth cohort mother

0.1410* (0.0635)

0.1418* (0.0636)

0.1172 (0.0642)

0.1191 (0.0643)

Educational aspirations towards child (w4)

0.3172* (0.1460)

0.3044* (0.1464)

0.2538 (0.1489)

0.2546 (0.1490)

Positive mood child (w3)

0.4949*** (0.0710)

0.4898*** (0.0710)

0.4857*** (0.0711)

0.4841*** (0.0711)

Girl

 

0.1883 (0.1070)

0.1890 (0.1071)

0.1876 (0.1073)

SES mother

  

0.1002 (0.0585)

0.0590 (0.0776)

Girl × SES mother

   

0.0825 (0.1065)

Constant

− 4.3389* (1.7540)

− 4.3693* (1.7576)

− 4.0394* (1.7680)

− 4.0536* (1.7687)

R 2

0.0419

0.0443

0.0457

0.0461

N

1.955

1955

1955

1955

  1. Source: NEPS, SC1; own calculations; m = 50 imputations; variance inflation factor 1/VIF >0.1 for all independent variables; standard errors in parentheses
  2. * p < 0.05
  3. ** p < 0.01
  4. *** p < 0.001.