From: A multilevel non-hierarchical study of birth weight and socioeconomic status
 |  | Model III* | Model IV*†| Model V*‡ |
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 |  | β (grams) (SE;P-Value) | β (grams) (SE;P-Value) | β (grams) (SE;P-Value) |
Maternal education | Â | 0.242 | 0.115 | 0.224 |
 | < HS v College | -127.67(79.49;0.111) | -173.26(87.42;0.040) | -131.78(82.56;0.110) |
 | HS Grad v College | 3.31(27.04;0.903) | 4.87(29.34;0.868) | 7.8(27.42;0.776) |
Paternal occupation | Â | 0.102 | 0.033 | 0.057 |
 | Blue v White Collar | -46.64(27.35;0.090) | -68.05(30.16;0.024) | -53.36(27.99;0.059) |
 | Other v White Collar | 22.53(35.25;0.524) | 17.62(38.96;0.651) | 26.45(36.44;0.469) |
% Adults living in poverty | > 0% v 0% | -51.41(28.13;0.068) | -37.79(30.8;0.220) | -49.95(29.37;0.089) |
Mean family income (quartiles) | Â | 0.831 | 0.800 | 0.826 |
 | Q1vQ4 | -3.13(37.61;0.934) | -16.66(41.56;0.689) | -15.72(39.22;0.689) |
 | Q2vQ4 | -0.52(35.04;0.988) | 3.69(38.49;0.924) | -4.38(36.41;0.904) |
 | Q3vQ4 | -29.79(37.22;0.425) | -31.80(41.31;0.442) | -33.5(39.03;0.392) |
% Adults graduated 4 year college (quartiles) | Â | 0.138 | 0.555 | 0.335 |
 | Q1vQ4 | -50.49(37.06;0.175) | -25.81(41.19;0.531) | -25.06(38.76;0.519) |
 | Q2vQ4 | -0.53(34.55;0.988) | 13.9(38.40;0.717) | 20.37(36.24;0.575) |
 | Q3vQ4 | 41.22(37.69;0.276) | 34.05(41.32;0.410) | 46.16(39.14;0.24) |
% Unemployment | ≤ 10% v > 10% | 19.5(32.54;0.549) | 18.97(36.84;0.607) | 10.77(34.25;0.753) |