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Table 2 Results from Regressing Level of Education Prior to Incarceration on Standardized Lifetime Morbidity Scale with Prison-Level Fixed Effect for Men and Women

From: The relationship between education and health among incarcerated men and women in the United States

 

Lifetime Morbidity Scale

Men

Women

b

p

b

p

b

p

b

p

Education Prior to Incarceration

 Years of Education

−.004

*

  

−.017

***

  

 Education (High School Diploma Ref.)

  Less than High School

  

−.006

   

.036

 

  GED

  

−.010

   

−.088

***

  At Least Some College

  

.002

   

−.036

 

Age

.012

***

.012

***

.015

***

.015

***

Race/Ethnicity (White Ref.)

 Black

−.029

***

−.031

***

−.077

***

−.078

***

 Latino

−.027

*

−.027

*

−.012

 

−.002

 

 Other

.067

***

.066

***

.047

 

.048

 

Employed Prior to Incarceration

−.046

***

−.048

***

−.031

+

−.039

*

Marital Status (Never Married Ref.)

 Married

.022

*

.022

+

.038

 

.034

 

 Widowed/Divorced/Separated

.020

*

.020

*

.042

+

.040

+

Time Served to Date

−.001

 

−.001

 

.004

 

.004

 

First time Incarcerated

−.015

+

−.017

*

−.069

***

−.069

***

Model Statistics

 Number of Inmates

9941

 

9914

 

2657

 

2656

 

 Number of Prisons

225

 

225

 

62

 

62

 

 Overall R Squared

.14

 

.13

 

.11

 

.11

 

 Rho

.042

 

.042

 

.039

 

.039

 
  1. +p < .10; *p < .05; ***p < .001