Research Article
The Influence of Education and Home Environment on the Cognitive Outcomes of Preschool Children in Germany
Table 4
Measurement model of the SEM presented in Figure
3.
| Dependent variable
effects on indicators | Independent variable | Unstandardized Coefficient | SE | |
| | Home environment | Education | 0.174 | 0.024 |
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| | Preschool (t1) | Education | 0.065 | 0.098 | | | Preschool (t1) | Ethnic origin | −2.213 | 0.499 |
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| | Cognition (t1) | Home environment | 0.463 | 0.079 |
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| | Cognition (t1) | Education | 0.076 | 0.027 |
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| | Cognition (t1) | Age (t1) | 0.165 | 0.018 |
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| | Cognition (t1) | Preschool (t1) | 0.002 | 0.007 | | | Cognition (t2) | Home environment | −0.049 | 0.063 | | | Cognition (t2) | Education | 0.011 | 0.023 | | | Cognition (t2) | Time span between | 0.107 | 0.031 |
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| | Cognition (t2) | Cognition (t1) | 0.625 | 0.061 |
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| | Cognition (t2) | Preschool (t1) | 0.013 | 0.006 |
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| | Magic window (t2) | Cognition (t2) | 1.207 | 0.068 |
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| | Face recognition (t2) | Cognition (t2) | 1.000 | | | | Gestalt closure (t2) | Cognition (t2) | 2.024 | 0.107 |
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| | Story telling | Home environment | 1.000 | | | | Reading aloud | Home environment | 1.391 | 0.181 |
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| | Playing games | Home environment | 0.241 | 0.071 |
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| | Playing games | Age (t1) | 0.055 | 0.015 |
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| | Reading aloud | Age (t1) | 0.009 | 0.013 | | | Story telling | Age (t1) | 0.021 | 0.016 | | | Magic window (t1) | Cognition (t1) | 1.655 | 0.129 |
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| | Face recognition (t1) | Cognition (t1) | 1.000 | | | | Gestalt closure (t1) | Cognition (t1) | 1.256 | 0.104 |
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| | Magic window (t2) | Ethnic origin | −0.782 | 0.176 |
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| | Face recognition (t2) | Ethnic origin | 1.725 | 0.170 |
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| | Gestalt closure (t2) | Ethnic origin | −0.016 | 0.256 | | | Playing games | Ethnic origin | −0.340 | 0.122 |
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| | Reading aloud | Ethnic origin | −1.505 | 0.121 |
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| | Story telling | Ethnic origin | −0.751 | 0.140 |
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| | Magic window (t1) | Ethnic origin | −1.920 | 0.215 |
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| | Face recognition (t1) | Ethnic origin | 0.796 | 0.195 |
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| | Gestalt closure (t1) | Ethnic origin | −1.133 | 0.196 |
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| | Home environment | Education | 0.174 | 0.024 |
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| | Preschool (t1) | Education | 0.065 | 0.098 |
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