Research Article
The Influence of Education and Home Environment on the Cognitive Outcomes of Preschool Children in Germany
Table 3
Measurement Model of the SEM presented in Figure
2.
| Dependent variable
effects on Indicators | Independent variable | Unstandardized coefficient | SE | P |
| | Home environment | Education | 0.164 | 0.026 |
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| | Preschool (t2) | Ethnic origin | −2.213 | 0.499 |
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| | Preschool (t2) | Education | 0.065 | 0.098 | | | Cognition (t2) | Home environment | 0.211 | 0.057 |
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| | Cognition (t2) | Education | 0.053 | 0.021 |
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| | Cognition (t2) | Preschool (t2) | 0.009 | 0.006 | | | Cognition (t2) | Age (t2) | 0.105 | 0.012 |
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| | Magic window (t2) | Cognition (t2) | 1.449 | 0.081 |
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| | Face recognition (t2) | Cognition (t2) | 1.000 | | | | Gestalt closure (t2) | Cognition (t2) | 2.377 | 0.125 |
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| | Story telling | Home environment | 1.000 | | | | Reading aloud | Home environment | 1.500 | 0.229 |
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| | Playing games | Home environment | 0.235 | 0.073 |
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| | Magic window (t2) | Ethnic origin | −0.773 | 0.174 |
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| | Face recognition (t2) | Ethnic origin | 1.679 | 0.160 |
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| | Gestalt closure (t2) | Ethnic origin | −0.015 | 0.251 | | | Playing games | Ethnic origin | −0.352 | 0.122 |
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| | Story telling | Ethnic origin | −0.781 | 0.143 |
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| | Reading aloud | Ethnic origin | −1.495 | 0.121 |
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| | Playing games | Age (t2) | 0.051 | 0.014 |
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| | Reading aloud | Age (t2) | 0.013 | 0.012 | | | Story telling | Age (t2) | 0.020 | 0.015 | |
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