In developing the path model, an initial model was tested using
all statistically significant variables from the regression equation
results. This model proved to be a poor fit to the data. Next all path
coefficients which were trivial in size (i.e. standardized path coefficient
less than .10) were trimmed. This removed several variables
from the model, including family income. This trimmed model had
an NFI of .96, CFI of .97 and RMSEA of .08, indicating a good fit to the
data. This model is presented as Fig. 1.