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. 2020 Oct 31;69(2):299–315. doi: 10.1093/socpro/spaa042

Table 3:

Logistic Regression Predicting Arrest at Age 20 by Race- Examining Delinquency as a Mediator

Black(N=163)
White(N=168)
Predictor Model 1 Model 2 Model 1 Model 2
Variable of Interest
8th-grade Police Contact 10.84 (0.65)*** 11.10(0.73)** 1.85 (0.82) 1.55 (0.84)
Demographics
 Age 1.58 (0.38)** 1.58 (0.40) 1.15(0.29) 1.16(0.38)
 Female 0.83(0.53) 1.04(0.58) 0.39 (0.71) 0.40 (0.73)
 Log Income
8th-grade Illegal Behavior
0.75 (0.33) 0.476(0.36) 0.83 (0.40) 0.79 (0.43)
Self-reported property crime, violence, and drug use 1.37(0.64) 1.25(0.70) 0.83 (0.76) 0.61 (0.78)
Early Criminal Justice Involvement
10th-grade Arrest 2.17 (0.68) 1.89(0.75) 1.66 (1.18) 1.25 (1.23)
Concurrent Illegal Behavior
 Age 20 Illegal Behavior --- 6.85(0.58)*** --- 9.72 (1.08)*
Pseudo R2 .279 .431 .037 .106

Odds ratios reported with standard errors in parentheses

*

p<.05

**

p<.01

***

p<.001 (two-tailed tests)