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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Criminol Public Policy. 2015 Jan 24;14(1):125–156. doi: 10.1111/1745-9133.12109

Table A1.

Descriptive Statistics of Variables Used in Analyses

Variable Baseline Sample Analytic Sample

Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Mother incarceration (y3, y5, y9) 0.081 0.089
Mother race (b)
  Non-Hispanic White 0.211 0.205
  Non-Hispanic Black 0.476 0.504 *
  Hispanic 0.273 0.258
  Non-Hispanic other race 0.040 0.034
Mother and father a mixed-race couple (b) 0.149 0.144
Mother foreign-born (b) 0.170 0.135 ***
Mother age (b) 25.278 (6.052) 24.997 (5.991) *
Mother lived with both biological parents at age 15 (b) 0.433 0.411
Mother education (b)
  Less than high school 0.347 0.331
  High-school diploma or GED 0.303 0.317
  Postsecondary education 0.350 0.352
Father education (b)
  Less than high school 0.324 0.321
  High-school diploma or GED 0.361 0.382
  Postsecondary education 0.315 0.297
Mother in poverty (y1) 0.408 0.421
Mother material hardship (y1) 1.148 (1.649) 1.161 (1.629)
Mother employment (y1) 0.529 0.553 *
Father employment (y1) 0.786 0.764 *
Mother lives with child’s grandparent (y1) 0.188 0.190
Mother relationship with child’s father (y1)
  Married 0.301 0.285
  Cohabiting 0.273 0.277
  Nonresidential romantic 0.098 0.101
  Separated 0.328 0.338
Mother has new partner (y1) 0.113 0.119
Mother relationship quality (y1) 3.305 (1.412) 3.263 (1.412)
Mother number of children in household (y1) 2.305 (1.333) 2.326 (1.325)
Mother parenting stress (y1) 2.180 (0.675) 2.179 (0.673)
Mother depression (y1) 0.155 0.155
Child male (b) 0.524 0.520
Child born low birth weight (b) 0.102 0.093
Child temperament (y1) 0.568 (0.128) 0.567 (0.128)
Mother smoked during pregnancy (b) 0.195 0.191
Mother used drugs or drank alcohol during pregnancy (b) 0.136 0.123
Mother has substance abuse problem (y1) 0.018 0.014
Father has substance abuse problem (b, y1) 0.169 0.185
Mother impulsivity (y5) 1.531 (0.484) 1.526 (0.483)
Father impulsivity (y1) 1.987 (0.668) 2.034 (0.668) **
Mother reports domestic violence (b, y1) 0.075 0.076
Mother previously incarcerated (b, y1) 0.009 0.007
Father previously incarcerated (b, y1) 0.298 0.328 **
N 4,897a 3,197

Notes. Timing of measurement of all variables in parentheses (b = baseline interview, y1 = 1-year interview, y3 = 3-year interview, y5 = 5-year interview, y9 = 9-year interview). Internalizing problem behaviors and externalizing problem behaviors reported by children’s caregivers. Early juvenile delinquency reported by children.

a

Ns vary across baseline sample because of item nonresponse.

p < .10.

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p < .001