Table A1.
Descriptive Statistics of Variables Used in Analyses
Variable | Baseline Sample | Analytic Sample | |||
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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.
Ns vary across baseline sample because of item nonresponse.
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