Table 4.

Regression Model Assessing the Association between Skin Color and Externalizing Behaviors among Boys

	Hyperactivity			Aggression
	b	SE	Beta	b	SE	Beta
Teacher-Rated Externalizing Behaviors
MA children (ref.: DA children)	0.35	1.27	0.03	−1.57	1.31	−0.16
Kindergarten (ref.: pre-kindergarten)	−0.80	1.27	−0.08	0.21	1.13	0.02
Family income-to-needs ratio	−0.76	0.74	−0.06	−1.32	0.74	−0.11
Skin color (ref.: honorary white)
Moderately dark	0.14	0.62	0.03	0.19	0.68	0.04
Collective black	0.33	0.88	0.06	0.50	0.92	0.10
Teacher-rated behavior problems at baseline	0.73	0.10	0.70***	0.60	0.10	0.55***
Moderately dark skin color × behavior problems at baseline	0.14	0.06	0.13*	0.05	0.07	0.05
Collective black skin color × behavior problems at baseline	0.14	0.09	0.13	0.10	0.10	0.09
Mother-Rated Externalizing Behaviors
MA children (ref.: DA children)	−1.35	0.94	−0.15	1.39	0.96	0.18
Kindergarten (ref.: pre-kindergarten)	0.44	0.87	0.05	0.63	0.82	0.08
Family income-to-needs ratio	−0.82	0.49	−0.08	−0.37	0.50	−0.04
Skin color (ref.: honorary white)
Moderately dark	0.59	0.47	0.13	−0.17	0.45	−0.04
Collective black	0.37	0.69	0.08	0.87	0.68	0.22
Mother-rated behavior problems at baseline	0.63	0.05	0.78***	0.60	0.07	0.72***
Moderately dark × behavior problems at baseline	−0.01	0.04	−0.01	−0.02	0.05	−0.02
Collective black × behavior problems at baseline	0.11	0.05	0.13*	0.13	0.07	0.15

Note.

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

^***p < .001.