Table 4.
Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) Regression Models Estimating the Relationship between Youth Disclosure of Police Contact and Mental Health, Variation by Sex
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| [C.I.] | [C.I.] | [C.I.] | [C.I.] | |
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| Panel A. Full Sample | ||||
| Youth police contact | 0.108*** | 0.216*** | 0.102 | 0.168*** |
| [0.053 – 0.162] | [0.134 – 0.297] | [0.042 – 0.161] | [0.079 – 0.258] | |
| Constant | 2.043 | 2.481 | 3.075 | 3.130 |
| Adjusted R-squared | 0.064 | 0.058 | 0.057 | 0.047 |
| N | 1,771 | 1,666 | 1,771 | 1,666 |
| Panel B. Sample Restricted to Youth with Police Contact | ||||
| Youth disclosed police contact | −0.002 | −0.123 | −0.108* | −0.040 |
| [−0.100 – 0.097] | [−0.321 – 0.075] | [−0.211 – −0.006] | [−0.244 – 0.164] | |
| Constant | 1.831 | 3.204 | 3.251 | 3.454 |
| Adjusted R-squared | 0.041 | 0.046 | 0.041 | 0.048 |
| N | 640 | 275 | 640 | 275 |
| Adjusted R-squared, full sample | ||||
| 1 | 0.066 | 0.057 | 0.062 | 0.049 |
| 2 | 0.065 | 0.053 | 0.057 | 0.044 |
| 3 | 0.066 | 0.058 | 0.064 | 0.049 |
| 4 | 0.061 | 0.062 | 0.059 | 0.050 |
| 5 | 0.065 | 0.061 | 0.054 | 0.049 |
| 6 | 0.064 | 0.062 | 0.057 | 0.052 |
| 7 | 0.058 | 0.055 | 0.054 | 0.044 |
| 8 | 0.062 | 0.051 | 0.059 | 0.043 |
| 9 | 0.061 | 0.059 | 0.056 | 0.051 |
| 10 | 0.065 | 0.057 | 0.056 | 0.048 |
| 11 | 0.063 | 0.059 | 0.062 | 0.044 |
| 12 | 0.064 | 0.061 | 0.052 | 0.046 |
| 13 | 0.062 | 0.057 | 0.052 | 0.048 |
| 14 | 0.061 | 0.058 | 0.053 | 0.046 |
| 15 | 0.060 | 0.058 | 0.052 | 0.050 |
| 16 | 0.063 | 0.060 | 0.061 | 0.046 |
| 17 | 0.069 | 0.057 | 0.059 | 0.046 |
| 18 | 0.067 | 0.061 | 0.060 | 0.049 |
| 19 | 0.064 | 0.055 | 0.061 | 0.039 |
| 20 | 0.064 | 0.058 | 0.055 | 0.053 |
| 0.064 | 0.058 | 0.057 | 0.047 | |
| Adjusted R-squared, restricted sample | ||||
| 1 | 0.048 | 0.052 | 0.041 | 0.048 |
| 2 | 0.043 | 0.032 | 0.047 | 0.039 |
| 3 | 0.046 | 0.051 | 0.040 | 0.053 |
| 4 | 0.036 | 0.046 | 0.042 | 0.051 |
| 5 | 0.042 | 0.045 | 0.038 | 0.042 |
| 6 | 0.037 | 0.042 | 0.042 | 0.036 |
| 7 | 0.033 | 0.042 | 0.041 | 0.037 |
| 8 | 0.042 | 0.030 | 0.050 | 0.048 |
| 9 | 0.038 | 0.058 | 0.040 | 0.055 |
| 10 | 0.035 | 0.055 | 0.043 | 0.062 |
| 11 | 0.045 | 0.037 | 0.040 | 0.041 |
| 12 | 0.040 | 0.062 | 0.035 | 0.052 |
| 13 | 0.042 | 0.045 | 0.046 | 0.051 |
| 14 | 0.035 | 0.046 | 0.039 | 0.053 |
| 15 | 0.037 | 0.053 | 0.032 | 0.050 |
| 16 | 0.033 | 0.034 | 0.031 | 0.039 |
| 17 | 0.047 | 0.062 | 0.043 | 0.055 |
| 18 | 0.048 | 0.043 | 0.051 | 0.045 |
| 19 | 0.043 | 0.036 | 0.043 | 0.048 |
| 20 | 0.045 | 0.042 | 0.040 | 0.049 |
| 0.041 | 0.046 | 0.041 | 0.048 | |