Table 3.

Logistic Regression Models Estimating Early Sexual Onset as a Function of Paternal Incarceration, with Mechanisms (N = 3,405)

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 4		Model 5		Model 6		Model 7
	baseline		+ parent-child relationship		+ parental monitoring		+ family instability		+ economic strain		+ externalizing behaviors		+ all mechanisms
	b	(S.E.)	b	(S.E.)	b	(S.E.)	b	(S.E.)	b	(S.E.)	b	(S.E.)	b	(S.E.)
Paternal incarceration	0.297	(0.119)*	0.280	(0.121)*	0.294	(0.119)*	0.269	(0.121)*	0.289	(0.120)*	0.260	(0.120)*	0.224	(0.124)
Child closeness to mother			−0.014	(0.077)									0.008	(0.078)
Child closeness to father			0.022	(0.077)									0.026	(0.077)
Child talk to mother			−0.056	(0.066)									−0.036	(0.067)
Child talk to father			0.004	(0.082)									0.001	(0.082)
Child support from mother			0.042	(0.101)									0.045	(0.101)
Child support from father			−0.066	(0.111)									−0.034	(0.114)
Parental monitoring			−0.213	(0.104)*									−0.179	(0.106)
Parents separated			0.106	(0.158)									0.120	(0.173)
Mother repartnered			0.119	(0.130)									0.088	(0.134)
Mother income-to-poverty ratio			−0.050	(0.049)									−0.046	(0.049)
Father income-to-poverty ratio			0.009	(0.034)									0.008	(0.034)
Mother material hardship			0.007	(0.034)									0.001	(0.034)
Father maternal hardship			0.024	(0.033)									0.019	(0.034)
Child externalizing behaviors			0.814	(0.268)**									0.750	(0.274)**
Constant	−5.940		−5.851		−5.815		−6.036		−6.027		−6.015		−5.719
Log likelihood	−1,182		−1,181		−1,180		−1,180		−1,179		−1,175		−1,170

Notes: Early sexual onset defined as having first intercourse before age 15. All models adjusts for all controls in Model 2 of Table 2.

^**p < .01,

^*p < .05 (two-tailed tests).