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. 2009 Sep;99(9):1645–1650. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.151498

TABLE 3.

Parameter Estimates for Changes in Frequency of Intoxication, Psychological Distress, and Self-Rated Health: Welfare, Children, and Families Project; Chicago, IL, Boston, MA, San Antonio, TX; 1999 and 2001

Change in Frequency of Intoxicationa
Change in Psychological Distressa
Change in Self-Rated Healtha
b (SE) B b (SE) B b (SE) B
Relationship violence
Psychological aggression, past y −0.06 (0.04) −0.03 0.10 (0.03) 0.08** 0.16 (0.08) 0.05
Minor physical assault, past y 0.14 (0.04) 0.10*** 0.01 (0.03) 0.01 −0.13 (0.07) −0.04
Severe physical assault, past y −0.04 (0.05) −0.02 −0.06 (0.04) −0.04 0.02 (0.09) 0.01
Sexual coercion, past y 0.14 (0.06) 0.05* −0.08 (0.05) −0.04 −0.10 (0.11) −0.02
Physical assault before age 18 y 0.04 (0.03) 0.03 0.07 (0.03) 0.06* −0.07 (0.06) −0.02
Sexual coercion before age 18 y −0.01 (0.03) −0.01 0.08 (0.03) 0.08** −0.20 (0.06) −0.07**
Outcome pretest −0.55 (0.02) −0.54*** −0.41 (0.02) −0.45*** −0.59 (0.02) −0.59***
Background Factors
Age −0.01 (0.00) −0.08*** 0.00 (0.00) 0.01 −0.01 (0.00) −0.13***
Non-Hispanic White 0.13 (0.04) 0.06** 0.07 (0.04) 0.04 −0.04 (0.08) −0.01
Mexican −0.10 (0.03) −0.07** 0.01 (0.03) 0.01 0.10 (0.06) 0.04
Other Hispanic −0.07 (0.03) −0.05* 0.03 (0.03) 0.03 −0.03 (0.06) −0.01
Education 0.00 (0.01) 0.00 0.00 (0.00) 0.01 0.00 (0.01) 0.01
Employed 0.02 (0.03) 0.02 −0.05 (0.02) −0.05* 0.06 (0.05) 0.02
Receiving welfare −0.03 (0.03) −0.02 0.03 (0.02) 0.03 −0.12 (0.05) −0.05*
Financial hardship 0.00 (0.02) 0.00 0.00 (0.02) 0.00 −0.13 (0.04) −0.07**
Cohabiting, not married −0.09 (0.05) −0.04 0.02 (0.04) 0.01 −0.11 (0.09) −0.02
Married, spouse in house −0.05 (0.03) −0.03 −0.05 (0.03) −0.04 0.02 (0.06) 0.01
No. of children 0.02 (0.01) 0.04 0.01 (0.01) 0.02 0.00 (0.02) 0.00
Living in Boston −0.02 (0.03) −0.01 0.01 (0.03) 0.01 0.16 (0.06) 0.07*
Living in San Antonio 0.05 (0.03) 0.03 0.02 (0.03) 0.02 0.01 (0.06) 0.00
Model statistics
Model F 36.33*** 21.74*** 45.25***
R-squared 0.27 0.19 0.32

Note: Shown are unstandardized ordinary least squares parameter estimates (b) and standardized estimates (B). The sample size was n = 1954.

a

2001 minus 1999 data.

*P < .05, **P < .01, ***P < .001.