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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 20.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Community Psychol. 2003 Mar;31(1-2):35–53. doi: 10.1023/a:1023018502759

Table II.

Descriptive Statistics and Correlations Among Variables

Variable M SD Range Maximum
range
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Neighborhood structure
 1. Residential instability (N = 440) 0.05 1.59 −4.06–5.63 .47** −.01 .08 .10 −.18** .01 .25** −.20** −.04 .03 .32** .17** .27** .15*
 2. Structural disadvantage (N = 440) −0.16 3.56 −3.65–14.57 −.61** .00 .09 −.22** −.04 .41** −.49** .02 −.02 .69** .31** .38** .25**
 3. Concentrated affluence (N = 440) 0.46 2.99 −4.34–8.10 .01 −.05 .19** .07 −.29** .53** −.03 .08 −.39** −.19** −.27** −.26**
Parenting processes
 4. Avg. hours unsuperviseda (N = 404) 0.70 0.68 0–3.00 0–3 .50** −.19** −.11 .06 .13 −.01 .13* −.04 .01 .11 .12
 5. Avg. hours unsupervised in communitya (N = 404) 0.20 0.38 0–2.63 0–3 −.22** −.07 .01 −.06 .00 .11 .04 .13 .23** .22**
 6. Parental monitoringa (N = 424) 4.60 0.37 3–5 1–5 .20** −.25** .22** .00 −.13** −.27** −.26** −.36** −.35**
 7. Positive involvementb (N = 393) 3.60 0.67 1.60–5 1–5 −.12 .10 −.03 −.02 −.04 .01 −.09 −.14*
Family structure/individual characteristics
 8. Single parent statusa,c (N = 440) 0.29 0–1 0–1 −.32** −.32** .01 .40** .22** .32** .28**
 9. Socioeconomic statusd (N = 440) 39.15 12.81 11–66 8–66 −.07 .07 −.41** −.29** −.34** −.30**
 10. Household sizea (N = 440) 4.16 1.12 2–9 −.06 .08 .06 −.01 .00
 11. Male genderc (N = 440) 0.49 0–1 0–1 −.03 .15** .13** .14**
 12. African American ethnicityc (N = 440) 0.15 0–1 0–1 .36** .36** .24**
TRF externalizing behavior
 13. Age 11 (N = 416) 7.14 10.71 0–57 0–68 .51** .45**
 14. Age 12 (N = 395) 6.71 9.98 0–53 0–68 .53**
 15. Age 13 (N = 373) 7.94 11.74 0–57 0–68
a

Measured at age 11.

b

Measured at age 12.

c

Dichotomous variables; means represent proportions of participants.

d

Measured at ages 11–13 (average).

*

p < .01.

**

p < .001 (two-tailed).