Table 7.
Analysis of Variance—Legitimacy Means Presented By Group
| Variables | Group 1 |
Group 2 |
Group 3 |
Group 4 |
Group 5 |
F- Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site | 1.201 | 1.382 | 1.538 | 1.695 | 1.900 | 28.479* |
| Priors past yr. | 1.04 | 1.02 | 0.96 | 0.69 | 0.55 | 2.619* |
| Age at first | 14.491 | 14.453 | 14.434 | 14.396 | 15.200 | 1.109 |
| Black | 0.631 | 0.517 | 0.370 | 0.189 | 0.050 | 24.585* |
| White | 0.105 | 0.160 | 0.224 | 0.286 | 0.350 | 5.918* |
| Hispanic | 0.219 | 0.284 | 0.357 | 0.445 | 0.550 | 6.724* |
| Gender | 1.09 | 1.10 | 1.15 | 1.19 | 1.40 | 6.498* |
| Locked-up | 0.403 | 0.377 | 0.324 | 0.250 | 0.150 | 3.703* |
| Age | 16.368 | 16.455 | 16.003 | 15.652 | 16.100 | 8.604* |
| Age 14 | 0.087 | 0.084 | 0.130 | 0.213 | 0.000 | 5.945* |
| Age 15 | 0.114 | 0.173 | 0.197 | 0.231 | 0.300 | 2.202 |
| Age 16 | 0.315 | 0.333 | 0.283 | 0.286 | 0.350 | 0.889 |
| Age 17 | 0.307 | 0.320 | 0.316 | 0.225 | 0.300 | 1.430 |
| Age 18 | 0.175 | 0.088 | 0.072 | 0.042 | 0.050 | 4.477* |
| PJ-Police (Overall) |
2.399 | 2.579 | 2.849 | 3.189 | 3.090 | 77.233* |
| PJ-Court (Overall) |
2.713 | 3.093 | 3.306 | 3.662 | 3.569 | 76.795* |
| PJ-Police (Direct) |
2.439 | 2.602 | 2.897 | 3.285 | 3.143 | 75.574* |
| PJ-Police (Indirect) |
2.281 | 2.512 | 2.707 | 2.900 | 2.920 | 20.574* |
| PJ-Court (Direct) |
2.731 | 3.156 | 3.381 | 3.834 | 3.733 | 60.770* |
| PJ-Court (Indirect) |
2.678 | 3.092 | 3.364 | 3.684 | 3.599 | 58.213* |