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. 2008 Feb;45(1):55–77. doi: 10.1353/dem.2008.0011

Table 3.

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Arrest, With Individual and Neighborhood Characteristics

Variables Model 1
Model 2
Model 3
Coefficient SE Coefficient SE Coefficient SE
Intercept (expected count of arrests at age 17) –2.408*** 0.067 –2.418*** 0.068 –2.389*** 0.070
Neighborhood-Level Variables
  % white 0.041 0.048
  % Mexican –0.060 0.031
  % other Latino 0.118* 0.054
  % other race 0.073 0.102
  Concentrated poverty 0.190* 0.075
  % foreign-born –0.007 0.008
  Residential stability –0.185* 0.078
Individual-Level Variables
  Race/Ethnicity (vs. black)
    White –1.151*** 0.156 –1.370*** 0.265 –0.913*** 0.163
    Mexican –1.074*** 0.169 –1.011*** 0.238 –0.936*** 0.248
    Other Latino –1.032*** 0.118 –1.181*** 0.181 –0.916*** 0.133
    Other race –1.414*** 0.280 –1.579*** 0.317 –1.238*** 0.273
  Male 1.842*** 0.120 1.844*** 0.117 1.837*** 0.120
  Cohort (vs. cohort 12)
    Cohort 15 –0.705*** 0.123 –0.701*** 0.122 –0.667*** 0.123
    Cohort 18 –0.903*** 0.139 –0.913*** 0.139 –0.843*** 0.140
  Age 0.455*** 0.024 0.453*** 0.024 0.456*** 0.024
  Age2 –0.087*** 0.005 –0.086*** 0.005 –0.087*** 0.005

Notes: Coefficients and standard errors for the neighborhood composition indicators have been divided by 10. Age is centered at 17.

*

p ≤ .05;

***

p ≤ .001