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

Table A1.

Comparison of Subsamples, PHDCN Cohorts 12–18

Variable Subsample: Consented to Records Search (N = 1,775)
Subsample: Did Not Consent to Records Search (N = 375)
Comparison
Mean SD Mean SD Test Statistic p Value
Male 0.49 0.50 0.51 0.50 0.392 .531
Age at Wave 1 14.78 2.45 15.40 2.51 19.117 < .001
Cohort Proportions
  Cohort 12 0.40 0.49 0.31 0.46 10.113 .001
  Cohort 15 0.33 0.47 0.31 0.46 0.227 .634
  Cohort 18 0.28 0.45 0.38 0.49 15.025 < .001
Race and Ethnicity
  Black 0.36 0.48 0.44 0.50 7.035 .007
  Mexican 0.32 0.46 0.23 0.42 11.033 .001
  Other Latino 0.13 0.33 0.14 0.35 0.424 .236
  White 0.16 0.36 0.15 0.35 0.313 .576
  Other race 0.04 0.19 0.05 0.21 0.554 .456
Immigrant Generation
  First 0.16 0.37 0.18 0.39 0.836 .360
  Second 0.28 0.45 0.21 0.41 7.450 .006
  Third or higher 0.56 0.50 0.61 0.49 3.076 .079
Family
  Family socioeconomic status –0.01 1.32 –0.07 1.19 0.496 .482
  Married parents 0.52 0.50 0.42 0.49 12.005 .001
  Adult extended family 0.18 0.39 0.16 0.37 1.097 .295
  Number of children 3.37 1.79 3.37 1.81 0.001 .980
  Family control 58.22 8.79 58.45 9.42 0.185 .667
Self-Reported Criminal Offending 0.12 0.79 0.24 0.88 6.365 .012
Self-Reported Arrest, Wave 1 0.17 0.89 0.22 0.87 1.027 .311
Self-Reported Arrest, Average Across 3 Waves 0.25 0.82 0.30 1.34 0.975 .324
Neighborhood-Level Variables
  Concentrated poverty –0.12 0.72 –0.06 0.74 2.501 .114
  % foreign-born 20.65 15.12 20.20 15.48 0.273 .601
  Residential stability 0.02 0.98 –0.02 1.04 0.504 .478
  Tolerance of deviance 0.76 0.12 0.76 0.13 1.245 .265
  Collective efficacy 3.90 0.26 3.87 0.25 3.149 .076

Notes: χ2 is the test statistic for comparison of dichotomous measures; the test statistic for all other comparisons is F(1, 2,149).