. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.

Published in final edited form as: Soc Forces. 2009 Dec;88(2):757–784. doi: 10.1353/sof.0.0281

Table C3.

Sensitivity Analysis for Role of Neighborhood Violence in Explaining the Effect of Neighborhood Disadvantage on High School Graduation (females)

	β _YU
r_VU	.00	.01	.02	.03	.04	.05
.00	−.0199^*	−.0199^*	−.0199^*	−.0199^*	−.0199^*	−.0199^*
.00	91%	91%	91%	91%	91%	91%
−.05	−.0199^*	−.0194^*	−.0189^*	−.0184^*	−.0179^*	−.0174^*
−.05	91%	89%	87%	84%	82%	80%
−.10	−.0199^*	−.0189^*	−.0179^*	−.0169^*	−.0159^*	−.0149^*
−.10	91%	87%	82%	78%	73%	68%
−.15	−.0199^*	−.0184^*	−.0169^*	−.0154^*	−.0139^*	−.0124^*
−.15	91%	84%	78%	71%	64%	57%
−.20	−.0199^*	−.0179^*	−.0159^*	−.0139^*	−.0119^*	−.0099^*
−.20	91%	82%	73%	64%	55%	45%
−.25	−.0199^*	−.0174^*	−.0149^*	−.0124^*	−.0099^*	−.0074
−.25	91%	80%	68%	57%	45%	34%

Notes:

β_YU is hypothetical coefficient on standardized unobserved variable in linear probability model predicting graduation from high school and controlling for all other control variables.

r_VU is hypothetical partial correlation between standardized unobserved variable and violence scale.

In each cell, the top number is the expected coefficient on the violence scale variable if the unobserved variable where included in the linear probability model predicting graduation from high school, and the bottom number is the resulting proportion of the neighborhood disadvantage effect accounted for by neighborhood violence.

Note: 2 X SE of β on violence coefficient in linear probability model predicting high school graduation = 0.0096

coefficient on violence scale would remain statistically significant