. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 4.

Published in final edited form as: J Community Psychol. 2010 Mar 1;38(3):329–349. doi: 10.1002/jcop.20367

Table 2.

Girls: Neighborhood Effects on Interpersonal Aggression Coefficients and Standardized Coefficients (in Parentheses), 708 Girls and 59 Neighborhoods

Predictors of Aggression	Single-level model (1)	Nei. % Single Male (2)	Nei. % Female Head (3)	Nei. Male Employ-ment (4)	Nei. Median Income (5)	Nei. Violence (6)
	Individual-Level Parameters
Child Aggression at First Grade (Intercept)
Family Income	−.061 (−.122)^~	−.073 (−.146)^*	−.075 (−.150) ^~	−.104 (−.207)^**	−.110 (−.219)^**	−078 (−.156)^*
Family Structure¹	−.011 (−.012)	−.008 (−.009)	−.005 (−.005)	−.007 (−.003)	.004 (.005)	−.004 (−.055)
Physical Discipline²	.128 (.107)^~	.140 (.116)^*	.171 (.142)^*	.184 (.152)^**	.180 (.149)^*	.169 (.139)^*
Change in Aggression for Children Between 1st-7th Grade (Slope)
Family Income	−.029 (−.413)^***	−.014 (−.232)^**	−.015 (−.245)^**	−.014 (−.235)^**	−.011 (−.190)^*	−.015 (−.248)^**
Family Structure¹	.000 (−.002)	−.006 (−.052)	−.008 (−.070)	−.007 (−.065)	−.008 (−.075)	−.007 (−.065)
Physical Discipline²	.003 (.107)	−.003 (−.018)	−.002 (−.013)	−.006 (−.045)	−.006 (−.044)	−.003 (−.018)
	Neighborhood-Level Parameters
Aggression of Neighborhood Children at Grade One (Intercept)		−.049 (−1.00)	−.020 (−1.00)	.040(1.000)^*	.124(1.000)^*	−.139 (−1.000)
Change in Aggression of Neighborhood Children Between 1st and 7th Grade (Slope)		.069 (.994)^***	.022 (.998)^***	−.015 (−.879)^***	−.051 (−.978)^***	.126 (.978)^***
Chi-Square/df	210.37/109	304.45/148	308.90/148	307.22/148	307.01/148	307.81/148
CFI	.977	.967	.967	.967	.967	.967
TLI	.972	.964	.963	.963	.963	.963
RMSEA	.036	.039	.039	.039	.039	.039
% of Variance Explained (R2)
Within-Level
I (intercept)	.029	.034	.042	.065^*	.071^*	.043
S (slope)	251^***	.161^*	.162^*	146^*	.131^*	.167^**
Between-Lelel
IB (intercept — fixed to 0 in model)		1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000
SB (slope)		.987^***	.997^***	.773^***	.957^***	.956^***

NOTE:

p<.06;

p<.05;

^**

p<.01;

^***

p<.001.

Mother alone = 1; all other combinations = 0.

High = frequent.