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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Youth Adolesc. 2008 Sep 9;38(3):367–383. doi: 10.1007/s10964-008-9333-4

Table 2. Tobit Results for Respondent Delinquency Regressed on the Interval-Level Deviance Variables and Controls.

Zero-Order Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5
Intercept 0.06 * 0.24 ** 0.17 ** 0.16 ** 0.16 **
Romantic Partner Delinquency^ 0.58 *** 0.27 *** 0.27 *** 0.32 *** 0.30 *** 0.27 ***
Friends Delinquency^ 0.61 *** 0.48 *** 0.42 *** 0.42 *** 0.49 *** 0.42 ***
Parent Deviance^ 0.10 *** 0.06 ** 0.06 ** 0.05 ** 0.06 ** 0.08 **
Gender Interactions
 Female x Partner Delinquency^ −0.07
 Female x Friends Delinquency^ −0.16 ***
 Female x Parent Deviance^ −0.05
Gender
 Male
 Female −0.04 −0.10 * −0.10 * −0.09 −0.10 *
Race/Ethnicity
 White
 African American −0.26 ** −0.25 *** −0.25 *** −0.27 *** −0.25 ***
 Hispanic 0.24 * 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.12
Age^ 0.15 *** 0.04 ** 0.04 ** 0.04 * 0.04 **
Grades^ −0.08 *** −0.02 −0.02 −0.02 −0.02
Parental Monitoring^ −0.20 *** −0.08 ** −0.08 ** −0.08 ** −0.08 **
Parental Support^ −0.43 *** −0.20 *** −0.20 *** −0.20 *** −0.19 ***
Mother’s Education
 Less than HS 0.01 −0.18 * −0.18 * −0.17 * −0.17 *
 HS graduate
 More than HS −0.07 −0.00 −0.00 −0.00 −0.00
Receipt of Public Assistance
 No
 Yes 0.08 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.07
Household Structure
 Two-parent
 Single-parent 0.13 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04
 Step-parent 0.03 −0.02 −0.02 −0.03 −0.01
 Other −0.13 −0.17 −0.17 −0.16 −0.16
Sigma 0.66 0.64 0.64 0.63 0.63
Log Likelihood −780.81 −739.85 −739.06 −734.03 −739.16

Note: Contrast categories for blocks of dummy variables are indicated by “—”

^

Variable is re-centered with a mean of 0

*

p < .05

**

p < .01

***

p < .001

Source: Toledo Adolescent Relationship Study (n = 957), 2001-2002