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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Criminology. 2011 Feb;49(1):95–127. doi: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2010.00219.x

Table 4. Multilevel Models of Group Level Network Properties, Adding Attitudinal and Behavioral Controls (N=897).

Fixed Effects Group Sizea Reciprocityb Transitivityb Structural Cohesionb Stabilityb Average Popularityb,c Centralityb,c







Coef. SE Coef. SE Coef. SE Coef. SE Coef. SE Coef. SE Coef. SE
Group Level
Group Delinquency (IRT) -.035 (.054) -.001 (.020) .049 * (.022) .036 (.118) -.005 (.029) .021 (.011) .096 (.055)
Group Drinking (%) .158 (.092) .068 * (.032) .110 ** (.035) .757 *** (.172) .033 (.046) .095 *** (.018) .429 *** (.077)
Free Lunch (%) -.302 *** (.065) -.020 (.033) -.065 (.037) -.921 *** (.160) .017 (.053) -.109 *** (.019) -.500 *** (.071)
Two-Parent Family (%) .057 (.096) -.019 (.042) -.036 (.047) -.068 (.153) .084 (.052) -.005 (.024) -.010 (.097)
Male Group -.038 (.043) -.031 * (.015) .022 (.017) .109 (.068) .091 *** (.019) -.005 (.009) -.053 (.041)
Female Group -.049 (.038) .107 *** (.014) .084 *** (.016) .428 *** (.067) .108 *** (.020) .064 *** (.008) .032 (.043)
White Group -.034 (.036) .027 * (.013) .005 (.014) .080 (.055) .011 (.015) .000 (.007) .001 (.030)
Family Attachment .243 * (.108) -.033 (.038) .098 * (.042) .427 * (.189) .072 (.049) .051 * (.022) .213 * (.100)
Grades .108 ** (.038) .046 ** (.016) .058 ** (.018) .529 *** (.073) .045 * (.022) .062 *** (.009) .183 *** (.039)
School Attachment -.137 (.074) .033 (.026) .038 (.029) .161 (.108) -.029 (.036) .032 * (.015) .139 * (.069)
Religious Attendance .007 (.016) .007 (.006) .018 ** (.006) .061 * (.027) .015 * (.006) .005 (.003) -.011 (.014)
Friends Outside of School .013 (.011) -.022 *** (.004) -.015 ** (.005) -.069 ** (.024) -.004 (.006) -.013 *** (.002) -.028 * (.011)
Group Size -.003 ** (.001) -.006 *** (.001) .065 *** (.007) -.006 *** (.001) .005 *** (.001) -.002 (.003)
School Level
Intercept 2.369 *** (.026) .383 *** (.007) .432 *** (.009) 3.013 *** (.040) .374 *** (.013) .566 *** (.004) .841 *** (.010)
State -.101 (.055) .026 (.014) -.009 (.019) .177 * (.081) -.067 * (.026) .009 (.008) -.002 (.025)
Condition -.016 (.053) .013 (.014) .010 (.018) .126 (.082) .035 (.026) .001 (.008) -.007 (.024)
Random Effects

Between (level-2) .025 *** .000 .002 *** .045 *** .006 *** .000 .000
Within (level-1) 2.182 .029 .034 .673 .048 .009 .206
***

p<.001

**

p<.01

*

p<.05

Note: SE's are robust (adjusted for clustering) and variables are grand centered.

a

Model is hierarchical overdispersed poisson,

b

Model is hiearchical linear,

c

Outcome is standardized by school