Table 4.
Maternal Conviction Predicting Adolescent Antisocial Behavior – Odds Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals from Logistic Regression Analyses
Adolescent Outcome: | Stopped by Police | Arrested/Charged/Convicted | Sent to Corrections | Run away | PINS | Smoked Cigarettes | Used Drugs/Alcohol | Problems with Drugs/Alcohol |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Treatment status a | .99 (.58-1.68) | .60 (.31-1.16) | .89 (.27-2.96) | 2.18+ (.98-4.83) | .67 (.31-1.45) | 1.15 (.66-2.02) | 1.01 (.61-1.68) | 1.35 (.73-2.51) |
Maternal marital status b | .50* (.28-.91) | .50+ (.23-1.06) | 1.82 (.45-7.35) | 1.15 (.50-2.63) | 1.24 (.51-3.03) | 1.19 (.64-2.19) | .51* (.29-.89) | .73 (.37-1.45) |
Maternal education | .88 (.70-1.11) | .91 (.67-1.22) | .70 (.42-1.17) | .92 (.66-1.27) | .79 (.56-1.11) | .93 (.73-2.19) | .98 (.79-1.21) | .88 (.68-1.14) |
Maternal age | 1.07 (.96-1.18) | 1.05 (.92-1.19) | 1.04 (.82-1.32) | .93 (.79-1.10) | .97 (.82-1.15) | .98 (.88-1.10) | 1.03 (.94-1.14) | .98 (.86-1.11) |
Prenatal primary care visits | 1.14** (1.04-1.26) | 1.09 (.97-1.23) | 1.12 (.91-1.38) | 1.07 (.94-1.21) | 1.15+ (1.00-1.32) | 1.07 (.97-1.17) | 1.06 (.97-1.15) | 1.11* (1.00-1.24) |
Prenatal smoking | 1.00 (.97-1.03) | 1.03+ (1.00-1.07) | 1.04 (.98-1.11) | 1.03 (.99-1.07) | 1.02 (.97-1.06) | 1.04* (1.00-1.07) | 1.01 (.98-1.04) | 1.01 (.97-1.04) |
Child gender c | 3.79** (2.21-6.51) | 2.50** (1.26-4.97) | 2.13 (.61-7.44) | .73 (.35-1.53) | 1.07 (.49-2.33) | .75 (.43-1.30) | .74 (.45-1.22) | .67 (.37-1.23) |
Maternal conviction d | 2.36* (1.13-4.93) | 2.05+ (1.90-4.67) | 10.15** (2.66-38.76) | 3.25** (1.35-7.80) | 4.11** (1.68-10.06) | 2.22* (1.07-4.58) | 1.53 (.77-3.04) | 2.84** (1.35-5.98) |
Step 2 χ2 | 5.32* | 2.76+ | 11.59** | 6.51* | 9.08** | 4.47* | 1.47 | 7.26** |
Model R2 | .20 | .13 | .20 | .10 | .14 | .07 | .06 | .10 |
Model χ2 | 42.76** | 21.51** | 18.32* | 15.44+ | 19.90* | 13.37 | 12.01 | 18.37* |
Note: When maternal race was included as a predictor, we found that adolescents whose mothers were ethnic minorities were more likely to be stopped (OR = .30 (.12-.75), p < .05).
1 = treatment group;
1 = married;
1 = male;
1 = any instance;
p ≤ .01,
p < .05,
p < .10.