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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2012;41(1):38–52. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2012.632345

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).

a

1 = treatment group;

b

1 = married;

c

1 = male;

d

1 = any instance;

**

p ≤ .01,

*

p < .05,

+

p < .10.