Table 2.
The Estimated Effect of Parental Incarceration on Depression for Men and Women and by Obesity Status: A Test of the Internalization Hypothesis, National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, 1994–2008a
| Results, by Respondent’s Gender |
Results Among Women, by Obesity Status |
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| All Men | All Women | Not Obese | Obese | |
| Parental incarceration in waves II–IV | 0.114 (0.184) | 0.576* (0.211) | 0.829* (0.275) | 0.381 (0.344) |
| BMI in wave II | –0.004 (0.007) | 0.032** (0.008) | 0.011 (0.016) | 0.032* (0.012) |
| Depression in wave II | –0.744** (0.014) | –0.739** (0.013) | –0.739** (0.017) | –0.737** (0.023) |
| Stressful life events in wave II | 3.136** (0.498) | 3.044** (0.735) | 2.460* (0.948) | 3.847* (1.201) |
| Stressful life events in waves II–IV | 1.076** (0.082) | 0.875** (0.094) | 0.738** (0.110) | 1.159** (0.180) |
| R squared | 0.365 | 0.379 | 0.385 | 0.371 |
Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index.
* P < 0.05; **P < 0.01.
a
All data come from waves I–IV of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Cell entries represent estimated coefficients from ordinary least squares, with standard errors in parentheses. Models include controls for age and race/ethnicity. For all models, the unit of analysis is change (Δ) in depression score between waves II and IV, using the depression scale outlined in Table 4.