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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Ment Health Policy Econ. 2009 Sep;12(3):119–138.

Table 2.

Association between Retrospective Ratings of ADHD Symptoms and Any Adult Criminal Activity

Outcome Any Crime Any Crime Any Crime Any Crime
Specification Sub Types Any ADHD Any ADHD Any ADHD
Specification Baseline Baseline Random Effects Fixed Effects
Male 0.170*** 0.170*** 0.142*** 0.134
(0.150 – 0.189) (0.151 – 0.189) (0.117 – 0.168) (−0.103 – 0.372)
Black 0.033** 0.034**
(0.003 – 0.063) (0.004 – 0.064)
Hispanic −0.006 −0.006
(−0.036 – 0.024) (−0.036 – 0.024)
Income 0.000 0.000
(−0.000 – 0.000) (−0.000 – 0.000)
Age −0.011*** −0.011*** −0.011*** −0.006
(−0.017 – −0.006) (−0.017 – −0.006) (−0.018 – −0.005) (−0.015 – 0.003)
Mom Education 0.010*** 0.010***
(0.005 – 0.014) (0.005 – 0.014)
Intact Family −0.034*** −0.034***
(−0.056 – −0.012) (−0.056 – −0.012)
Inattentive ADHD 0.065**
(0.003 – 0.128)
Hyper ADHD 0.110***
(0.037 – 0.183)
Combined ADHD 0.051*
(−0.008 – 0.110)
ADHD ANY 0.072*** 0.107*** 0.129
(0.035 – 0.109) (0.055 – 0.159) (−0.082 – 0.340)
Years of Schooling −0.010*** −0.010*** −0.013*** −0.011
(−0.017 – −0.004) (−0.016 – −0.004) (−0.020 – −0.006) (−0.032 – 0.010)
PVT Test Score 0.001*** 0.001*** 0.001 0.000
(0.001 – 0.002) (0.001 – 0.002) (−0.000 – 0.002) (−0.002 – 0.002)
GPA −0.039*** −0.039*** −0.016* −0.021
(−0.056 – −0.022) (−0.056 – −0.022) (−0.031 – 0.000) (−0.065 – 0.022)
% in Poverty −0.005** −0.005**
(−0.010 – −0.000) (−0.010 – −0.000)
Unemployment Rate 0.007* 0.007*
(−0.001 – 0.015) (−0.001 – 0.016)
% Without Diploma 0.001 0.001
(−0.001 – 0.003) (−0.001 – 0.003)
Juvenile Serious Crimes 0.012*** 0.012***
(0.004 – 0.021) (0.004 – 0.021)
Total Serious Crimes −0.000 −0.000
(−0.001 – 0.001) (−0.001 – 0.001)
Observations 12730 12737 3638 943
Families 1792 449

Robust 95% confidence intervals in parentheses, +10%,

*

5%,

**

1%.

Longitudinal sample weights used. Additional Controls: Whether in school during Wave III, proportion black in community, median and standard deviation of community level household income