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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.
Outcome Any Crime Any Crime Any Crime Any Crime
Specification Baseline No Census data Just Exogenous Drop PVT/GPA
Inattentive ADHD 0.065** 0.080** 0.109*** 0.092***
(0.003 – 0.128) (0.019 – 0.140) (0.054 – 0.165) (0.035 – 0.150)
Hyper ADHD 0.110*** 0.113*** 0.119*** 0.117***
(0.037 – 0.183) (0.042 – 0.184) (0.048 – 0.191) (0.045 – 0.189)
Combined ADHD 0.051* 0.056* 0.078** 0.066**
(−0.008 – 0.110) (−0.004 – 0.115) (0.018 – 0.139) (0.006 – 0.126)
Observations 12730 13229 14302 13744
Outcome Any Crime Any Crime Any Crime Any Crime
Specification Include Other Xs Drop Educ/Family Vars Lower ADHD Bar Drop Older Kids
Inattentive ADHD 0.072** 0.085*** 0.037 0.053
(0.001 – 0.143) (0.029 – 0.141) (0.027) (−0.011 – 0.117)
Hyper ADHD 0.104** 0.115*** 0.076*** 0.109***
(0.023 – 0.185) (0.042 – 0.188) (0.023) (0.035 – 0.182)
Combined ADHD 0.037 0.060** 0.088*** 0.038
(−0.027 – 0.100) (0.002 – 0.117) (0.026) (−0.023 – 0.099)
Observations 9649 13753 12730 12046

Just Exogenous: We drop education attainment, indicator for currently in school, grade point average, PVT score, mother’s education attainment, family income, and family structure

Include other Xs: Welfare receipt, whether father ever jailed, and birth weight

Lower ADHD Threshold: Individuals must have 5 symptoms rather than 6.

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

*

5%,

**

1%.

Longitudinal sample weights used.