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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2012 Feb 24;74(9):1444–1451. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.01.014

Table 2.

Multilevel Modeling to Test Wave 1 Actor and Partner Behavior on Health-Harming Behaviors at Wave 2

Model Measures Delinquency Alcohol Smoking Marijuana
Main effects Intercept −3 .01 (−12.37,6.34) −2.22 (−10.07,5.63) 19.75 (−9.00,48.51) 0.78 (−8.21,9.78)
Actor behavior 3 .99 (1.79,6.19)*** 0.55 (0.31,0.79)*** 0.68 (0.55,0.80)*** −13.27 (−17.22, −9.31)***
Partner behavior 0.01 (−0.09,0.10) 0.10 (−0.05,0.25) 0.22 (0.10,0.35)*** 0.69 (−2.68,4.06)
Gender 0.11 (−0.96,1.17) −0.48 (−2.11,1.15) −0.15 (−4.23,3.94) 0.22 (−0.92,1.36)
Actor age −0.16 (−0.78,0.46) 0.08 (−0.36,0.53) −0.72 (−2.76,1.33) 0.08 (−0.52,0.68)
Partner age 0.37 (−0.26,0.99) 0.14 (−0.31,0.58) −0.35 (−2.40,1.69) −0.12 (−0.73,0.48)
Age Interactions Actor behavior X A age1 −0.06 (−0.18,0.05) - - 0.65 (0.44,0.86)***
Partner behavior X A age2 −0.15 (−0.26, −0.04)** - - −0.26 (−0.44, −0.07)***
Actor behavior X P age1 - - - 0.28 (0.08,0.48)***
Partner behavior X P age2 - - - 0.22 (0.02,0.42)*
Gender interactions Actor behavior X gender - − 0.03 (−0.33,0.27) - − 0.93 (−1.45, −0.40)***
Partner behavior X gender - 0.32 (0.02,0.63)* - 1.01 (0.48,1.53)***
Dyad interactions Dyad similarity - - - -
Dyad interaction - - - -

Note. Beta coefficients and 95% confidence interval reported; underline = p < .10,

*

= p < .05,

**

= p < .01,

***

p < .001;

1

A age = Actor age,

2

P age = Partner age