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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Dev. 2012 Sep 24;84(2):455–470. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01861.x

Table 3.

Pairwise Correlation Matrix of Associations Among Independent Variables.

Age Gender SES Bo Kene
-ma
Kono Makeni Moy-
amba
Puje-
hun
Raped Perpe-
tration
Paren
t
death
Family
Abuse
Soldier
Stigma
Age, T1
Gender −0.10*
SES, T1 0.03 −0.06
Bo 0.13** 0.03 −0.03
Kenema 0.13** 0.20+ −0.01 ---
Kono 0.03 −0.52*** −0.06 --- ---
Makeni −0.19*** 0.53*** 0.05 --- --- ---
Moyamba 0.00 0.14 0.09+ --- --- --- ---
Pujehun 0.02 −0.23 0.02 --- --- --- --- ---
Victim of Rape 0.02 0.69*** 0.00 −0.10 −0.05 −0.25** 0.40*** --- −0.16
Killed/Injured Others 0.09+ −0.15+ −0.06 −0.03 −0.04 −0.11 0.17* 0.14 −0.12 0.23*
Parent Death −0.04 0.10 −0.10* 0.00 0.03 0.07 0.02 −0.32+ --- 0.16+ 0.08
Family Abuse, T3 −0.21*** −0.07 0.03 0.00 0.01 −0.01 0.03 −0.04 −0.03 0.00 0.13** 0.06
Child Soldier Stigma, T2 0.04 0.12** −0.03 0.06 −0.03 −0.14** 0.14** 0.04 −0.01 0.17*** 0.37*** 0.10* 0.06
Hardship, T3 −0.06 −0.02 −0.20** 0.02 0.00 0.04 −0.02 −0.06 −0.06 0.06 0.14* 0.16** 0.31*** 0.17*
Social Disorder, T2 −0.07 0.04 −0.05 −0.06 0.01 0.06 0.02 −0.01 −0.13** 0.09+ 0.18*** 0.10+ 0.13** 0.35***
Comm. Acceptance, T1 −0.05 −0.07 0.03 0.00 0.04 0.16*** −0.18*** −0.02 −0.05 −0.06 −0.14** −0.10* 0.00 −0.24***
Intergen. Closure, T2 −0.10* 0.03 0.03 −0.10* −0.03 0.08+ −0.03 −0.07 0.07 0.07 −0.07 −0.10* −0.08 −0.17***
Hardship, T3 Social Disorder, T2 Comm. Acceptance, T1
Social Disorder, T2 0.18**
Comm. Acceptance, T1 −0.03 −0.17***
Intergen. Closure, T1 −0.16** −0.14** 0.28***
+

p < 0.10;

*

p < 0.05;

**

p < 0.01;

***

p < 0.001.

Regional districts from which participants were recruited within Sierra Leone. For all binary measures, 0=No and 1=Yes. Gender: 0=Male, 1=Female.