Table 3.
Odds ratios from multinomial logistic regressions of parenting styles on parents' cultural values and perceptions of U.S. neighborhood danger (N = 462)
| Mothers' Parenting Styles | Fathers' Parenting | |||
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| Mother-report OR (95% CI) | Youth-report OR (95% CI) | Father-report OR (99% CI) | Youth-report OR (95% CI) | |
| Covariates | ||||
| Boy youth | ||||
| Authoritative | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Mod demand | 1.06 (.66, 1.68) | 1.64 (1.06, 2.54) | -- | -- |
| Incon demand | 0.69 (.36, 1.33) | -- | -- | -- |
| Mod involved | -- | -- | .69 (.40, 1.22) | -- |
| No nonsense | -- | -- | -- | 1.47 (.84, 2.57) |
| Less involved | 1.61 (.70, 3.71) | 1.22 (.55, 2.70) | -- | 1.11 (.67, 1.86) |
| Parent Mexican Nativity | ||||
| Authoritative | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Mod demand | 0.93 (.51, 1.70) | 1.89 (1.0, 3.59) | -- | -- |
| Incon demand | 3.37 (.69, 16.30) | -- | -- | -- |
| Mod involved | -- | -- | 1.38 (.62, 3.06) | -- |
| No nonsense | -- | -- | -- | 1.08 (.55, 2.13) |
| Less involved | 1.45 (.23, 9.21) | 3.78 (.73, 19.52) | -- | 1.91 (.74, 4.91) |
| Family Income | ||||
| Authoritative | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Mod demand | 1.04 (.98, 1.10) | 1.00 (.94, 1.06) | -- | -- |
| Incon demand | 0.87 (.80, .94) | -- | -- | -- |
| Mod involved | -- | -- | .94 (.88, 1.01) | -- |
| No nonsense | -- | -- | -- | 1.01 (.94, 1.08) |
| Less involved | 1.02 (.88, 1.13) | 1.03 (.92, 1.14) | -- | .98 (.91, 1.05) |
| Culture & Neighborhood Context | ||||
| Cultural Values | ||||
| Authoritative | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Mod demand | 0.38 (.20, .71) | .88 (.50, 1.55) | -- | -- |
| Incon demand | 0.57 (.23, 1.43) | -- | -- | -- |
| Mod involved | -- | -- | .21 (.10, .47) | -- |
| No nonsense | -- | -- | -- | .64 (.33, 1.26) |
| Less involved | 0.24 (.09, .62) | .46 (.16, 1.30) | -- | 1.33 (.65, 2.73) |
| Neighborhood Danger | ||||
| Authoritative | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Mod demand | 1.14 (.90, 1.38) | 1.21 (.94, 1.55) | -- | -- |
| Incon demand | 1.36 (.98, 1.90) | -- | -- | -- |
| Mod involved | -- | -- | 1.83 (1.34, 2.51) | -- |
| No nonsense | -- | -- | -- | 1.24 (.87, 1.79) |
| Less involved | 1.66 (1.06, 2.59) | 1.59 (1.01, 2.51) | -- | 1.40 (1.08, 1.81) |
Note: OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval. Mod demand = Moderately demanding; Incon demand = Inconsistently demanding; Mod involved = moderately involved. For all analyses authoritative is the reference category. ORs in bold are significant: p < .05, or (for father-report solution) p < .01.