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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Quant Criminol. 2010 Jul 11;27(2):151–171. doi: 10.1007/s10940-010-9101-y

Table 4.

Coefficient as outcome hierarchical models of self-reported crime from re-test on self-reported crime from test and socio-demographic characteristics. a

Criminal behavior (re-test)

(1) (2) (3) (4)




Intercept -1.94*** (.25) -2.15 (.27) -2.15 (.27) -2.16 (.27)
Level-1 Variables
Criminal behavior (test) .98*** (.23) .89*** (.27) .98*** (.31)
 Level-2 Variables
  Black b .44 (.49) .45 (.50)
  Other -1.49 (1.34) -1.39 (1.35)
  Age -.09 (.07) -.09 (.08)
  Education .15 (.09) .16 (.10)
  Legal income c .02 (.01) .02 (.01)
  Illegal income c -.03 (.03) -.04 (.03)
  Test/re-test lag -.04** (.02) -.04* (.02)
Month .02 (.02)
Criminal behavior (test) * Month -.01 (.01)

Random Effect Variance Component
Level-1, Γ0j .16 .12 .12 .12
Level-2, μ0j 6.38*** 7.34*** 7.34*** 7.42***
Level 2, μ1j 1.99*** 2.03*** 2.09***
N 110

NOTE:

*

(p < .10);

**

(p < .05);

***

(p < .01).

a

Unit specific estimates, robust standard errors.

b

White is the referent.

c

Coefficients multiplied by 1,000 to reduce places to the right of the decimal.